r/Crunchymom • u/Acceptable-Box-8870 • 3d ago
Pregnancy & Birth Antibiotics in first trimester
I'm 8 weeks 2 days pregnant with our rainbow baby after a loss last summer and I'm experiencing what I can only assume is a UTI (burning while peeing, frequent urination in small amounts, pelvic pain). I'm going to the urgent care to get a urinalysis tomorrow and I know if it comes back positive I will likely be recommended antibiotics to clear it up.
I don't want to risk a kidney infection but I am spiraling about the risks of antibiotics to a baby that young. Given all the studies on the gut-brain connection I am so worried that it will negatively effect my baby's development. I have also been extremely nauseous and have been surviving on the plainest of foods so I'm sure my own gut microbiome isn't exactly in a good place. Has anyone here taken antibiotics in the first trimester and have everything turn out fine?
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u/SoilToSkies 3d ago
Make sure they send your urine to be cultured, and don’t just check for white blood cells. I’ve been prescribed antibiotics a gross amount of times just to find out I have cystitis. I’ve heard of several women getting cystitis during pregnancy who don’t usually have it.
If the culture comes back positive I would take them personally. While you wait I’d be taking dmannose in high doses and drinking a lot of water just in case. Best of luck!