Overactive bladder/pelvic floor damage

Hi Ladies I am 31 years old and first time pregnancy (32 weeks). Over the last 4 weeks, I have been experiencing severe urge to urinate frequently (atleast 60-70 times a day). When I rush to the toilet, I can only pass drops of urine and my bladder starts to feel the pressure again soon after passing urine in drops. This has been crazy and affecting me mentally and physically. My Obgyn treated me for UTI with AB’s but it didn’t work. I have been on continence aids and have burning sensation in my vulva region all the time. Has anyone gone through this situation as it’s killing me and if so what worked out for you except for the pelvic floor exercise. Also I have been taking ural and cranberry capsules. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Have you tried a physio that specialises in pelvic floor?

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feel free to DM me, i experienced it for months and took me a lot of digging to finally come out on the other side

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what you need is called a Microgen test... u can do it at home and it will specifically tell u all the different bacterias u have- what kind of antibiotics will work bc a lot are resistant as ur experiencing and if u need any dr references I believe they r on the site too

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@Rose thank you Rose The samples were sent to the lab twice and came back clear. Not sure, if there are further tests the doctor can do to treat me as my symptoms are only getting worse day by day. I am on my second course of AB’s with no effect :(

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99% of bladder infections wont show in standard urine test

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@uttara oh good! I really hope they take it seriously and look into it more for you. You can’t go through this for the next 8 weeks! Stay strong, you will get through this. Pregnancy can be sooo hard.

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@Aimee thank you Aimee. I am seeing my obgyn on Monday, I really hope they suggest something for this. I am feeling horrible with decreased quality of life. I will definitely request for an ultrasound as this needs to be diagnosed.

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See your ob again, that’s horrible! No idea how you’re coping ☹️ I’d be asking for an ultrasound to see what’s going on in your pelvic bowl and book in to see a pelvic floor Physio asap. I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this 😞

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@Ritika thank you. But my GP has come back advising that it isn’t UTI as my urine has no bacterial growth. I also took AB’s, cranberry supplement and ural sachets with no effect :(

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Its UTi, Urinary Tract Infection. Have a Gp check up, may be you've been drinking less water, and to fix it have 1 glass of cranberry juice, 3 times a day. That will clear the infection. Immediate relief. But check with Gp, if Cranberry juice is pregnancy safe.!