Have a pregnant bitch that has a bite wound just above her knee on her hind leg.  Skin is not inflamed, thin serum/blood discharge (mostly comes out due to movement.. its in a hard to bandage spot)... looks clean.  Took her to the vet.. .we clipped the area and flushed with saline.  But a "24 hour" bandage over it... call it that because if it stays 24 hours we'll be lucky...lol... just to give it some pressure.  Vet RX'd Clavamox... 

Going to see another vet tonight, and I have not yet given Antibiotic.  Afraid to... going to get a second opinion on the choice of Antibiotics.
Bitch is only in 2nd week of pregnancy...

What I would really like from you guys is EXPERIENCE with giving antibiotics to pregnant bitch... negatives ONLY from people who have bred their bitch before w/o antibiotics and had problems the time the DID GIVE THEM.  Make sense?  Really want to know if there is a danger or not.  I know its supposed to be o.k. to give Amoxicillan, Cephalexin, Clavamox, and Baytril (though the last two make me uncomfortable).
 
Thanks in advance for any advice.

My repro vet always prescribes clavamox.  I've used it numerous times w/ pregnant bitches.

From my understanding Baytril is not considered safe for pregnant or nursing.  

Cephalexin is ok for nursing bitches and I have given it with no problems for one week old puppies nursing a treated bitch.  The dam had mastitis and the cephalexin cleared it up but I caught it early.  In the second week the eggs are not yet implanted in the uterine walls so it should be ok.  Clavamox is amoxicillin with a synergist to make it more effective on antibiotic resistant infections so it sounds like your choices are amoxicillin or cephalexin .. I would choose cephalexin as it is broad spectrum but you and the vet are there so you two work it out.  One option would be to flush the wound and keep it clean and hope it heals without antibiotics.  If the bitch loses her appetite then give her antibiotics as that often happens with an infection starting to get serious (usually happens with mastitis).

What's the bite wound from? I'd use Vetericyn instead, personally. 

Amox & Ceph are widely prescribed for pregnant females when needed....I don't think you would have a problem with either.
Your vet (if he prescribes anything) will probably prescribe one of them....
Best wishes.

I agree with Jenni.  Unless the bitch is showing signs of infection (running a fever), I would treat the wound with Vetericyn.  This helps heal the wound and prevent infection.

I was asking what the bite was from because it's pertinent. A cat bite needs antibiotics- not something to fool around with.  A dog bite...not so much. I've had my share of dog bites and never took antibiotics, but cat bites are scary. I've cleared up really gruesome injuries with Vetericyn. 

↵List of active ingredients in Vetericyn  .. pretty expensive for water 99.8% .. but as it claims it is as safe as water

Ingredients: Electrolyzed Water (H2O) (99.816%), Sodium Chloride (NaCI) (0.023%), Sodium Phospate (NaH2PO4/Na2HPO4) (0.015%), & Hypochlorous Acid (HOCI) (0.011%)

The ingredients are sterile water, salt, buffers, and bleach in simpler terms .. maybe it works but probably so would lots of sterile water to wash the wound out.  Electrolyzed water is primarily all that Vetericyn is made from and is used as a cleaning and disinfecting solution

Link to article on electrolyzed water and how it is produced .. it has properties suitable for washing and disinfecting similar to dishwashing or laundry products and is a good topical disinfectant and yes you can drink it but at the prices charged I would go for a nice bottle of wine (16 oz size is $45).

http://chemistry.about.com/b/2009/03/03/electrolyzed-water-miracle-liquid.htm

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Don't give her Clavamox, I gave that to one of my pregnant bitches, this was years ago,
live & learn, I had a couple pups born with exposed brains and a "fish" eye, one very big 
open eye, scary looking.....never again will I give that during pregnancy.:(