Give a rookie advice

[jennistarr1]

So since last Wednesday I've debated on if I had a UTI. I started an antibiotic on Saturday and submitted a lab test, which came back negative yesterday and I stopped antibiotic.

I still feel the same way I felt initially which is kind of a frequency and pressure thing causing discomfort. There never was burning or back pain or other UTI symptoms.

So I guess what I don't know is what I'm feeling typical in pregnancy, or is it something else. Should I ask to be seen?

Now I know that needing to pee a lot is a hallmark pregnancy symptom. This just seems worse this week. It feels like maybe I'm not voiding completely.

I'm 18 weeks.

[Deleted]

There have definitely been times where I feel like I need to pee 24x7. When I feel like I need to pee, I need to pee like right then and there and it's not even that much. This kind of comes and goes, I guess based on how the baby is positioned. As for pain/pressure, around 20 weeks that would happen if I was running. Then from 30 weeks on, it happens if I haven't gotten up to use the restoom in a while - I get pain/pressure when I first stand up.

[demandypants]

I agree, it sounds normal. I convinced myself I had a UTI with my last pregnancy even though I had never had one ever before just because pregnancy does such weird stuff to your body and I fall into the hypochondriac spectrum Like you, I started an antibiotic until my doc said the test came back negative.

[jennistarr1]

Oct 29, 2014 9:38:35 GMT -5 @choco said:

Sounds normal to me. Are you in any pain? Is that why you think it's a UTI instead of normal pregnancy symptoms?

the pressure does really hurt sometimes. I kind of feel like I've been pregnant for 18 weeks but now all of a sudden it feels like I always have to go, I always have that sensation,  I never feel empty, I always feel pressure, I can't make a typical car ride with out stopping

[motzie]

Normal. I had a few UTI tests that were negative but I thought for sure I was getting one. Nope, just pregnant.

[natsnow]

I guess I'm confused. Why did you start antibiotics before confirming you had a uti? Did your dr see you initially? I feel like this is a normal pregnancy symptom. I have felt like I have to pee all the time and then not much comes out. My urine has always been normal at my appointments. Baby is resting on my bladder!

[jennistarr1]

Oct 29, 2014 9:44:52 GMT -5 natsnow said:

I guess I'm confused. Why did you start antibiotics before confirming you had a uti? Did your dr see you initially? I feel like this is a normal pregnancy symptom. I have felt like I have to pee all the time and then not much comes out. My urine has always been normal at my appointments. Baby is resting on my bladder!

Their idea, not mine

[katie80]

I think I had the same issue around 18 weeks. I called my doctor thinking it was a UTI, but it turned out I didn't have one and they told me it was normal. It was a weird feeling, though, and definitely freaked me out. Oddly, the only time I have had a positive UTI test during this pregnancy, I had no obvious symptoms. This is such a strange time

[Deleted]

Are you possibly dehydrated? That feeling usually subsides for me if I drink a couple of glasses of water.

[christy082]

Around 20 weeks I thought I might have one, but I didn't. I still sometimes get a feeling of pressure or needing to go. I think it's just baby's position.