Apologies in advance, I find this a bit revolting so others might!
I'm 29+5 and for the last couple of weeks have noticed my pants being more damp than usual. Initially I was worried I was leaking fluid but it wasn't that. My midwife suggested it might be a watery discharge which is apparently common later in pregnancy.
However, over the last week or so there has been a definite 'tang' to the odour which leads me to the very sad conclusion that I'm leaking wee. Great.
I've been doing my pelvic floor exercises and am fairly confident I'm doing them properly as an antenatal physiotherapist explained how when I saw her for PGP issues. I'm perhaps not doing enough of them though.
The thing that seems odd though is that I've always though my pelvic floor was reasonably strong - I can certainly 'clench' and have been trying this out and apologies again, but DH can find the resultant squeezing uncomfortable during sex.
I don't leak when I sneeze, laugh etc which is what I thought stress incontinence was about. Instead, it seems to happen when baby kicks me in the bladder (often!) or is wriggling vigorously. I then feel a few drops come out which is mortifying. Otherwise I still seem to be weeing as usual. When the leak happens there is absolutely no warning - it's not as though I feel an urge to wee, can't hold it and then leak. It's instead baby kicks bladder = leak. I'm now paranoid that I smell and today had a little cry to myself before heading off to buy the smallest, thinnest Tena Lady liners I could find.
Is anyone else finding this? I feel horrible and am already struggling with my body not being my own anymore. I'm also alarmed that this is happening so early - I have 10 weeks left and I'm terrified that I'll soon be confined to the loo until delivery. Can any amount of pelvic floor exercises help when baby is booting me in the bladder? It's not as though the exercises work the bladder itself, just the supporting structures. I'm also really scared about what is going to happen with the extra weight of baby as he grows and after delivery - am I going to end up like one of the Tena Lady advert women who wees herself in a lift?!
Is anyone else experiencing this particular glamour of pregnancy?