pee on a stick
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Topic: pee on a stick
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: pee on a stick
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 8:54pm
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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? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 9:02pm
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Too much sugary drinks always did it for me! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 9:15pm
When I did my first I joked to the MW "I thought I'd be done with all my stick peeing"  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 9:26pm
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lol yeah my husband came to one of my MW appointment and said "so are you still pregnant" lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 9:54pm
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UTI, toxaemia, having recently eaten something sweet (but long enough to get in the system)... -------------  |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 10:21pm
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I had things pop up randomly but never consistently so not sure why - can't remember what those were either. My MW was never worried. I think the pee on the stick is only part of the picture and they'll do more tests if worried. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 11:10pm
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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. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 01 July 2007 at 11:59pm
| My midwife said that the discharge that comes out while you're pregnant has protein in it so if a tiny bit of that goes on the pee stick, it can show up as a trace. |
Posted By: ffudehtpu
Date Posted: 02 July 2007 at 9:25am
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 02 July 2007 at 10:58am
When I had my tummy bug, my MW got me to pee on the stick and practically every one of the little squares changed colour!  It was due to me being so dehydrated and having a UTI...
protein can be sign of pre-eclampsia, but then you have further bloods to check your liver function sugar can be sign of diabetes, again you would have bloods to double check ketones are a sign of dehydration and that the kidneys aren't working to optimum blood can just be spotting - I had blood in my urine but can't remember why now I think they're the main ones ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 02 July 2007 at 11:45am
| 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 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 02 July 2007 at 12:36pm
| My midwife could always tell if I hadn't eaten breakfast! Evil woman. |
Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 02 July 2007 at 3:13pm
Isn't it tricky trying to pee on the stick, especially since you can't really see down there now! ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |