bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy

[anitavelazquez]

Dear Dr,

  I am very happy  to say I had a Frozen Embryo Transfer done and I am 9 weeks pregnant,  however the nurse called me yesterday saying my cultive shows I have BV, she said the Dr do not treat this unless you present symptoms which I do not have,  but I was reading a lot of  stuff and now I am soo scared, I read BV gives you a higher risk of m/c and PTL , should I insist on getting this treated right away, I will not see my Dr until  the 1st week of February but I am wonder if I should do something right now.

thank you, I am very scared
Ana

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
Your doctor is giving you the correct advice.  Although I, like you, find it confusing.
First we diagnose an infection, and then we don't treat it.  If you were my patient, I would offer two options:  Treat with Cleocin ovules, OR wait and see if symptoms develop and then re-check.  The latter is the more correct, but I sometimes treat anyway if my patient is very nervous.
By the way--congratulations!
Dr B

[anitavelazquez]

UPDATE--I went to see my Dr, he told me the test I had done was the one that look for all kinds of STD, Chlamidya, Gonorrea etc and that came back saying I had the bacteria that causes BV, however yesterday (2 weeks after the 1st test)  he took a sample and looked it up under the microscope and said he could not see any sigs of the bacteria and that my PH was ok so he told me he will repeat this in 2 weeks but because he does not see anything he does not recommends treatment.

Do you think I should get treated anyway or follow my Dr advice?

thanks
Ana