Pee in a cup.

chelseyestelle · May 2013

At my first appointment at 9 weeks my doctors office had me pee in a cup. I've been two other times since then and have not been asked to pee in a cup again. I see everyone saying they are going to their appointments and peeing in a cup, blood pressure, Doppler, questions, the end. So is it normal to do this every time or am I missing out on something?

sleepy33 · May 2013

Mine has me do it every time.

LizC216 · May 2013

It's the first thing I do at every visit.

Ycu2013 · May 2013

LizC216:
It's the first thing I do at every visit.

This. And same with my first pregnancy.

CousinVicki · May 2013

kinda weird. i do it every single appt

kaswanson · May 2013

Yup, I have to do it every time at my OB's. I did it last time, too and I went with a group of MWs then. It's to check for protein in the urine, I believe.

pgbecker83 · May 2013

With my first, I had to do it at every visit. I have Kaiser now, and I've only had to do it at my first appointment.

scamberlous3000 · May 2013

CousinVicki:
kinda weird. i do it every single appt

This. They are checking for proteins and sugars in your urine so I would think they should be doing it at every appt.

norbert5 · May 2013

So at my old office it was like clockwork. Weight, BP, pee in cup, wait for doctor.

Now I get the cup at the end of my appointment. I take the cup home and pee in it at home before my next appointment and then bring it with me. It is so weird and disgusting to me that I am walking around with a cup of pee in my purse (that I have double bagged in ziploc baggies because of the obvious reasons).

trackgirlparis · May 2013

Maybe it's because I'm in Canada but I've only had to pee in the cup once...my first visit after BFP.

chelseyestelle · May 2013

I just called my office and they said they used to do it at every appointment to check for protein but there was a study done to show it wasn't as accurate as they thought. She said a 24 hour urine catch is much more accurate so that is what they do. I don't know what that is.. But it doesn't sound fun.

moninc · May 2013

I didn't pee in a cup until 20 weeks.

afry2001 · May 2013

I have Kaiser too and you start peeing in a cup at 24 weeks.

klewis888 · May 2013

LizC216:
It's the first thing I do at every visit.

This. First thing they have me do at every appt.

bionicb · May 2013

24hr is when you get to pee in an orange jug for an entire 24hrs, then store it in your fridge before carting back to your doc/lab. Fun right?

steph191 · May 2013

I have to do it every time. Last time I was there she mentioned something about not having protein in my urine (which is good) so I figure that's what they're checking for.

Drea2892 · May 2013

Mine actually has me do it right when I wake up in the morning and carry it around til my appt. ugh makes me hate late appts lol

Ajoyd · May 2013

Mine is every time. The standards are pee in cup, blood pressure, weight, and listen for fetal heart tones.

topofthepeek · May 2013

I have to pee in a cup every time too.
Anyone else finding it more challenging as your bump gets bigger lol

iamsarahw · May 2013

I only did it at my first appt too. With my daughter I did it at every single one.

BrittanyCupcakes · May 2013

Every appointment with my OB, every appointment with my perinatologist.

jorkz821 · May 2013

parisashleymuir:
Maybe it's because I'm in Canada but I've only had to pee in the cup once...my first visit after BFP.

Really? I do the protein and sugar in ursine test at every OB visit. I'm in AB.

Faith1318 · May 2013

I have only ever had to at the initial intake appointment, and then once at the end of a pregnancy when my BP was a little high. That's with three pregnancies now (but two different hospitals/practices).

shelley1002 · May 2013

scamberlous3000:
CousinVicki:
kinda weird.  i do it every single appt
This. They are checking for proteins and sugars in your urine so I would think they should be doing it at every appt.  

This. Had to do it every appointment this pregnancy and every appointment last pregnancy.

afry2001 · May 2013

quartermisses:
afry2001:
I have Kaiser too and you start peeing in a cup at 24 weeks.
I had Kaiser with DD and I peed every. Single. Time. Maybe PP is right and it's just that they realized it was a waste of money, so now they do it less often.

I had Kaiser with DD too and I thought I peed every week then. Maybe they recently changed it.

alkvoelker · May 2013

I have to pee in a cup at every appointment. I'm wondering how this will play out when I can no longer see where I am holding the cup....

cvjoyner · May 2013

I do it every time.

sfshorter · May 2013

I have to pee at every appointment.

TiffJ21 · May 2013

At my old OB/MW's office I never peed in a cup besides the first time. Now at my new OB I do every appointment. No one has ever explained it to me why one place did and one didn't.

coronitaextra · May 2013

Mine actually gives me the cup ahead of time, and asks me to remember to pee in it first thing in the morning on the day of my appointment. I didn't particularly mind until there was...well, a leakage, resulting in the need for a new purse. I don't care that it's sterile!