Amoxicillin for pregnant woman with UTI: is it really safe?

[batch]

Hi sisses! Please help shed some light on this. This morning kasi I went to the OB kasi almost 2 weeks na sumasakit yung lowerback ko and last night hindi na talaga ako nakatulog. After urinalysis, sabi ng OB i have UTI and need to take amoxicillin 3x a day for a week. Medyo nag worry naman ako kasi di ba anti biotic yun and i'm only on my 10th week. Pero she (OB) assured me na it's safe daw sa buntis. Now i'm researching sa net and base naman sa nabasa ko no known side effects for pregnant woman. meron bang nakaexperience na magka UTI while pregnant? anong gamot ti-nake nyo? 

[LeAnEn]

hi! I had it in my 1st trimester and though she wanted to give me prescription for antibiotics, she advised me first to take at least 10 glasses of fluids - water, buko juice and cranberry juice every day. (Buko and cranberry have antibacterial effect good for UTI) after a month it was gone. it seems that my UTI was recurring ( I've had the same concerns before I was pregnant) and so when i had my chkup  last wk, I  have UTI again.  Am now 25 weeks preggy and from what I've read, I really have to cure the UTI before I give birth.  So my OB advised me to take more than 10 glasses of fluids again for a wk then take another urinalysis.  If it improves,she may not recommend the  antibiotics when I come back this weekend.  Will tell you what she will advice me. 

[jocel]

i had UTi in my 1st trimester sis, my ob gave me cefalexin, its safe naman daw sabi ni OB, for sure hindi ka naman bibigyan ni OB kung makaka affect kay baby..

[mhae_0615]

sakin sis nung nagka-UTI ako during my pregnancy, my OB gave me Zegen. 

[batch]

thanks sa feedback mga sisses. according nga sa OB prone talaga sa UTI ang mga buntis. I'm increasing fluid intake nga since last urinalysis. sana lang maging ok na para i won't have to take antibiotics. next week uli ang next check up ko. so far naman walang side effects yun amoxicillin. 

[jesrora]

hello batch 2x na ko nagantibiotic during my pregnancy now. first was on my first tri meron akong pabalik balik na lagnat at hindi matanggal tangaal na ubo't sipon nun. i think mga 3months palang ako nun pregnant. second was nung 2nd trimester kasi sa UTI super dami pus cells ko, so co-amoxiclav na pinabili sakin... pinakamalakas na anti biotic na safe for pregnant women na daw un... i think mga 5 months ako nun. ngayon im on my 7 months almost 8 months may UTI nanaman ako!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

muntik na ko magantibiotic last month (6th month) dahil right after my UTI nagkaron ako fever chills and flu...... ayaw na ni OB. bedrest na ko nun... ngayon ewan ko na wah kakaurinalysis ko kanina meron ako ulit wahhh di pa sya nagrereply sa kin

cranberry juice ka batch medyo nakakabawas ng pus cells....

[jesrora]

hi! I had it in my 1st trimester and though she wanted to give me prescription for antibiotics, she advised me first to take at least 10 glasses of fluids - water, buko juice and cranberry juice every day. (Buko and cranberry have antibacterial effect good for UTI) after a month it was gone. it seems that my UTI was recurring ( I've had the same concerns before I was pregnant) and so when i had my chkup  last wk, I  have UTI again.  Am now 25 weeks preggy and from what I've read, I really have to cure the UTI before I give birth.  So my OB advised me to take more than 10 glasses of fluids again for a wk then take another urinalysis.  If it improves,she may not recommend the  antibiotics when I come back this weekend.  Will tell you what she will advice me.

sis im on my 30th week, twice na ko nagantibiotic ayoko na!!! ilan days nageffect cranberry mo?? pansin ko nung nagcranberry ako last last week ndi masakit magpee and mas magaan ang feeling ko sa down... di kasi ako nakabili agad ng stock kaya eto UTI again

[sedentarygypsy]

waaaah! @35th week nag-UTI pa ako!!! Zegen din nireseta na antibiotics. Sana walang adverse effect kay baby... 

[batch]

thanks mga sis..noted po ang cranberry juice. medyo nawala na ngayon ang lower back pain ko. babalik ako sa OB mamya for another urinalysis. sana wala nang UTI.

[annemarie28]

i also had UTI on my 8th week..doc prescribed me Macrobid Nitrofurantoin..i supposed to take these for 10 days pero 7 days nag stop nako tapos when i had urinalysis i still have slight infection pero di nako nag take antibiotics..cranberry juice nalng at dami water..

[trinket]

naku mga mommies sabi ni OB mas okay pa din to go natural. She didn't give me any antibiotic... 10 glasses of water, cranberry juice and buko juice lang same as with sis LeAnEn. No to junkfoods, oily, salty and spicy foods din 

[michaela33]

Hello sa inyo.. re: amoxicillin, yun daw po ang pinaka safe na i-take na antibiotic ng mga preggy.. actually, ako, 2x na ako kinailangan mag amox, nung nagka tonsillitis ako then meron kung anong infection sa nails ko, for UTI, hmm, [textspeak!] naman, pero un lang [textspeak!] pinaka ok na antibiotic, amoxicillin.. safe daw po sya sa baby 

[france0220325143]

ang prescribed ng OB ko when i almost had UTI (almost kasi malapit na daw sa borderline), cefalexin... buti nga that time sumabay na [textspeak!] cough and colds ko.. nadamay na rin [textspeak!] dun sa effect ang antibiotic ko...

[LeAnEn]

hi jesrora! 1 week lang ako nag-cranberry juice malaki na ibinaba ng pus cells ng UTI ko.  though i alternate it with buko juice siguro mga 2x a wk kasi medyo ma-sugar din sa content ang cranberry.  Siguro mga 2 glasses a day ako nun then lots of water. tapos on my next monthly chk up wala na sya. Look for sugar -free (found using splenda) or less sugar. 

[jesrora]

papaurinalysis ako ulit tomorrow! nagcranberry ako for a week and water kaya lang medyo maalat naman and matatamis ang food ko. il try buko din!

sis leanen alam mo ba yung sinasabi nila na cranberry capsule? pwede ba satin yun?

[LeAnEn]

nakita ko nga yun pero  I haven't asked my OB about it.  As of my 2nd urinalysis, which thankfully improved, my OB ddnt advice me to take meds na muna. dahil dyan kaya di ko na rin na-open yung sa capsules. maybe i will ask on my next visit, just in case, * knock on the wood* i need to take meds na rin.

[jesrora]

thanks sis balitaan mo ako ah! 

[miksha]

the last time i had UTI when i was oregnant my OB gave me antibiotics pero not oral. dun mo idadaan mismo sa baba sa vagina mo. it's a capsule na medyo mahaba. i forgot kung ano pangalan. ask your ob about it. baka naman kase pwedeng hindi oral ang intake. also drink lots of fluids preferably water and buko juice or cranberry juice and try to lower your salt and sugar intake

[jesrora]

just want to share:

galing ng cranberry juice from 18-22 pus cells last 11/14 to 3-5 pus cells this 11/25!!!

di ako nagtake ng meds.

buko, water, cranberry! and i still eat sweet and salty foods pero alalay talaga w/ cranberry juice!!! parang di nga ko makapaniwala eh!

[ysa_38]

anong brand name ng cefalexin na gamot nyo? ok Lang ba yung nabibili sa generika na cefalexin? thank you