@chewie5990 Mine hasn't done a urine test since the beginning. I asked if they needed one before my last appointment since I had to go and the nurse said only if there are concerns. So I am assuming if I am worried about discharge or yeast infection or something then they would take one.
@chewie5990 they check mine at every appointment. I'm high risk now due to age and multiples but I remember them doing it with my first pregnancies too (I think for protein primarily).
@chewie5990 A lot of doctors and insurance companies phased them out because of the lab costs that come with it. My insurance doesn’t pay for them but my OB wants a sample each time, so I owe $116 every time they test. I decline them. There’s other signs for everything they check for during routine urine tests, so if you’re not exhibiting signs, it’s not a huge deal.
great to hear! With DS I had them at every appointment, and my prior OB for this pregnancy did them at every appointment. I'm glad to hear I'm not alone and it's not something I need to worry about!
With DD I never had a urine test during pregnancy and this one they only did it the first couple appts. My midwife with DD said they don’t serve that much of a purpose and she’d been one of the staff who had encountered that women’s health practice to drop them.
@pourmeanothermocktail - how are you doing?? That really sucks that you got hit with flu on top of everything else.
@chewie5990 I have Kaiser and I have a urine test at every appointment. That being said, each Kaiser clinic still does things differently. For example, my clinic doesn’t adhere to visits every 2 weeks in the 3rd trimester. Most of my appointments are scheduled every 3 weeks.
I just finished my 31 weeks appointment. Everything is still going smoothly. I have my growth ultrasound on Wednesday so I imagine the next appointment there will be more conversations about labor & delivery. Speaking of L&D, I’m now fully convinced this baby will come early. My fundal height has consistently measured two weeks ahead. Of course, now that I say that this baby will come two weeks late.
@chewie5990 I think I had one at my first appointment and that was it. In my portal the only thing they used it to test for was drugs
@drkoyya I like to put it in my head that baby will come at 42 weeks which wasn't good when I had to schedule my c-section for 39 weeks with DD because I felt so unprepared and like I shouldn't have a baby yet. But on the positive side I never got to the point where I was like I just want to be done with this pregnancy. I was still ready to go for another 3 weeks and didn't feel like it was taking a physical toll on me at all.
@lajoliedreamer Thanks for asking. It's been...miserable. I did get tamiflu which seems to have made it go faster, and by yesterday I felt mostly back to normal, but then overnight my sinuses filled back up and all day today sinus pain, headache, awful. I don't think it's a flu recurrence, I think it's just another virus attacking me.
But the flu really caused a ridiculous amount of pain on top of everything else, plus stole all my energy. I can't believe I'm now starting another virus. I'm so so so so done, this is illness 3 of back to back without a fully healthy day in between...
The only thing I can be happy about is my bladder can handle sneezing and coughing. So there's that.
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@drkoyya I like to put it in my head that baby will come at 42 weeks which wasn't good when I had to schedule my c-section for 39 weeks with DD because I felt so unprepared and like I shouldn't have a baby yet. But on the positive side I never got to the point where I was like I just want to be done with this pregnancy. I was still ready to go for another 3 weeks and didn't feel like it was taking a physical toll on me at all.
But the flu really caused a ridiculous amount of pain on top of everything else, plus stole all my energy. I can't believe I'm now starting another virus. I'm so so so so done, this is illness 3 of back to back without a fully healthy day in between...
The only thing I can be happy about is my bladder can handle sneezing and coughing. So there's that.
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green