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24-hour urine question

MissAmber23MissAmber23 member
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When you did your 24 hour collection, did they recommend that you try to eat as much protein as you could during that 24 hours (and leading up to it)? It seems to me that would skew the results, if you suddenly start eating a lot more protein than your body is used to. 
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Re: 24-hour urine question

  • sassafras007sassafras007 member
    They did not tell me to change my eating...
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  • MissAmber23MissAmber23 member

    Thanks. I was induced with my first at 37 weeks because of slightly elevated BP (138/88) and a 24 hour urine of 378. But they told me to eat as much protein as I possibly could before and during the test because that way if I was spilling proteins, it would really be able to pick it up. 

    I felt at the time that seemed odd, and afterwards felt like they were overly conservative - I had not other symptoms of pre-e, and the BP was borderline high, and the protein was in the mild range. 

    I've been stressing through this whole pregnancy about the possibility of having BP issues again, and it was nagging at me. 

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  • Chargersgrl33Chargersgrl33 member
    They didn't mention my eating at all.
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  • pierogigirlpierogigirl
    They did not tell me to eat more protein for my 24 hour urine collection.  I did have pre-e with my first.  However, with this pregnancy they told me to eat as much lean protein as I could (and to really limit carbs and sodium) to try to help prevent pre-e.  Apparently, there is some evidence that eating more protein is actually good for pre-e (it sounds counterintuitive but I was told this by my nutritionist, OB, and a midwife).  You spill extra protein with pre-e because it is damaging your organs, not because you ate too much of it.
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  • faith194faith194
    I had over 6 urine collections. I was never told to change my eating  or drinking habits.
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