a slow leak can be a problem if amniotic fluid falls below a certain level - a friend had to spend the last 10 weeks of her pg in hospital due to leaking waters, another delivered her bub at 25.5 weeks for same thing
it's better to be checked and reassured, than to leave it and find out it is a problem - my understanding is the swab test is really simple, and if it does show positive for amniotic fluid, they can scan you to make sure you still have significant enough fluid for the baby to stay safe.
i'm definitely one for playing it safe having seen the impact of these situations for my friends. i have had a fairly high amount of what i believe to be CM, but have appt tomorrow and will be getting it checked just in case....
Yeah I do know someone who lost her bub at 37 wks due to leaking waters & not realising.
That was a long time ago though, things are different these days!
Sounds like leaking waters to me, I had baby no 4 in Sept and still was'nt 100% sure,because it was just a bit wet. When they did test to see if it was, there was no mistaking, cause it definately ruptured them further. (started to gush) All okay if you are term!!! Good luck and I hope things have gone smoothly for you, I am going to have a look at birth annoucements now!!!
I saw my OB on Wednesday and explained to her what was going on. She said it was more than likely watery CM but I clarified that I do have a yellow discharge when I wipe and if this happens to get on my underwear than it drys white however the wetness seems different.
Her advice was to pop a panty liner on and see what happens over the next 24 hours and pop to the hopsital for a siimple swab if it increases. Her biggest reasoning for thinking it was just watery CM was that it wasn't continuous. It would happen a couple of times a day, enough fluid to make me change my underwear but not a constant flow IYKWIM.
I was a bit disappointed that she just didn't do a simple swab then and there. But I should have spoken up.
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