In July 2024, I was newly single and about to become a mom, so, of course, I thought that would be the greatest challenge I would face. No one could have guessed what the next few months held. In the months after welcoming my son, I started to notice some changes that were out of the ordinary for me.
It started off with little habit changes, such as frequent urination and mild back pain. But having just given birth, it’s easy to see why those signs did not signal anything significant. As moms, we are often reminded that our postpartum bodies go through so much, so we try not to overthink it.
The problem with that, though, is that it encourages women to turn a blind eye—even when, deep down, we feel concerned. While going to the bathroom more regularly was not too alarming at the time, I could not ignore the mounting list of additional symptoms over the following months. Within six months, I had a fever on two separate occasions, I felt bloated, did not get my period, and got terrible night sweats.
I put most of that down to the fact that I had just had a baby and also have endometriosis. I was also breastfeeding, so it was just presumed that my body was changing. Yet in February 2025, the situation took a drastic turn.
I had a mild burning sensation when I went to the bathroom, and that night, I ran a fever. So, the next morning, I went to the pharmacy to get medication for a UTI, thinking that was all it was. However, before the pharmacist could give me anything, there were a few questions to go through first.
Well, as a matter of fact, yes. As a result of that, they could not give me the over-the-counter UTI medication. That was the only reason I went to the doctor instead.
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