Fun with suppositories

So at yesterday's appointment, the doc told me that I have the very, very beginnings of a bacterial infection. The urine test came out negative, but the swab under the scope showed some bacteria.

So he prescribed a three-day course of Cleocin suppositories. But when I looked it up online, there was all this scary stuff about NOT TAKING IT WHILE PREGNANT. Ummm, hello, OB doctor why would you give me this?

So now I am very scared to take it. I have read lots that leaving a bacterial infection untreated can lead to premature labor, but that Cleocin can also cause miscarriage in the first trimester.

Which is, you know, really fun.

This is what I found on several sites: "Reproduction studies have been performed in rats and mice using subcutaneous and oral doses of clindamycin ranging from 100 to 600 mg/kg/day and have revealed no evidence of impaired fertility or harm to the fetus due to clindamycin. There are, however, no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, this drug should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed."

Now normally, I take my animal reproductive studies pretty seriously. I mean come on, rat sex is interesting! But not so much when it relates to the possibility that I could dead-ify The Blob.

Now realize, this medicine was prescribed by a new doc, not my normal OB. And of course, I hate to be rude, so why would I call him back? I mean who am I to question his idea? I don't have a medical degree, although I do have an extensive catalogue of internet research I could fall back on. I feel qualified to perform most gynecological tests, considering how much I have read about conception and pregnancy.

Since I see my regular OB in two weeks, I decided to hold off on taking the meds last night and give her a call. Her nurse, a very sweet woman who always sounds so confused by my questions, said she would page my doctor. She had just gone to lunch.

For the love of God, let the woman eat! Don't ruin her sandwich and soup with talk of vaginal bacteria. So I waited. And she called back about two hours later.

My doctor said to go ahead and take it.

Let me just state, for the record, right now. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I AM SUING MY DOCTORS. One of Josh's best friends is a personal injury attorney. We know people. I will not be messed with. I will become the Erin Brockovich of bacterial infection medication.

Maybe I should just stop reading the damn internet and scaring the living crap out of myself. That's an idea.

That's of course after I get through the next three days of this medication.