I have a pee question.

michelle142 · August 2014

Do you provide a urine sample at each routine OB/MW appointment?

With DS, for some reason I thought I remembered having to pee in a tiny cup at every single checkup.

This time, I've only given one sample and that was at my very first appointment (I've had 2 appts. since then).

Did something change since 2011? Or am in remembering incorrectly, maybe it varies on the Dr.?

ETA: I had an OB last time, this time I'm using a MW team. Not sure if that makes a difference.

jaztastic · August 2014

I have to submit a urine sample at my OB office at every visit. When I go to the MFM office I do not.

Amaryllismagic · August 2014

It depends on your office's protocol. I have to pee in a cup every time at mine.

jaytee16 · August 2014

I only went to my OB once since graduating from the RE but the nurse said I would have to give a sample every appt.

psychobutthead · August 2014

I have to every time I go. They also explained to me this would happen at every visit. Maybe your doc does things differently?

chickyclg · August 2014

I have been too. But on the bright side the last time they said I had bacteria in my urine and gave me antibiotics to prevent a UTI from getting worse.

michelle142 · August 2014

I have an appointment in 30 minutes. I'll have to ask today I guess.

I thought it was weird.

Not that I really want to pee in a cup, but I thought it was kind of necessary.

HerHighness · August 2014

I pee everytime

mandamoochie · August 2014

Mine actually makes me bring my first pee of the morning for whatever reason... I hate walking/driving around with a pee cup. I hide it in a travel coffee cup now.

Megane8907 · August 2014

I have to at every appt!

StephPeth · August 2014

I love the title of this discussion

I pee everytime.

FlutterOfYoshis · August 2014

Perhaps your last 2 appointments weren't very far apart? I didn't have to the very first time I went in cuz it was just talking to/meeting a doctor or the 2nd time a few days later for the dating u/s, but I've had to both times after that (8week apt, 12week apt) and will now continue to do so each month.

krispy83 · August 2014

I have to pee at every appt. Same with my pregnancy with DS - different OB, same policy.

ksgsmu · August 2014

I pee every time as well... which works out well because by the time I am called from the waiting room I always have to go (plus I like to pee before they weigh me!)

Allie429 · August 2014

Every time I have an appt I have to pee in the cup. They don't even remind me anymore-they know I head straight back there because I ALWAYS have to use the bathroom as soon as I arrive.

wille2b · August 2014

With my last pregnancy and this one I only peed in the cup at the first appt. All of my friends have to pee in a cup at every appt. Not me!! I am ok with it

jennypolkadots · August 2014

At first I was with an OB, and now I am with a midwife. With both I submit a urine sample at each visit. It is a little different because with the midwife they have a little cup and test strips in the bathroom. I test my own urine and show it to her if any odd colors come up indicating an issue.

It is important because finding certain minerals in your urine can be a sign of issues like gestational diabeties. Or bacteria can be an early sign of a UTI. So I would definitely ask why they do not check.

mmariel · August 2014

I have only had to one time. That kind of makes me nervous because you can have an infection and not have any symptoms which can be really dangerous.

freegiraffe · August 2014

So far I've peed at both appts. Possibly TMI but genuinely curious question: do others get explicit instructions about wiping/cleaning beforehand? At my practice we're instructed to use 4 packaged towelettes and wipe front to back, once, with each. Then pee a little into the toilet, then pee into the cup.

jaztastic · August 2014

freegiraffe said:

So far I've peed at both appts. Possibly TMI but genuinely curious question: do others get explicit instructions about wiping/cleaning beforehand? At my practice we're instructed to use 4 packaged towelettes and wipe front to back, once, with each. Then pee a little into the toilet, then pee into the cup.

No nothing like that now. But I remember having to give a urine sample YEARS ago, and I had to wipe, pee into the toilet, then sample cup... So that has been my normal routine ever since. (unless I dont have a lot of pee to give in the sample, then I skip the pee in toilet part)

Oem617 · August 2014

Pee in a cup everytime.

thegoodpotato · August 2014

I usually do... but I haven't yet. I don't think they worry too much in the really early weeks. It's to check for protein in the urine which is an indicator of Pre-E. I would have at my last appointment, but I didn't have to pee at the time, so we just skipped it.

thegoodpotato · August 2014

freegiraffe said:

So far I've peed at both appts. Possibly TMI but genuinely curious question: do others get explicit instructions about wiping/cleaning beforehand? At my practice we're instructed to use 4 packaged towelettes and wipe front to back, once, with each. Then pee a little into the toilet, then pee into the cup.

@freegiraffe - it's probably to eliminate the "trace" results for protein you get from washing particles into the cup when you pee. My midwife doesn't worry about having a "trace" result, so I get no specific instruction, other than to try to catch the urine mid-stream. They figure the first little bit washes away any debris, anyway. All those towelettes sounds a little excessive to me....

kefttsc · August 2014

I have to pee in a cup every time. Every single time. After they make me suffer through an hour long ultrasound with a full bladder!

CdnFarmGirl08 · August 2014

I see my family doctor right up to the end and she makes me pee in a cup every time. I go to an OB starting at 28 weeks and there I don't have to. The reason I do both doctors is because I live in a smaller town and I want to deliver in a larger city so the OB there takes care of that but they don't feel like I need to drive in all the time for a short appointment.

GeekBeagle · August 2014

freegiraffe said:
So far I've peed at both appts. Possibly TMI but genuinely curious question: do others get explicit instructions about wiping/cleaning beforehand? At my practice we're instructed to use 4 packaged towelettes and wipe front to back, once, with each. Then pee a little into the toilet, then pee into the cup.

Yup. Mine isn't 4, but they give you a package with two towlettes in it.

krysmill · August 2014

I have to at every visit!

scgmama · August 2014

They give me a towlette and a cup to pee in at every appointment. With my DD's at another practice I had to pee in a cup every time too.

baileylove22 · August 2014

Every visit they want some pee!

mishka29 · August 2014

I go to a midwife so we just grab our own pee tester sticks then test on our own. The chart for colours is there so you can compare you stick and see if its good

chicagojackie · August 2014

The standard of care is to check the level of protein and glucose in the urine. However they recently changed the definitions for pre-e (where protein in the urine was previously required for the diagnosis, now not anymore), so maybe your practice is doing something different?

Most groups don't do a full dip each time w your urine (checking for WBC, blood, nitrites--stuff that indicates UTI) unless you're having an issue or have a hx of recurrent UTI.

ETA: I pee each time at the OB and at HR-OB (MFM).

michelle142 · August 2014

So yesterday I had to pee in a cup. Thank goodness, because by the time they called me back I was about to pee myself.

I asked why they don't do it at every appointment and the nurse told me that since I don't have any indicators for urine detectible issues, that they'll only start to do it after 24 weeks on a regular basis unless something comes up.

Cookie0875 · August 2014

I have to pee every time. @Tthgirl I either don't have to go when they ask, or feel like I do and then almost nothing comes. Don't get it

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