UTIs During Pregnancy

A Urinary Tract Infection is an infection that occurs in some part of your urinary system (bladder, ureters, urethra and in severe cases; kidneys) due to harmful bacteria entering your urinary tract. The symptoms involve constant irritation, painful urination, the urge to pee all the time (even when your bladder is empty), foul smelling urine, period like pain & cramping. Oh, and an overall general sense of misery. Women are more likely to get UTIs than men since the female anatomy makes it easy for bacteria from the vagina or rectal areas to get into the urinary tract because they are all close together.



About 5-10% of pregnant women experience a UTI. What’s worse is that UTIs tend to recur frequently during pregnancy and may reach an advanced stage if not treated on time.

When you’re pregnant, your pee has more sugar, protein, and hormones in it. These changes put you at higher risk for a UTI. Your growing uterus presses on your bladder. That makes it hard for you to let out all the urine in your bladder. Leftover urine can also be a source of infection.
Any infection during pregnancy can be extremely dangerous for you and your baby since infections increase the risk of premature labor. Which is why when experiencing even minor symptoms of a possible UTI one must immediately contact their doctor.

If you have symptoms of a kidney infection, see your doctor right away. Without treatment, the infection can spread into your bloodstream and cause life-threatening conditions.

Urinalysis and dipstick tests are the accurate answers to detecting a UTI. Neodocs wellness cards offer at home urine dipstick tests that give you a precise, reliable diagnosis with a minute long procedure.

Most UTIs during pregnancy are treated with a course of antibiotics. Your doctor will prescribe an antibiotic that is pregnancy-safe but still effective in killing off bacteria in your body. If your UTI has progressed to a kidney infection, you may need to take a stronger antibiotic or have an intravenous (IV) version administered.

Pregnancies are one of the most delicate, important and difficult phases to go through in life, your body changes physically, mentally, emotionally. You become susceptible to things you didn’t deem possible. Which is why you take extra care and precaution in preventing any possible distress you can. Most UTIs happen once, if treated, they will not come back. But some patients have anatomical and genetic predispositions that tend to make getting UTIs more likely. That’s why it is very important to treat UTIs earlier. Untreated ones start to spread more and when they spread more it gets harder to treat. Stay hydrated, always.

Neodocs Wellness cards help you diagnose UTIs and monitor various other parameters in the comfort of your home, with a seconds long procedure.