Deb,
Same here. I go to the loo and pretty sure I am done only to sit back down on the lounge and bag my nickers are all wet and I had no idea how that happened. Sometimes it looks and smells like wee, but lately its more creamy and sticky but no real nasty smell. Obs said that I should get the swab done to rule anything nasty out. But this has been happening to me for about a month or so. But as the pressure builds up and bump drops more more leaking is happening. So I am curious to if this is just me being a leaker instead of a gusha. AF pains and lower back pain and BH are happening too but not with any regularity.
I think its just wee as it hasn't been as bad... but if it gets any worse or starts gushing I'll be sure to go to the hospital and see my midwife!!! I guess I forget wat happens around this time of pregnancy lol, I feel like its my first time again lol.
Bub is still moving heaps so know he must be ok in there, I really don't know how he manages to make such moves when he must be running out of room lol!
I would put on a pad and call the hospital to have it checked, just to be on the safe side. I was slowly leaking last pg and didn't realise it was amniotic fluid. WHen I went in for the induction I mentioned it, they checked it, tghen I was stuck on a drip the whole labour. Bub came out distressed, and they put him on an a/b drip too and all the while I felt full of guilt for having not got it checked. I had had a false alarm earlier which is why I was reluctant to get it checked that time. However they really don't mind. I had thought, well if this is really labour, something will start happening soon enough... it didn't. Luckily his bloods came back clear of infection but until the tests came back I was worrying like mad, and beating myself up over it. Not a nice way to spend your first 24hrs as a Mum. Getting it checked takes no time at all - you give them the pad, they put this stuff on ity and if amniotic fluid is present it changes colour. Much easier than worrying, and doesn't put them out at all - that's what they are there for.
If the leakage is urine, this can be really common due to weakening of the pelvic floor muscles - a result of the weight of the baby in the 3rd tri. I experienced this during the last months of my pregnancy even though I had been doing pelvic floor muscle exercises and pilates weekly! The good news is that I have no lasting pelvic floor issues, no lasting incontinence issues... however it does show the importance of keeping up the exercises.
If the leakage is amniotic fluid, of course it is really important to get it checked out and monitored.
I did read somewhere that there are or can sometimes be, 2 fluid sacs, the main one surrounding the baby and a posterior, smaller one which can break and leak without any danger to the baby. Not sure if this is true or not though and as always, it is always best to get things checked out as has been previously suggested.
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