Mother of all conception months Graduates

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you Gilz hon

This may sounds stupid but how do I know if I have a kidney infection can this be picked up from a urine lab test I have serious right side pain like I have the other times but have simply been told that a UTI can cause `trauma` to your right side and thats what this sort of aching feeling is

 

[madcatwoman]

Oh my goodness peanut, i cant believe all that extra tummy in the 1st photo was made up of water!..
I dread to think how big i'll get!. i should really do another update photo now im 25 weeks and see what difference there is(?)

must admit recently ive been thinking more about giving birth and what the reality of it might be like. i know i want to ask for an epidural, but im also realistic enough to know that it could be too late for one or theres no-one around to administer it. I wish someone was able to tell me just how painful it all really is (but what is bad for one person isnt so for another i know).
I keep wondering if it really is so bad that it leaves you screaming for dear life, or does that only happen wit drama queens who want to make a meal of it?, id like to think i was one to just tense up, squeeze my eyes shut and deal with it(?). or maybe it is that bad(?) but then would some of you girls be doing this all over again if it was???

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

madcat hon I didnt scream I think its all about how you go into labour....I read up as much as I could and was fairly informed so fairly relaxed! I told myself Oliver was coming out one way or another and I had to damn well deal with it and it worked even though I had a horrendous time , it certainly didnt put me off I think screaming comes from panic if you go in there not really knowing what to expect cause you have avoided all labour talk then your going to get a damn shock hence the screaming I would def say read, watch birth channels/programmes and get well informed!

 

[madcatwoman]

yeh thats what ive been doing madly, those one born every min docus on utube etc..... some women make it sound like the end of the world has actually arrived which makes me think OMG!!!!!!!!, but then i know others looks like theyre just getting on with it.

really sorry to hear you have another UTI though, as you say, i think you know whats "stretching" and what is something else.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you hon Its getting to be a bit of a pain now but me and dh agreed if I get another one after this then we are demanding long term antibiotics....this pain every few weeks is riddick

There are birthing channels too with different pregnancy/birth programmes on it I watched it loads whilst having Oliver...its like babies all day

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Forgot to say

HAPPY NEW WEEKS TO EVERYONE

Its v-day for me tom

 

[madcatwoman]

Forgot to say

HAPPY NEW WEEKS TO EVERYONE

Its v-day for me tom

Happy vday to you madly its a good point to get to!!

 

[gilz82]

Madly for me the classic signs of kidney infection are the following :

Intense one sided pain in your back/side
Fevers and then extreme chills
Nausea/vomiting

UTIs are more supposed to be frequent painful peeing etc. As far as my urology consultant explained to me years ago UTIs aren't usually accompanied by side pain, if there is pain at all it should be lower down in your pelvic region as that's where the inflammation would be.

If you even get a hint of a temperature I'd say you have a kidney infection not UTI but that's my totally non-medical opinion

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you madcat

I think vday is important but DH just had a go with me and said he would much rather not think about early labour I told him that every mother to be thinks about it and would rather be 24wks+ if its going to happen...men honestly

 

[gilz82]

Men are silly sometimes. I told my OH on the phone today that we were only three weeks from V day and he asked what that was

Happy v day tomorrow Madly although I'm sure I'll be about to tell you again tomorrow

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Madly for me the classic signs of kidney infection are the following :

Intense one sided pain in your back/side
Fevers and then extreme chills
Nausea/vomiting

UTIs are more supposed to be frequent painful peeing etc. As far as my urology consultant explained to me years ago UTIs aren't usually accompanied by side pain, if there is pain at all it should be lower down in your pelvic region as that's where the inflammation would be.

If you even get a hint of a temperature I'd say you have a kidney infection not UTI but that's my totally non-medical opinion

Thank you for replying hon

I dont have a temp but I do have frequent nausea and vomiting which could also be pregnancy related I have lower pelvic pain and it hurts right up through the middle of I cant move my legs apart which is why I related it to SPD rolling over in bed is extremely painful as of course am parting my legs and moving my pelvis but I also have very painful right sided pain sort of holding and heavy above my right hip and immediately under my rib cage...I think this is where my kidney is am not great on location am I correct? DH is suggesting I take these antibiotics which I think will ebb this if previously is anything to go by and then see if I get another before requesting long term antibiotics...am not sure what to do I dont like the feel of this and have the eebie jeebies

edit - I have also been feeling light headed and dizzy and `out of sorts` which made me start thinking about gestational diabetes again and the whole sugar level thing how do I get a kidney infection checked out

 

[gilz82]

Your kidney are tucked away in your back so you typically get pain where you described and round in a band into your back just above the top of the small of your back.

I wouldn't necessarily put the feelings of being out of it down to diabetes, kidney infections can cause you to be mentally altered sort of fuzzy and confused and disorientated.

I've only ever had urine dipsticks and bloods done to test for infection but I was told that they decide where it's UTI or kidney infection based on your accompanying symptoms. The thing is once you have one kidney infection the chances are you'll get more especially in pregnancy.

I'd definitely be pushing your dr a bit for clarification hon

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Your kidney are tucked away in your back so you typically get pain where you described and round in a band into your back just above the top of the small of your back.

I wouldn't necessarily put the feelings of being out of it down to diabetes, kidney infections can cause you to be mentally altered sort of fuzzy and confused and disorientated.

I've only ever had urine dipsticks and bloods done to test for infection but I was told that they decide where it's UTI or kidney infection based on your accompanying symptoms. The thing is once you have one kidney infection the chances are you'll get more especially in pregnancy.

I'd definitely be pushing your dr a bit for clarification hon

Thank you hon

I have felt very `blonde` yesterday and today at work and today I forgot to turn the oven up when I loaded it with the lunch menu and 15mins before service we realised and the food was hardly cooked I mean come on am a cook I would never normally forget to check the oven temperature I also feel very tired and drained and I have only done two days work and only worked 1.5days between 22nd Dec and yesterday so oodles of rest I shouldnt be so tired am sure

I am worried right now but DH keeps saying it will be fine and the antibiotics will sort it...he thinks I worry too much He thinks I should wait out and see what happens over weekend on antibiotics and if am not any better on Monday go back to Drs then....am not sure what to do my gut instinct says it hurts, am uncomfy and well

 

[gilz82]

I personally wouldn't take any chance then hon. Ive learnt the hard way that if you don't keep pushing things when you are worried about them the drs tend not to be bothered greatly as they are so busy juggling loads of other things.

The most important thing is that you get reassurance and treatment.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

mmmmmmmmmmm I think will ring my MW tomorrow. I have her mobile number and she always gets back to me Shes great and she will be able to best advice me other than seeing the dr again and getting fobbed off!

Thank you again hon

 

[gilz82]

No worries any time hon

 

[PeanutBean]

Apart from the kidney pain, which can sometimes be difficult to diagnose unless you've had a kidney infection before, I think the normal test is having protein in your pee. The white blood cells show the infection and the protein is something kidneys usually filter out so is a sure sign on infection. I'm not expert like Gilz but I did have a kidney infection when I was 18 and I'll never forget it! Gilz is right too, water infections can make you loopy, it's one of the things particularly in the elderly, they can appear positively senile. I didn't know this until DH's Grandma had a bad do last year and the things she said to her daughter in law...! But I agree with Gilz about taking no chances. Kidney infections are really very nasty.

Madcat you're funny thinking about the screaming though I'm sure I must've done when pregnant with Byron! I was pretty noisy I reckon after about 30 hours of labour but mostly moaning about how I couldn't do it anymore and crying. I honestly think that the way women sound in labour is really something personal to them and like a reflex can't be helped. I mean some bellow and some scream and some roar and some are silent. I think it's important to try and relax about it and accept that what you do is what you do. It'll be no good feeling self conscious about it if you turn out to be a screamer! lol One of the advantages to being at home too, to listening to others and not having others listening to you. Couldn't give a hoot about my neighbour! Though I am wondering what to do about the dog since my parents lived closer last time so they just came and got the dogs... She might get distressed or woof for 14 hours at the MWs or get under their feet.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you Gilz and Peanut

Am sat here very uncomfy in my right side and feeling very I think I will ring my MW tomorrow and go from there am not myself even DH agrees on this one although he thinks I worry too much

 

[PeanutBean]

Have you already started the abs?

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

madly i keep saying that i will not be a push over this time or convince myself out of asking questions and double checking after the last time lol you go back to that midwife and dont worry if its nothing else other than a uti because it is always best to know and hun if you are worried about your potential gd defo ask her to do a quick test, takes not even 30 seconds so not much trouble for them xkx

on the subject of screaming i was most certainly a highpitched screamer, not too loud but that was prob down to pitch as opposed to effort lol. when i ended up having to have epidural i was in a delivery room being monitored etc etc and i all of a sudden heard a woman screaming, it was so incredibly loud, she was two rooms down but sounded like she was in the room with me, i said wow she just got here? - the midwife replied nope she was here before you you were just otherwise preoccupied

so there you go absolutely no need to be self concious (not that you will give a crap about that at the time either) as it is quite clear i didnt hear her and it was very clear she couldnt have been hearing me, you zone out and concentrate on yourself, i wasnt even listening to the majority of what people were saying in my room - until i heard shock, epidural, now now now

finally had my first meal in three days!!! might regret it in the morning but have bought some crackers for the bedside, it did the trick earlier hoping it will do the same in the morning!