OB/GYN: Roy Pitkin, M.D.
I was admitted to the hospital with a severe kidney infection and dehydration. I am 12 weeks pregnant and am concerned that the antibiotics I am taking are too strong. Will they affect my baby?
By Roy Pitkin, M.D.
I don't know what antibiotics you are taking, but none that I can imagine being used for kidney infection have any known complications for the baby. In fact, the danger here, both for you and your baby, is your own state of health. You were quite ill with a kidney infection and dehydration, severe enough to require hospitalization. I'll bet you had a high fever, too. This severe illness poses a serious threat to your baby (as well as to yourself), and it sounds as though you got the best treatment for both of you.
Roy Pitkin, M.D.
OB/GYN
Roy Pitkin, M.D., is a professor of obstetrics and
gynecology and is the former chair of the ob/gyn
department at the University of California, Los
Angeles School of Medicine. He is a frequent advisor
to national health agencies on women's health issues and has
received numerous international honors for this work.
