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Q: Urine Sample Question

asked by: Dannzibelle on March 20th, 2007

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I usually see my midwife at home but she's on holiday when my next appointment is due so i'm seeing someone else. I've been given a tiny container to put it in (i have no idea how i'm gunna do that one!) but what i want to know is does it matter how old the urine is? I don't mean days old i was just wondering if the fresher the better so to speak

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tinkinpink84

replied on March 20th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

i would suggest the morning of your appointment, they test for protein etc , so the fresher the better. to get accurate results.

Dannzibelle

replied on March 20th, 2007

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Ok thanks i was just wondering how long is too long yanno. because i usually pee on the stick thing then take it back downstairs to my midwife so mines usually pretty fresh!

Kia

replied on March 20th, 2007

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needs to be less than 4 hours old (in the container) if possible and preferably keep it in the fridge until the last minute.

urine starts to break down so chilling it stops it from breaking odwn so quick.

what are they testing for?

Bridget

replied on March 20th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

my doctor's office liked their patients to bring in their first morning urine, no matter what time the appointment.

but i felt gross putting pee in my fridge and then driving for a half hour with it so i always just peed when i got there.

Mommy35

replied on March 20th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

That is the first thing I do when I see my doc. We head straight for the bathroom, I pee in a cup and she dips it. I wouldn't like transporting my pee either. UCK

Lauren_Jay15

replied on March 20th, 2007

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I had to do a Urine sample last week to check for a water infection but everything was ok. And I had the normal routine blood tests for all them nasty things. I hate blood tests, they sting like a beatch!

Dannzibelle

replied on March 21st, 2007

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Kia wrote:

Just testing for the usual things really plus considering i've shown blood and protein in past appointments they need to keep an eye on me.
Lauren- i know what you mean about blood tests they are evil! I've got another one in 2 weeks

Jules

replied on March 21st, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

My midwife said it was ok to pee into a clean dry container (like a jug) and then pour the urine into the little bottle. Just remember to put some disinfectant in the jug afterwards!!!!

Dannzibelle

replied on March 21st, 2007

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PurestGreen wrote:

My midwife said it was ok to pee into a clean dry container (like a jug) and then pour the urine into the little bottle. Just remember to put some disinfectant in the jug afterwards!!!!

I may get some disposible cups to pee in lol. When i was younger and had a lot of uti's they used to give my mum a paper cup for me to pee in and then the little bottle too so i'm not quite sure why they didn't do that this time

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