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Just like waters breaking but not pregnant and it wasn't wee. Help!

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FussArse · 26/08/2012 09:24

Hi
I have Googled this and found a few other women have experienced it but no 'answers' iyswim.

Last night sitting on the sofa it felt as if a heavy period was starting suddenly. I'm not having periods while I take a 3 month course of Esmya to reduce the size of my fibroid.

I stood up and fluid gushed out of my fanjo (about half a pint or more I'd say). It felt just like waters breaking (have had 3 DC}. The fluid had no smell or obvious colour. TMI but I saved the soaking pants till this morning and they still have no smell so def not wee.

I don't want to go to the out of hours doctor so I'll wait till Tues to go to my own practice but I wondered if anyone here has ideas about what this could be. I'm quite freaked out about it, re what is the fluid and will it happen again. I had absolutely no control over it and I'm going out today so def don't want it happening again.

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CrowInTheSnow · 15/12/2022 08:25

Adding to this thread in case it helps!

This has happened to me once last year. It was around the time I was being investigated for possible ovarian cysts, though nothing was ever found.

I went to the GP and they didn't know either but weren't worried and it never happened again.

It was really freaky though - came out of nowhere and no control, very much like the feeling of waters breaking. I was definitely scared about it happening in public as it soaked right through my clothes!

Theorist · 10/05/2023 07:04

Ok! So I hope to help connect some potential dots for all of you in this thread!

I too have been experiencing this for roughly the past seven years, given I'm only 25, it has still been a long time issue that has followed me everywhere I go. It usually comes with a belly cramp, sudden pinching, and something emptying that is definitely NOT my bladder.

Ok so heres the thing... warning for some Tmi that might be helpful. I have had this special talent in bed that has also produced an unknown liquid. I've always been able to squirt on demand, and I can assure you it isn't pee, it has always been clear with no smells and the feeling of pissing is totally different from this, it's almost like you are flexing your pelvic floor to get it out rather than your bladder. The problem is that doctors don't really agree on whether or not women squirt, and if they do they don't know what exactly the liquid is.

Well tonight I was getting freaking and I almost accidentally made a mess of my bed, I was able to stop myself but then an hour later.... a liter's worth of liquid came down my leg while I was in the kitchen. So it's like my body was still waiting to squirt (I hate that term for it lol)

There also seems to be a correlation when ever I do any floor exercises that involve my core. The harder I flex while working out, the more likely I am to have this problem later!

So I'm going to bet my money that this liquid is the same liquid that is involved in squirting, and that women always produce it but do not always excrete it when necessary and instead at random times.

I just wish doctors would actually try to research further into how women's bodies function during sex so I don't have to sound like a crazy person lolol!!

You can totally disagree, but considering my doctor won't give me other answers this is just what I tell myself!

Throwncrumbs · 10/05/2023 09:24

Fluid filled ovarian cyst rupture is a possibility

MichelaP · 27/05/2023 04:07

This just happened to me and I have never had kids. I literally woke up and it was just coming out ..no control over it, nothing. This is mad. I went toilet and had a big wee and yes, defo no pee. I couldn't be pregnant because I have a Coil (not hormonal) but I was literally checking my abdomen in disbelief...am I really not pregnant? This mad. I need to know what it is lol

Anonymousssssss · 03/10/2023 07:29

Excessive watery discharge feels like I peed myselfThis is pretty common ‒ that unexpected feeling of “gushing”, when you’re not sure if your period has started, you’ve accidentally peed, you’re in the mood, or it’s just a random flood of watery discharge.
You may even feel the need to check your underwear, just to make sure there’s no leaking.
Yup, that definitely sounds like sudden excessive watery discharge.It’s the body cleaning itself

Lozzer94 · 10/10/2023 18:59

This thread was started so long ago, but anyway the same thing just happened to me. Earlier today I was at baby group , I'm 8 month pp - we were taking about pelvic floor exercise and I done a few kegels. About 5 hours later I started cramping and had a big gush, which I though was my period but it was clear, odorless water.

A few weeks ago I have the copper IUD inserted and I've only had 1 period pp, that ended around 2 weeks ago. It made me slightly concerned so it's been helpful reading your comments.

57yo · 22/10/2023 01:23

Hi.
This has happened to me a few times now, I have no control of it, once it's starts you can't stop it, there is no feeling before it happens either. like you said there's no smell,
I was wondering if it had anything to do with the squirting I used to do when I had sex. I haven't been active for a very long time, I understand that this is not urine either. Could this just be getting full and just emptying itself?

Marvel93 · 25/11/2023 19:13

Sorry TMI
Wandering if anyone else has experienced this and know what it is?
Me and hubby were having sex and at one stage when I came a huge gush of warm liquid came out of the hole (not pee hole)
Never experienced anything like it during sex but almost felt like when my waters broke the last 4 times. It didn't smell and was no blood.
I'm not pregnant as husband had the snip earlier this year.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance.

Lemakema4by1 · 28/11/2023 20:11

Hi all I've had this a few times over the years and i was told it a burst cyst in the ovaries. Its sort of turns your tummy over like water breaking (which I've had once) and is odourless, clear and nothing to worry about. initially at the first time i thought it was urine or blood as it gushed and woke me up. _Please don't scare yourself googling as there are lots of horrible people/ men telling you its all sorts and that we've wet ourselves and worse. Go to a nurse for reassurance if you need to put your mind at rest. Lots of friends I've spoken to have experienced this or know someone that has, so its not weird or dirty.

jellybean779 · 30/11/2023 01:12

Had this exact thing happen to me last night, I’m 24, no kids, on birth control but not sexually active….so thank goodness for this thread because I was freaking out that something was seriously wrong!!!

SallyDub14 · 12/07/2024 07:37

Oh wow ladies, this happened to me last night. Sounds awful but woke up with a heavy, soggy feeling around 4am and I panicked and thought I’d got my period. As I moved to head to the loo, water gushed.
not pregnant as was in the GP yday and had to do a test for a prescription and not on any contraception. I’ve had 2 ovarian cysts before that have ruptured but never this.

Lemakema4by1 · 12/07/2024 20:13

I've had this again since the original post and they said could be a very large cystic or a fibroid. I had a ultrasound and there wasn't anything there. So could of just burst and took it away and been a lone one. Hope your OK glad you found this post to help put your mind at rest. I spent hours looking through I termed when it first happened. Please gey checked out at docs if you feel you n need too xx

inthekitchensink · 15/04/2025 11:32

Thank God for this thread, this happened to me last night and I was absolutely baffled and then panicking

Greybear22 · 04/09/2025 08:21

This happened to me last night. Woke up with just the back of my underwear wet, thinking why am I sweating, then thought oh no I’m leaking, got up and water just gushed out. I could feel where it was coming from and it wasn’t wee. The underwear I had on is absolutely soaked but isn’t stained and doesn’t smell.. very strange experience. This is the only thing I could find, so thought I’d add to the thread.. I also have a coil.

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