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Help! - should I be worried?!

32 replies

Rhubarb · 21/08/2003 17:25

For ages now, the baby feels like it is lying very, very low. Sometimes I get a dull, heavy sensation right down there as if it's weighing heavily on my perineum. Last weekend we had sex for the first time in ages, it didn't hurt but it was uncomfortable. Afterwards I got that very heavy, dull sensation down there and I had to keep sitting down. If I stood up or moved around it felt as though the baby would drop out, I almost wanted to reach down and push it back up again! But a bit more worryingly, I had put a panty-liner on and within an hour it was soaked. I didn't know if it was water or not. Since then I've had minor leakage of water-like stuff, and just recently the discharge is also a bit pinkish. The baby still feels very low down and uncomfortable.

I have phoned the midwives as I thought I'd better get it sorted before I go away (Scotland next week). They have told me to go in straight away, so I'm waiting for dh to come home. Should I be worried or are they just over-reacting? I'm 24 weeks today.

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prufrock · 22/08/2003 15:32

Glad to hear it's not too serious Rhubarb - you had us worried for a bit. Only 16 weeks to go...

Rhubarb · 22/08/2003 16:40

And I'm counting every day Prufrock! They did want to keep me in overnight so they could scan me today, but I refused. So as an outpatient I have to wait along with everyone else. I don't mind, it's probably something and nothing anyway. I should really learn to keep my mouth shut and just get on with it! Every time I say something they seem to haul me in! You can almost sense the disappointment in them when they can find nothing wrong!!! Still, if I do have another scan I'll be asking the sex - dh need never know!

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WideWebWitch · 22/08/2003 19:09

Oh Rhubarb, I missed this yesterday, so glad to hear you're ok and I hope the results come back OK. Cor, being pregnant is crap isn't it?

Janstar · 22/08/2003 20:49

Great to hear you are okay. Have been worried.

Ghosty · 22/08/2003 23:12

Woke up this morning wnodering how you were Rhubarb and logged on to see that you are ... thank goodness!!!
Take care of yourself ....
love
g xxxx

StripyMouse · 23/08/2003 10:10

what a relief, Rhubarb, you had us all worried there for a bit. Hope the test results and scan can help to explain what was going on and be reassuring for you. They can?t be too worried or I am sure they would have sent you for an emergency priority scan and/or kept you in. Take it easy and have a restful Bank Holiday.

musica · 03/09/2003 10:21

Just wondered how you're doing Rhubarb, and if you had a date for your scan yet? Hope you had a good holiday.

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