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Urine testing

karlee05karlee05 member
in February 2025 Babies
How often are you giving urine samples at your appointments? I have done 1 this entire pregnancy and with my previous pregnancies I swear I gave a sample at every appointment.
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Re: Urine testing

  • luckyduck42luckyduck42 member
    Every single appointment. 
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  • noortlenoortle member
    I get one every appt but I think sometimes it depends on your provider? I did dual care my first pregnancy with an OB and midwife, and my midwife tests every appt but my OB didn’t.
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  • catana15catana15 member
    Mine starts doing them everytime after 24 weeks. 
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  • farmwifemimifarmwifemimi member
    What are they testing for? I've only done one once as well back in the first trimester. (Now 28 weeks)
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  • karlee05karlee05 member
    @farmwifemimi, so you're in the same boat as me. I only did one at like 10 weeks pregnant. The reason I'm curious is because midwives don't require the glucose test because they check your urine for protein every appt. I failed the 1 hr test and now am trying to avoid the 3 hour because the fasting alone is going to make me sick. Not to mention the 100 grams of sugar (I use the fresh test) and the 3 hours of sitting in the waiting room starving. I'm dreading it. I wish there was another approach, especially since I barely failed the 1 hour test.
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  • allfacestheoaksallfacestheoaks member
    I've had a different provider with each of my pregnancies and only one of those had me give a urine sample at every appointment. If you have the same provider, maybe they've changed their stance since your last pregnancy. 
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  • farmwifemimifarmwifemimi member
    @karlee05 ah got it. My doc sent me to do a 3 hr glucose test from the get go vs the 1 hr one first. I could think of better ways to spend time, but I  packed snacks to eat as soon as the last draw was over and worked on my laptop to pass the time. It actually took closer to 2 hrs since you do the first one right when you get there. Feel you on the drink and wishing their was another way.. definitely didn't feel great after. Wishing you luck! 
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  • luckyduck42luckyduck42 member
    I think testing the urine for protein is an indicator of pre-eclampsia. I've never had my urine checked for glucose or ketone unless the sample was sent to the lab.

    If I failed my 1 hour, I was going to ask about a glucose monitor to check levels at home, instead of doing the 3 hour. I knew I wouldn't be able to handle the fasting part. It sounded miserable.
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  • karlee05karlee05 member
    @luckyduck42 I talked to the nurse today and she said monitoring at home is an option but your first finger prick of the day is right when you wake up and they expect that # is to be your fasting #. Apparently most pregnant women don't eat in the middle of the night? Must be nice🙃. And they would want me to do that for 2-4 weeks. If I'm worried about one 8-hr fast, I'm certainly not signing up to do it for weeks. So I'm going to suffer through the 3 hour test.
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