Bacteria found in initial urine sample...

bls27

My drs office just called and told me they found bacteria after testing from my first apt. They called in a 7 day antibiotic to the pharmacy. The nurse didn't seem overly concerned and, although I tried to ask questions, didn't fully answer me. She just compared it to the strep b test at 36 weeks.  Has this happened to anyone else? It didn't happen with my first two pregnancies.

zoeyzee

That happened to me too. Apparently it's totally normal so I didn't worry too much.

hterry85

Yep, that happened to me last time. I just didn't get the group b test at 36 week and had to have the IV antibiotics at delivery.

emoxymoose

I have it too, I just finished a round of antibiotics and I'll get an IV in delivery. No worries, about 30% of women have it.

eav2c

As in a UTI? They are completely and totally common in pregnancy (and even more super annoying when you already feel like you to pee every 5 seconds already)!

turtlebug12

I had it too, its totally normal.  the antibiotics were worse for me than the UTI though, because it seemed like the always made me more nauseous.

Ladiebug710

It is called asymptomatic bacteruria.  It is common in pregnant women and if untreated puts you at risk of kidney infections.  That is why they screen everyone.

Neener73

According to my online chart, my urine sample was positive for bacteria.  It looks like they tried to grow a culture from it, but the sample showed no growth.  The nurse didn't call about it, so I assume I'm fine.  I'm going to guess that if the culture would have showed growth that I would have been put on antibiotics.

Momma2Michelle

Neener73:

According to my online chart, my urine sample was positive for bacteria.  It looks like they tried to grow a culture from it, but the sample showed no growth.  The nurse didn't call about it, so I assume I'm fine.  I'm going to guess that if the culture would have showed growth that I would have been put on antibiotics.

Most urine will have a small amount of bacteria in it, because the labia aren't bacteria free.  The only way to get a completely clean speciman is by being catheterized, which obviously they do not do routinely.  Most of the time when you have a urinalysis done, they do the rapid test, and then send it out for a 24 hour culture to see if the small amount of bacteria has colonized into anything.