bacteria in pregnancy

[giblet]

a lady from my OB's office called me today saying i had an e coli infection and i have been prescribed amoxil. sshe said this is common. is this true? how common? what causes it? is the anti biotics bad for my baby? i am 11 weeks.

[Sheer Bliss]

I don't know how common the infection is/what causes it, but i was put on antiboitics by my Dr recently for a nasty throat infection that just wouldn't go away.
I'm pretty sure it was Amoxil, and he said it was Category A for use in pregnancy - so it is as safe as panadol. On all the tests/studied they haven't found there to be any effects on the growing baby.

[Jinglebells]

we have natrual bacteria in us, sometimes it can get a bit out of control and muliply more than normal which is why you've been put on antibiotics, sometimes pregnancy hormones and stuff upset everything

[jamb]

re the antibiotics, bub will be fine, i was on them a couple of times with UTI's when pregnant. More important for you to get better!