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I rarely wear heels as I am a stay at home mother/student. DD doesn't wear them either. No prognosis was ever made for my frequent bladder infections (childhood or adult), yet no tests were done either. Here is a little background on my BI history: All dark pop gives me a full on bladder infection in 45 minutes after consumption. OJ has the same effect with a more delayed time. I am able to take baths but without the use of additives like soap and salts. (I add Arm and Hammer Baking Soda which has been beneficial for the prevention of getting one from bathing.) Sexual intercourse without both my husband and I showering first causes a BI every time. My DS was born via emergency C-section (short wrapped cord) so I am not sure if that is the reasoning for the frequency of mine declining. I should also add that a year ago I had a hysterectomy (cervix, left ovary, and uterus) due to endometriosis, a painful cyst, irregular and constant bleeding (3 weeks on, 1 week off), and the inability to have intercourse due to excruciating pain during and after.
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I understand that you are a natural family but you are seeing a DR- what are you being told? This is not "normal"- I'm curious as to what the Dr is leaning towards here. Have you seen any specialists? Since you have had the same is this some type of genetic problem? and I find it curious that you had a decrease since your last birth -what do they attribute that too?
if they are not finding a "medical" reason given all the tests-what options did they give you? WOW monthly??
I assume you know she is doing proper wiping? how often does she bathe?
are these diagnosed each time as a bladder infection? has she had yeast infection too given al the antibiotics?
We switched DD to showers and not using soap when she washes her vaginal area, just a clean, wet wash cloth. She has recently been bathing however, which I need to change back to strictly showers. (No soap other than shampoo when bathing though and it is used at the very end of her bath.) Her doctor sent us to a nephrologist and she really only spoke about the reflux, suggested tests, and options to treat that. (She also suggested at our FIRST visit that if the results were negative, I put my daughter on a palcebo and into the study she was performing....instant dislike!!) We did the tests, VCUG, renal and bladder ultrasound, and a blood panel to check her kidney function. All the tests came back normal. I stopped seeing the specialist, mainly because she was very pushy and against our natural ways, so I now do only the BI appointments with her Ped. He also has not spoke of additional options or causes and treats each individual infection with a urine test, tummy check, and a culture. All the urine tests so far have come back with a 100,000+ WBC and with Ecoli present. Sometimes she has tummy pain but it is not every time. Most symptoms that she has are pungent smelling and cloudy urine, frequent urination (but not just a trinkle), whiny temperment, and a pale complextion. She rarely complains of burning and I notice the smelly urine before she even complains of having a problem. No yeast infections so far, yes to wiping properly, and diagnosed each time.
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........and bleach your bath mat................no colored/scented toilet paper.also, my personal experience with cranberry pills for an adult was opening up a capsule (I think GNC sold a pill that had 505mg of pure cran powder) and mixing it with juice---about 3000mg twice a day.........but I have no idea what you would do for a little one.......OHH, and there are two more tests out there.....we haven't had them done yet...but one is very similar to the VCUG....(I think it's a non voiding cath?) and then a kidney scan that looks for scaring and damage---uses radioactive dye I think. The other thing...is she constipated alot? Our urologist has dd on daily dose of mirolax? to help with that....something about the stool stuck in tummy adds to the pressure of the bladder? kidney thing---something like that.
We do not use a bath mat, and no scented/colored TP ever used. The VCUG she had she was cathed during, filled with a dye and saline mix until full and the urge to pee presented. They then took an x-ray of her full bladder and a couple more as she voided the dye mix out. I am not sure if that is different from the one you speak of. DD is not constipated...she actually has some of the largest bowel movements I have ever seen come out of a child so small (36lbs). However, when she does get a bladder infection, she still associates BM's with the pain from her first BI so I will catch her trying to hold her BM and make her go.
I forgot to mention that we have also used the recommended dose of Silver suggested for a BI by the company that we get ours from. Once again, this method did not work either. Since I made this post I have increased her intake of cranberry juice and Uva Ursi. Her urine odor is better and she has not complained about the pain she had been having in her tummy. I am going to keep up with this while I continue my search for better treatment and prevention. Please continue to offer any advice even though she seems to be doing better, there is always next month...and the month after that...and the month after that...oh the trials of our monthly bladder infection :-(
In case I forgot to say it, THANK YOU ALL!! The fact that you took the time to care about my DD and our situation means more than you can imagine!!