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There are women who don't get morning sickness and women who don't get stretch marks but pretty much all of us need to pee a lot more often when we're pregnant. First the hormones make you run to the bathroom and later the baby presses on your bladder, making bathroom stops more frequent.

But there's another reason you may need to pee a lot in pregnancy — the dreaded urinary tract infection (UTI). You're more vulnerable to getting one while you're pregnant for the same reason you have to pee more: Hormones and the way your growing uterus starts co-opting space your other organs were using.

If you have any of the following symptoms, you can't blame...

There are women who don't get morning sickness and women who don't get stretch marks but pretty much all of us need to pee a lot more often when we're pregnant. First the hormones make you run to the bathroom and later the baby presses on your bladder, making bathroom stops more frequent.

But there's another reason you may need to pee a lot in pregnancy — the dreaded urinary tract infection (UTI). You're more vulnerable to getting one while you're pregnant for the same reason you have to pee more: Hormones and the way your growing uterus starts co-opting space your other organs were using.

If you have any of the following symptoms, you can't blame them on mere pregnancy and it's time to go to your doctor or midwife:

• pain while urinating
• urgently needing to pee but when you get to the bathroom you can only squeeze out a few drops
• lower-back ache or cramps
• cloudy or odorous urine
• if you see any blood in your urine

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