Could this be the start?

[saraho29]

I'm 39+5 days with my 2nd baby.
Yesterday morning I got up and (Sorry if tmi) I was very wet down there... Didn't think too much of it. Pants were a bit damp most of the day but not really soaked.
Same again this morning, got up and feel very wet and It kinda feels like I can feel it tricking out. But not loads of it, just a little bit.
Do you think this could be my waters??? and this could be the start? I feel fine everywhere else no pains or anything.

My first LO was an elective c section and I never started in labour so I have no idea of what to expect!

Thanks

Oooh how exciting! There's no such thing as TMI on a labour thread.

Have you noticed any jelly like discharge come away when wiping yourself? My mucus plug took days to come away properly.

Pop a pad in your knickers so you can monitor it. I would also give maternity unit a call (or your MW if you are having a home birth) just to let them know that you might be coming in later today and also to ensure they don't want you to come in now.

It sounds as if it might be your waters breaking. Definitely monitor the flow so you can tell the labour ward as they like to keep an eye on how long has passed since your waters broke. I had PROM with my first but didn't go into labour spontaneously within the 48 hours time limit the hospital allowed for it to happen so after 40 hours was induced by being hooked up to a drip with syntocin. Hope it all gets going for your naturally! Keep upright and try moving around as much as possible to help encourage those contractions.

Thanks for that!

I spoke to labour ward a bit ago and the midwife was convinced it's my waters going, even though there is only a tiny bit.
She told me to lie down for 30 mins then get up and see if there was anything there.
So I did that, but there was again only a tiny bit there.. Damp rather than wet. Phoned them back and got a really snotty midwife saying 'it's chaos here but I guess you better come down if you think they have gone....'
Thats the thing. I'm not convinced at all, as I said its only a bit damp rather than wet!!
aaah what to do! Still no pains.

May try and get hold of my midwife, see what she thinks.

"A bit damp rather than wet" in my case (with DC3) was diagnosed when I got into hospital as my hind waters having gone. That seemed to mean that there the water was leaking out from a higher point that the babies head, so not much was getting out at a time.

NICE guidelines still recommend that baby is delivered within 96 hours iirc (this was 2 1/2 years ago) even for hind waters, even though there is less risk of infection being contracted.

This happened to me at 34+1, and they kept me on IV antibiotics and induced at 35. It seems to be quite hard to diagnose as the amount of water can be so small, so I think they err on the side of caution.

This may be too late - you may well be in hospital already. But if not, you probably should go in.

saraho29 - any progress? Good luck with it all.

Hi,

Thank you for all the messages.
Don't think it was my waters Saturday morning, but this morning it definalty was! Woke up at 1am this morning soaked!!
But no contractions as yet....
Had a visit to the hospital this morning and they confirmed that they have gone, but my cervix is closed tight!
So I am home now and waiting. I have an appointment on Tuesday to get induced.

Aaaaah the waiting is so annoying!!!!

If you want to get going naturally make sure you keep mobile. I would always prefer it to be spontaneous after being induced the first time round - I found it quicker and easier with a much faster recovery afterwards. Wishing you lots of good luck that things start moving in the right direction for you! Do you have any preferences about being induced? I would expect that after a C-section, a spontaneous labour would be preferable to avoid having to have another assisted delivery. Perhaps others who have been in your situation can comment? I just know that my induction was quite intense (no pessaries, just hooked up to the syntocin) and I can see how the hospital may be more inclined to intervene in that situation.