Antibiotics (PG mentioned)

lmohall · 08-05-2008, 12:23 AM

I know this probably isn't the place to post...but it's 2 a.m. and I can't sleep, so I'm blaming it on that.

Doctors are in agreement that I've had the staph since I got out of the hospital a year ago. It just decided to rear it's ugly head this past week. And...it got worse over the weekend. I went back to the doctor today (Mon...I went Fri too)...and I started antibiotic treatment. I think it's for the best considering what it was starting to look like. On Friday, infectious disease had said the best course of treatment was a topical antibiotic. Today they weren't giving me much of a choice. Well, the drugs I'm taking weren't my doctor's #1 choice...I can't take choice #1 because my strain is resistant to it. And all the others were out... Out, why you ask? Because on Friday I had a positive pregnancy test and all the other drugs are known to be bad for the baby. Tomorrow is 18 DPO...I was waiting until then to get excited...now I just cry all the time. I know I had to do the treatment. I had to. But I feel like I'm sacrificing the little life growing inside of me for mine. I think I woke up because I was having bad dreams...

Thanks for listening...whoever is out there...

tess1026 · 08-05-2008, 08:29 AM

lmohall - I am sorry you BFP is clouded by this situation. First, CONGRATS on the BFP. I know taking anything is scary right now, but having a infection could be just as dangerous as the "possible" side effects of the anti-biotics. The best way to take care of that little bean is to be as healthy as you can be. FWIW, I would do exactly what you are doing in your situation. Praying that the infection resolves quickly and that you and your baby have a healthy pregnancy..

Vickie

lmohall · 08-05-2008, 02:59 PM

Thanks so much for your words Vickie...somehow it's comforting to know you would've done the same thing.

I still feel like I can't get excited until after the antibiotics are done. I found out this afternoon that the drug I'm taking is the one that my stomach doesn't agree with...(it was just called something else at the last place)...the good news is that the doctor said there's virtually no risk in taking it this early...

Resting and taking it easy,
~Laura

Kim C2 · 08-17-2008, 09:50 AM

I'm sorry you're going through this...I'm going thru something similiar, although I'm not pg, but ttc.

I had a nasty spider or tick bite (it was biopsied and that's all they could tell me) but my dr. said I needed to take 20 days of doxycycline in case it was a tick & I could've gotten Lyme Disease.

I was told to use birth control during the 20 days of treatment plus 7 days after. While I understand its only one cycle - it still makes me sad & angry. At my age...every cycle counts.

Anyways - sorry to hijack your post...but please know I'm thinking of you & hope you get better soon! Congrats on your wonderful news!

~~Kim C.~~
TTC after Tubal Reversal

lmohall · 08-17-2008, 05:27 PM

Kim~

I know that only the women out there who have been ttc (it's been 2 1/2 years for us) could imagine how I felt when they told me I needed to take antibiotics...on the same day that I found out I was PG...was God playing some sort of joke?

The antibiotic I took was sulfa (Septra...sometimes known as Bactrim) and I'd taken it before for a UTI, that's how I knew it would make me nauseas. I finished my 10 days last Wed. I was miserable most of the time, but worked really hard at eating a big meal before each pill to lessen the effects. It was hard, because the pills also made you lose your appetite. I ate anyway. I also had two independent doctors tell me that it was safe to take this antibiotic this early in my pregnancy. It calmed my worries, but still...when you've been trying so long, you don't want to take any chances. I will have to be checked again to see if I'm 'colonized', and my husband will have to do the same. I don't know what will happen if I am. (I was growing the bacteria in my vagina originally) I don't really want to think about it.

Can you believe me when I tell you that I know how frustrated and angry you must feel? This journey is sometimes sooo hard. And utterly unpredictable. What day are you on? Are you having any side effects? 20 days is a long time...I will be thinking about you, and I'll be around if you need someone to vent to!

~Laura

Kim C2 · 08-19-2008, 10:09 AM

Thanks so much for your kind words, Laura!

I'll have to be honest and say that DH & I together decided that I'm not going to take the antibiotic. I know for some I'm probably doing a big shocking thing...but we researched & truly believe it could not have been a tick that bit me (twice). Also, everything we read said in order to contract Lyme's Disease from a tick it has to be embedded in your skin for at least 24 hrs. Whatever got me, just bit me...and wasn't on me or embedded at all. Although I'm usually one to follow the directions of my dr. to a "T"...I just felt the antibiotics were totally unneccessary in this case. I did take a Z-pack (zythromycin) for 6 days, and the bite marks are almost totally cleared up now. (I did make my dr. clarify that the doxycycline is only because she's cautious about Lyme's Disease...and that's the only reason she prescribed it)

Anyways - I'm allergic to sulfa drugs! That's the only allergy I have! Its been 20yrs since I've taken it but it was what put me in the hospital with my throat swollen shut! Ugh!!

I sure hope everything is ok for you & I know it made you feel much better about things to have dr's telling you it was ok to take the Septra in early pregnancy. Of'course you'll worry, but I'm betting everything is ok! Please take care of yourself & enjoy your precious miracle and this special time! I've always thought how funny (odd funny) that we worry ourselves sick trying to conceive. Then, thinking if we could just achieve that miracle, everything will be ok. Then, once you get pg, then you worry yourself to death about having a successful pregnancy! Then, thinking once you make it to delivery & hold that baby in your arms, all your worries will be over...but as soon as they are born, its an entirely new set of worries! My oldest is 13...and I worry myself sick every day! lol I swear it NEVER ends!

(((HUGS))) and the best of wishes to you & your new addition!!!

~~Kim C.~~
TTC After Tubal Reversal Surgery

08-05-2008, 12:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
lmohall 100-199 post 3 of hearts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Twin Cities Suburbs Posts: 191	Antibiotics (PG mentioned) I know this probably isn't the place to post...but it's 2 a.m. and I can't sleep, so I'm blaming it on that. Doctors are in agreement that I've had the staph since I got out of the hospital a year ago. It just decided to rear it's ugly head this past week. And...it got worse over the weekend. I went back to the doctor today (Mon...I went Fri too)...and I started antibiotic treatment. I think it's for the best considering what it was starting to look like. On Friday, infectious disease had said the best course of treatment was a topical antibiotic. Today they weren't giving me much of a choice. Well, the drugs I'm taking weren't my doctor's #1 choice...I can't take choice #1 because my strain is resistant to it. And all the others were out... Out, why you ask? Because on Friday I had a positive pregnancy test and all the other drugs are known to be bad for the baby. Tomorrow is 18 DPO...I was waiting until then to get excited...now I just cry all the time. I know I had to do the treatment. I had to. But I feel like I'm sacrificing the little life growing inside of me for mine. I think I woke up because I was having bad dreams... Thanks for listening...whoever is out there...

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08-05-2008, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
tess1026 300-399 post 5 of hearts Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 309	lmohall - I am sorry you BFP is clouded by this situation. First, CONGRATS on the BFP. I know taking anything is scary right now, but having a infection could be just as dangerous as the "possible" side effects of the anti-biotics. The best way to take care of that little bean is to be as healthy as you can be. FWIW, I would do exactly what you are doing in your situation. Praying that the infection resolves quickly and that you and your baby have a healthy pregnancy.. Vickie

08-05-2008, 02:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
lmohall 100-199 post 3 of hearts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Twin Cities Suburbs Posts: 191	Thanks so much for your words Vickie...somehow it's comforting to know you would've done the same thing. I still feel like I can't get excited until after the antibiotics are done. I found out this afternoon that the drug I'm taking is the one that my stomach doesn't agree with...(it was just called something else at the last place)...the good news is that the doctor said there's virtually no risk in taking it this early... Resting and taking it easy, ~Laura

08-17-2008, 09:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kim C2 Bargains Board Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WV Posts: 21,001 Blog Entries: 122	I'm sorry you're going through this...I'm going thru something similiar, although I'm not pg, but ttc. I had a nasty spider or tick bite (it was biopsied and that's all they could tell me) but my dr. said I needed to take 20 days of doxycycline in case it was a tick & I could've gotten Lyme Disease. I was told to use birth control during the 20 days of treatment plus 7 days after. While I understand its only one cycle - it still makes me sad & angry. At my age...every cycle counts. Anyways - sorry to hijack your post...but please know I'm thinking of you & hope you get better soon! Congrats on your wonderful news! ~~Kim C.~~ TTC after Tubal Reversal

08-17-2008, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
lmohall 100-199 post 3 of hearts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Twin Cities Suburbs Posts: 191	Kim~ I know that only the women out there who have been ttc (it's been 2 1/2 years for us) could imagine how I felt when they told me I needed to take antibiotics...on the same day that I found out I was PG...was God playing some sort of joke? The antibiotic I took was sulfa (Septra...sometimes known as Bactrim) and I'd taken it before for a UTI, that's how I knew it would make me nauseas. I finished my 10 days last Wed. I was miserable most of the time, but worked really hard at eating a big meal before each pill to lessen the effects. It was hard, because the pills also made you lose your appetite. I ate anyway. I also had two independent doctors tell me that it was safe to take this antibiotic this early in my pregnancy. It calmed my worries, but still...when you've been trying so long, you don't want to take any chances. I will have to be checked again to see if I'm 'colonized', and my husband will have to do the same. I don't know what will happen if I am. (I was growing the bacteria in my vagina originally) I don't really want to think about it. Can you believe me when I tell you that I know how frustrated and angry you must feel? This journey is sometimes sooo hard. And utterly unpredictable. What day are you on? Are you having any side effects? 20 days is a long time...I will be thinking about you, and I'll be around if you need someone to vent to! ~Laura

08-19-2008, 10:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kim C2 Bargains Board Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WV Posts: 21,001 Blog Entries: 122	Thanks so much for your kind words, Laura! I'll have to be honest and say that DH & I together decided that I'm not going to take the antibiotic. I know for some I'm probably doing a big shocking thing...but we researched & truly believe it could not have been a tick that bit me (twice). Also, everything we read said in order to contract Lyme's Disease from a tick it has to be embedded in your skin for at least 24 hrs. Whatever got me, just bit me...and wasn't on me or embedded at all. Although I'm usually one to follow the directions of my dr. to a "T"...I just felt the antibiotics were totally unneccessary in this case. I did take a Z-pack (zythromycin) for 6 days, and the bite marks are almost totally cleared up now. (I did make my dr. clarify that the doxycycline is only because she's cautious about Lyme's Disease...and that's the only reason she prescribed it) Anyways - I'm allergic to sulfa drugs! That's the only allergy I have! Its been 20yrs since I've taken it but it was what put me in the hospital with my throat swollen shut! Ugh!! I sure hope everything is ok for you & I know it made you feel much better about things to have dr's telling you it was ok to take the Septra in early pregnancy. Of'course you'll worry, but I'm betting everything is ok! Please take care of yourself & enjoy your precious miracle and this special time! I've always thought how funny (odd funny) that we worry ourselves sick trying to conceive. Then, thinking if we could just achieve that miracle, everything will be ok. Then, once you get pg, then you worry yourself to death about having a successful pregnancy! Then, thinking once you make it to delivery & hold that baby in your arms, all your worries will be over...but as soon as they are born, its an entirely new set of worries! My oldest is 13...and I worry myself sick every day! lol I swear it NEVER ends! (((HUGS))) and the best of wishes to you & your new addition!!! ~~Kim C.~~ TTC After Tubal Reversal Surgery