pee on a stick

ok you know how you pee on a stick when you visit your midwife to check for protein and sugar.

mine so far have been negative but what would cause them to be positive?

When I did my first I joked to the MW "I thought I'd be done with all my stick peeing"

UTI, toxaemia, having recently eaten something sweet (but long enough to get in the system)...

usually your body would not be letting go of these sorts of things unless there was a serious abundance of them or your kindeys were having trouble processing and filtering your blood.. peeing on the stick would show the midwife some sort of idea as to you sugar levels, protein etc and kidney function, the sticks usually check for leucocytes etc as well which can be signs of infection.    with pre-eclampsia/toxaemia, one of the first sings can be increased protein in the urine.. along with all the other stuff like high bp, swelling, headaches etc.

so that's bascially it.   he he, but isn't it fun seeing it turn all those neat colours.

My Midwife told me the sugar it a sign of pregnancy caused diabeties so they check for that so they can monitor and intervine if they need and the protein is a sign of UTI's another common pregnancy thing.

i learnt all this on friday

iv only ever had a minor protein show up a few weeks ago and it was just after my little "show" which MW said wouldve been the cause

Isn't it tricky trying to pee on the stick, especially since you can't really see down there now!