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Symptoms of UTI
1. Burning when you
urinate
2. Have the urge to
urinate, but cannot, or only urinate a small amount at a time.
3. Frequent urge to
urinate.
4. Cloudy urine
5. May be accompanied
by a fever in some cases.
If you feel that
you have a UTI, please let the midwife know and we can do a clean
catch urine culture. UTI's are treated with antibiotics.
It is very important that UTI's are treated during pregnancy
as it may lead to a premature labor later in pregnancy.
The results of your culture will come back in about 48 hours.
Depending on your symptoms, the midwife may begin you on antibiotics
before the results are back. Please provide our office
with your pharmacy information if we do not already have it,
so that we have it available f we need to call something in for
you.
To Prevent Urinary
Tract Infections
1. You should urinate
at least every 3-4 hours, or 5-7times a day.
2. Make sure that you
are emptying your bladder completely. You should urinating
moderate to large amounts of urine with each void, depending
on how much fluid you have taken in.
3. Drink at least 6
glasses of water a day along with other fluids. If
you are predisposed to urinary tract infections, drink cranberry
or orange juice.
4. Urinate when you
get the urge. Do not wait.
5. Make sure that after
urinating, you wipe from front to back.
6. Urinate after sex.
7. Try to wear cotton
crotched underwear.
8. Do not wear tight
pants in the crotch area.
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