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Hm, i was prescribed macrobid for a "UTI" at the er one day. I was 8 weeks pregnant and had alot of back pain i was worried that it was a kidney infection. I knew it wasnt a uti so i called my obgyn the next day and she looked up my results and said everything was negative so dont take the macrobid BUT she did say that it is completely safe to take in pregnancy. I concieved while on an antibiotic for strep throat.

Ac tually I have the same question myself.....just yesterday, after experiencing what I thought were possible UTI symptoms, I called my doctor and he prescribed me macrobid. He didn't do a urine check or anything, just went ahead and called it in for me. I asked him if it wasn't a UTI would the meds hurt me or the baby at all (i'm 8 mths preg.) and he said no. So I'm going to continue to take it because I'm just not sure and if it is a UTI and I don't treat it then it could become more serious and lead to a kidney/bladder infection which can in turn cause preterm labor. I don't want that, so I'm going to go ahead with the meds. Another nurse at the hospital told me it was safe to take also. So I wouldn't worry.

The second poster should probably avoid macrobid which is only contraindicated in women close to term. youre not quite at term so your doc made a judgment call. are you allergic to penicillin? theres a great reason to treat utis even suspicion of them at 8 months because an untreated uti can bring on premature labor. but macrobid is not used when women are close to term. otherwise its safe. almost all drugs are pregnancy category B which is "likely safe in pregnancy." You cant really do better than that category. Penicillin is in that category too but many are allergic.
Poster 1, how can you be sure you dont have a UTI? you definitely shouldve at least given a urine sample before taking the drugs because once you start taking them its harder to detect bacteria in urine. and it doesnt mean theyre still not in urinary tract. if symptoms recur, definitely give a urine sample first. Dont worry. every drug says dont prescribe unless absolutely necessary. treating a UTI is absolutely necessary. if a woman is asymptomatic in trimester one, they might advise her to wait until the second to be treated but once you have symptoms it can lead to worse infection, even kidneys so it must be treated right away.

I was prescribed Marcobid at 38 weeks. Prior to taking Macrobid I had a healthy, active baby. I had an Ultrasound approx 6 days after taking my 5th dose of Macrobid and I had no fetal movement. My baby still had a heartbeat - just was not moving. I ended up having an emergency c-section and my little one was born with a grade 3 (worst is grade 4) interventricular brain hemmorage (IVH) and she had a stroke in utero. I can't prove that this medication caused her IVH but up until I took this medication I had no problems. I was receiving weekly ultrasound (I had very very mild gestational diabetes) as well as weekly non-stress tests so I would have known if there were problems prior to this point.

Please - do not take this medication in the 3rd trimester. It is not worth the heartache that may follow.

DO NOT TAKE MACROBID!!!

I was 13 weeks pregnant... I felt my baby boy everyday and 24 hours after taking the macrobid I had severe chest pains and my son went into distress.... I went to emergency and my baby died... He was taken out a week later - this was 2 weeks ago!! I am waiting for the autopsy but from what I am reading on the net - not many can "PROVE" medically that the drug is doing this!!! Perhaps the meds dopn't leave a viable trace - especially if it takes days to take the baby out!!! DO NOT TAKE MACROBID!!!!