Leaking Waters

I know there are heaps of threads but I cant find what I am looking for...

I am pretty sure its just wee or CM but I have been leaking on and off for a few weeks anywhere from 1-3 teaspoons worth at a time.

I am not overly worried about it, as I said, its probably just wee, but how can you tell? I know there are "tips" to see if its wee/CM or waters I just cant remember LOL

I have let my mw know and am due to have my anat scan soon so we are just going to wait and see what that says unless I have a big gush or something.

Yup I will be sitting and then stand up and then a little gush or last night I sat down on my bed and a little gush, then sat back up after lying down doing suduko (LOL) and another bigger gush...

Thats what I cant remember, if you have a slow leak does it just keep trickling regardless of whether you move or not or can it come out in just little gushes every now and then?

It is awfully weird if it is wee.. I pee so freaking often I am not sure how there could be anything left LOL But I am sure that is what it is.. doesnt smell like wee though....

I have been thinking about it a bit more and I just assume it gushes because one minute Im dry and the next Im wet.... it could be trickling out over a few minutes but I dont notice until its uncomfortable iygwim....

Scan is next week but mw was at the hospital so I was texting her, might give her a call tomorrow and explain a bit better.

Mel apparently waters are ment to smell different from pee, so if you can smell it, and it doesnt smell like pee then I would say its your waters as I cant imagine CM doing that. Hopefully your scan shows you have nice big fluid levels. I know that they can replenish themselves if you do have a wee (hmm not pee, but small!) leak. Let us know how you get on!

Yup mw knows and no more leaks since the night before last... its always clear. I have also heard it decribed to smell like hay... so I went and smelt the bag of hay for the rabbits... hmmm nope LOL

Peanut was your leak earlier in pg or later? Just curious as to what they actually do if you have leaks this early on?

My waters broke at 30 weeks, your midwife can test it in 10 secs with a dipstick test.

Not something to wait and worry about, it is something to find out what is going on and then deal with.

Edited to say that it is not just the loss of amniotic fluid around the baby that can be of concern, but also the risk of infection. Even if it is just pee, the maybe there is an underlying infection, definately time to get it taken seriously and checked out thoroughly. If your midwife is not concerned, but you still are, then head to your gp.

Edited by maya22

Yup I think I read your thread peanut but I dont think I found what I was looking for.. it was late LOL

Gawd, bed rest for a week with a toddler Hah!

We think I had a small leak at 16.5 weeks - went to the loo and my undies were wet, had a smell and it definitely didn't smell like pee!

Ended up at A&E, cos my OBGYN was in surgery - they did an internal and checked for bubba's heartrate on their portable monitor and everything was fine. I was made to take a couple of days off work and take it easy for a few days.

Haven't had any issues since but my OBGYN did say that the good old maternity incontinence can sometimes happen without you noticing, and if you have been drinking quite a bit, your pee sometimes doesn't smell too strongly.

If I were you, I'd wear a pad to keep an eye on the levels/colour of fluid, and definitely speak to your midwife, better to be safe than sorry! Good luck!

How's it been today Mel?

Mine broke (a huge gush) at 31wks. I was put on bed rest in hospital and when I moved it felt like you're describing. Sometimes it was a lot (as in, felt like I'd wet the bed) but others it was much smaller, like the amounts you're talking.

Did you find my thread when you were searching? I'm sure I remember someone saying their friend's waters had broken early on and they'd ended up going almost to full term with no probs.

In my case, they wanted me on bed rest until C was delivered. The best case was full term (but as you know I only lasted a week) but I was having contractions as well. Without the contractions they seemed fairly confident that he'd be all right even if I kept leaking. They checked the fluid levels and they were pretty good - they do keep replenishing themselves