Midwife Appointment

Well I managed to take a small sample of urine to the midwife and its a good
job I did as protene was found in the sample. I got to go back next week to
get it checked again!!!!!!! I hope its not the start of pre eclampsia but I
am not going to worry yet

When was the last time you ate before you took the urine sample?
Not eating for a while (12+ hours) can cause some protein in your urine
too.

kmom wrote
When was the last time you ate before you took the urine sample?
Not eating for a while (12+ hours) can cause some protein in your urine
too.


plus you struggled to get the sample, so it is unlikely to be a clean
sample, protein could come from a drip of mucous

Anne

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When was the last time you ate before you took the urine sample?
Not eating for a while (12+ hours) can cause some protein in your urine
too.

It wasnt really long, umm 3 hrs or there about. I had my breakfast at about
10am as I had a lazy morning and just kipped on the sofa until then whilst
hubby went to doctors for some anti biotics for his tooth abcess and as I
dont sleep well at night anymore decided just to nap until hubby came home
then had some breakfast with him about 10am ish.

plus you struggled to get the sample, so it is unlikely to be a clean
sample, protein could come from a drip of mucous

Anne


Yeah there is that, and Midwife said it could be due to a urine infection
anyway, should be able to find out Thursday/Friday

April & Bump wrote:
Well I managed to take a small sample of urine to the midwife and its a good
job I did as protene was found in the sample. I got to go back next week to
get it checked again!!!!!!! I hope its not the start of pre eclampsia but I
am not going to worry yet

Did they tell you if it was a trace amount of protein, or if it was a
+1, +2, etc. on the dipstick?

Usually the dipsticks just tell you if you need to do a 24 hour test or
not. And usually they'd just check it again next appointment if it
were trace, especially if your bp is in a normal range.

--
C, mama to three year old nursling

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April & Bump wrote:
Well I managed to take a small sample of urine to the midwife and its a
good
job I did as protene was found in the sample. I got to go back next week
to
get it checked again!!!!!!! I hope its not the start of pre eclampsia
but I
am not going to worry yet

Did they tell you if it was a trace amount of protein, or if it was a
+1, +2, etc. on the dipstick?

Usually the dipsticks just tell you if you need to do a 24 hour test or
not. And usually they'd just check it again next appointment if it
were trace, especially if your bp is in a normal range.

--
C, mama to three year old nursling

She said it was +1 so its still a low result right!!!!!! I am not worried to
much at the moment because if I remember correctly I had the same trace with
my 2nd son around about the same time.