Just looking for some advice here. Last weekend I started feeling like I had a kidney infection (fever/chills, nausea, back pain)- I had one several years ago, so I know what they feel like. It was a Friday, but I decided to hold off on seeing the dr. Instead I upped my water intake and took a Super CranActin supplement. While on that, my 11 month old nursling started having diarrhea. I googled and found out that one of the herbs in the supplement (uva ursi) was not to be used while nursing, so I stopped after having taken 7 pills over the course of a day and a half. His diarrhea improved after that, but whether it was related or just a stomach bug, I don't know.
Anyway, I was feeling quite a lot better at this point. The morning after stopping the supplement I did have a couple instances of burning during urination, but I again upped my water intake and started taking straight cranberry juice. I decided to call the dr. on Monday just to get a urinalysis. They wouldn't do that without seeing me, and they couldn't see me until Weds. By Wednesday my only symptoms were an occasional pressure-y feeling at the end of the day, and even that was pretty much gone. The Dr. who saw me prescribed Levaquin (?), but when I told her I was nursing changed to ampicillin, 3xday for 10 days and to start immediately. (And also 650 mg of Tylenol because I had a fever of 99. Is that really considered a fever? I mean, it was 90 degrees that day, maybe I was just a little warm...
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Well, I didn't start immediately because I wanted to wait 'til my UA came back. Today I had a message that the UA came back abnormal, but they're waiting on the results of the culture. I assume I won't get that info back until Monday. I hate antibiotics, and I double hate the idea of being on antibiotics while nursing, but I also don't want to risk damaging my urinary tract by letting bacteria proliferate. So do I take the antibiotics or just wait it out? 30 pills seems like soooo much, and then there's the potential of thrush...ugh.
If you've made it this far, thanks for listening.
Anyway, I was feeling quite a lot better at this point. The morning after stopping the supplement I did have a couple instances of burning during urination, but I again upped my water intake and started taking straight cranberry juice. I decided to call the dr. on Monday just to get a urinalysis. They wouldn't do that without seeing me, and they couldn't see me until Weds. By Wednesday my only symptoms were an occasional pressure-y feeling at the end of the day, and even that was pretty much gone. The Dr. who saw me prescribed Levaquin (?), but when I told her I was nursing changed to ampicillin, 3xday for 10 days and to start immediately. (And also 650 mg of Tylenol because I had a fever of 99. Is that really considered a fever? I mean, it was 90 degrees that day, maybe I was just a little warm...
)Well, I didn't start immediately because I wanted to wait 'til my UA came back. Today I had a message that the UA came back abnormal, but they're waiting on the results of the culture. I assume I won't get that info back until Monday. I hate antibiotics, and I double hate the idea of being on antibiotics while nursing, but I also don't want to risk damaging my urinary tract by letting bacteria proliferate. So do I take the antibiotics or just wait it out? 30 pills seems like soooo much, and then there's the potential of thrush...ugh.
If you've made it this far, thanks for listening.
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