Are pregnant women likely to get utis?

Yes: Early in pregnancy the hormone Progesterone starts to rise. This hormone slows down the urinary tract and is one of the reasons pregnant women are more susceptible to urinary tract infections.

> than nonpregnant: High circulating Estrogens tend to make bladder and ureters dilate (enlarge) so urine may not drain as well. Enlarging uterus can push bladder forwards and make urination more difficult. Both factors make pregnant more likely to get utis.

Yes: And UTI in pregancy is especially significant, as it can be associated with premature labor, your obstetrician can check a urinalysis at each visit and treat accordingly.

Possibly: There is a lack of consensus on this answer depending upon what source you read. Pregnant women seem no more prone to utis than other women. However, when a UTI does occur in a pregnant woman, it is more likely to travel to the kidneys related to anatomical and hormonal changes affecting the urinary tract. According to some reports, about 4 to 5 percent of pregnant women develop a uti.