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Really gross question......

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pucca · 04/08/2006 00:48

I had a large show on Monday and have lost little bits every day since, but today have noticed a couple of wet patches in my knickers (sorry if TMI) and has a very distinctive smell, smells very sweet like i remember from when my waters broke with my dd.

Do waters always go with a huge gush? or could i be leaking very slightly?

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pucca · 04/08/2006 00:49

Forgt to add i am 37+4.

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misdee · 04/08/2006 00:50

dd1 the waters just trickled. dd2 waters went with a pop during labour.

Latipsoh · 04/08/2006 00:51

You could be. From what i know waters are less likely go with a huge gush. Usually a trickle.(unless broken for you and its like niagara falls ). What has mw said?

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pucca · 04/08/2006 00:54

Not phoned MW, not really knowing what to do at mo.

Could it just be tail end of my show do you think? i know its gross but would that have the same kind of smell to it?

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pucca · 04/08/2006 00:56

I actually posted last night too as been having loads of on/off contractions that wear off, its all doing my head in tbh

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Latipsoh · 04/08/2006 00:56

Just ring her pucca.

If your waters have gone, then you probably ought to let them know.

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pucca · 04/08/2006 00:58

They prob gonna say come in though aint they, and HATE wasting their time iykwim, plus have dd asleep, guess i just looking for answers that nobody can give me lol.

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bloss · 04/08/2006 01:52

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pucca · 04/08/2006 11:01

Still getting some "stuff" leaking, the thing is its not like water, its like very watery discharge but has a very smell to it, so i know its not wee, it smells like really sweet iykwim.

I think it may just be the tail end of my show, but jeez how much of the stuff is there?! Had a huge blob on Monday then been coming out every day since. With my dd it was just the big blob.

Would this "show" stuff smell like waters too? i remember the smell from having my dd, very distinctive.

Can anyone advise on this? I know i have been like a dog with a bone but just feel something going on here

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alexsmum · 04/08/2006 11:04

opucca it's your waters.
phone the midwife NOW.

there is that assertive enough for you!!!?

stop kidding yourself! it's your waters of course!

alexsmum · 04/08/2006 11:05

and 'waters' aren't like water. they are just as you described! it's amniotic fluid remember!

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pucca · 04/08/2006 11:06

Pmsl @ AM, i am just umming and aahing i know, it just it don't feel like last time, doesn't seem runny enough.

Sorry i know i am a witterer (sp?)

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alexsmum · 04/08/2006 11:07

do it do it do it!!!!!!!!!

foxinsocks · 04/08/2006 11:10

phone the midwife woman

I did this dithering thing because I really didn't want to go in until I was ordered to by a fierce Jamaican who, in her beautiful lilting tones, made it very clear that I was going to go to hospital and be seen right now!

lucky she did because they popped soon after and ds was born about 2 hours later (also between 37/38 wks)

liquidclocks · 04/08/2006 11:11

Ring your m/w! the test they do to see if it's your waters is dead quick and easy! Also, if it's not that or wee then it's something (sorry, but could be thrush?) - anyway, you need to know as if labour doesn't start you'll need to be induced to prevent infection.

liquidclocks · 04/08/2006 11:12

sorry, induced in a few days, not like 'right now'. oops.

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pucca · 04/08/2006 11:23

I just can't believe it may be my waters because its not running down my leg type thing, with my dd they went with a gush then leaked right through to her coming out. It just the smell that is bothering me more than anything. Weird.

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alexsmum · 04/08/2006 11:26

every labour, birth and child are different. if the smell is strong def go and get checked pronto-you need to know there is no infection.

Gizmo · 04/08/2006 11:28

Pucca, if the baby's head has dropped, it can act like a plug in the cervix, preventing anything except a small, dampening trickle of waters coming through. ('Forewater' I believe is the technical term).

Your midwife should have some test strips which will show whether it is amniotic fluid or not: best to phone her and find out for sure, I'd think.

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pucca · 04/08/2006 11:30

Ok will phone, the head is engaged and very low as they checked on Tuesday.

Thanks for all the replies everyone

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Quootiepie · 04/08/2006 11:32

sounds like waters have broken... they can trickle. Phone MW/hospital. Good Luck xXx

alexsmum · 04/08/2006 11:34

make sure you come back and tell us ok?!

Quootiepie · 04/08/2006 11:34

DONT HAVE A BATH!

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pucca · 04/08/2006 12:18

Am still sat here pondering lol, have rang local MW but she has said ring del suite which i haven't yet, sorry i know you all want to cyber slap me

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WigWamBam · 04/08/2006 12:30

RING THEM NOW!

It's your waters. They need to know. Stop pithering about and get back on the phone NOW.

Please