Sylk = UTIs?

[Curlyseuss]

Ugh! So DH and I used Sylk during our "attempts" this past O ... (I'm 7 dpo now) and wouldn't you know it, I got a UTI. We used Sylk last Saturday and Sunday. Monday mid-day I started feeling funny. (Monday was "O" day as far as I could tell). I started having flu-like aches and pains that worsened over the course of the day. By Monday night when I want to bed I was having chills and a burning sensation when I urinated, also having to urinate extremely frequently. I suspected it was a UTI even though I have never had one before, so I wasn't positive. I woke up at 3 a.m. with a 100.6 degree fever. Took tylenol, etc. Slept maybe a total of 30 minutes, I was feeling so yucky. Got up in the morning and BBT was 99.73. Went into the doctor that day and they took a urine sample and confirmed it was a UTI. So I have been on Augmentin 2x daily since then, and I have several more days to go.

Like I said, I have never had a UTI before, and I am 31. I know that they can occur randomly and are not all that uncommon... but I feel like it has to be linked to the Sylk since a) I have NEVER used lube before while DTD, never in my life and b) first UTI ever. Seems too much of a coincidence otherwise.

Has Sylk ever given anyone here a UTI? I honestly hope it was just random because I want to use Sylk again, for some reason I feel really good about using it as a swaying tool...just a feeling I guess. Any tips on how to avoid making myself sick again while using it? LOL!

So...yeah. I guess antibiotics AFTER O wouldn't sway blue, for that cycle, right? And am I correct in thinking that my fever wasn't so high that it would have completely killed off any sperm inside me/my egg? :worry:

[atomic sagebrush]

Anything that alters your pH, higher or lower, can disrupt the delicate balance of microorganisms in yoru VJ and make you prone to getting YI and UTI while swaying. It may help you to add in a probiotic from now on. It may well ahve been random though - people do get them all the time.

1)Being sick when you conceive may sway pink, so actually may HELP yoru sway, not harm it.

2)antibiotics can stay in the system for a week or two (in some cases, up to 6 weeks) but would not sway after the fact. I would go ahead and try next month but hopefully you got pg already so no worries.

3)That level of fever would not have harmed egg, sperm, or fertilized egg.

4)to prevent any future recurrances, be sure to pee before and after sex and also the probiotic will help.

[NeedAGirl!]

You did not say whether you did frequent bd or abstinence.... If you did frequent bd (rather than fr), you could have "honeymoon" cystitis. Also, believe it or not, some people get UTIs from cranberry as it is a bladder irritant. (even though many use it to prevent or even UTI) Definitely pee after all bd!!