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Ugh I’m sorry momma, I don’t have a kidney infection but I have had 5 kidney stones just this pregnancy that have caused infections and unfortunately there wasn’t much for them to do. They prescribed me pain killers which I only took once because the thought of something happening to my baby because I took one didn’t sit right with me. Sorry it’s not what you’re looking for but you’re not alone. Maybe talk to your doctor and see if they will induce you for that, I don’t see why they wouldn’t. Good luck! ❤️ I hope you feel better, that pain isn’t something I wish on anyone.
Kidney infection during pregnancy
Have any of you dealt with or are dealing with a chronic kidney infection that is not responding to antibiotics? What is your OBs plan for treatment? Are you being induced? I want to see what my options are so I can bring something to the table at my appt on Wednesday.
I am just shy of 36 weeks and really want to be induced so I can start feeling better. I had this happen during my pregnancy with my daughter and the only thing that was getting antibiotics after I gave birth. I am in a lot of pain and completely over this. I have already been hospitalized for the infection. They have me on a daily antibiotic, but since getting off the 4×s daily doses I am having symptoms again.
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Oh, they prescribed low dose muscle relaxers to help with the pain. I take them only when I can't stand the pain anymore. Tylenol by itself does nothing 😭 I don't like the idea of being on all these meds, but I'm not sure what else to do. They're really concerned I'm going to end up with kidney damage since this is the second time it's gotten this bad.
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Thank you! I can't imagine the pain you deal with as well! Ughhh. Kidney issues are no joke. I really hope they will allow me to be induced. They did a low radiation CT on me while I was in the hospital and found that my kidney is inflamed and I have some sort of mass on the top of it. They believe it's a cyst, but further imaging is required to determine that. CT also showed my uterus is bulging to the right and obstructing my kidney. I can't follow up with urology until my baby is born. Really crossing my fingers they will move on induction before I end up in the hospital again. They told me kidney infections can cause low birth weight, premature birth, etc. Etc. Idk why they wouldn't want to at this point.
I had a kidney infection with my first pregnancy at 26wks. I was hospitalised for over a week with IV antibiotics. It seemed to have cleared until it returned at 37wks. At this point they refused to give me antibiotics and was only told to take laxatives to clear all my bowels to ease the pressure on the kidneys. I lived off dates and liquorice for the remaining 2weeks and alternated between warm and ice baths. All I can say was it was terrible and painful. Once my son was born the infection cleared within days.
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