38 weeks - x2 fluid gush but told waters not broken

[PurpleToaster91]

Hi guys, looking for thoughts and opinions please :)

Currently 38+2 with our first baby.

Yesterday at 14:30 I was standing in just my dressing gown and I suddenly felt like I'd wet myself, there was a pop/gush of water like liquid and it ran down my leg. It was a tiny amount like I'd sneezed and wet myself.

Called the hospital to see what they thought and they asked to see me to check, had a speculum and they said they see no pooling and just discharge.

Went home and had no leaking or trickling etc

Today at 15:00 I sat on the sofa and jumped straight up because again it felt like I'd wet myself or a small egg sized water balloon had been popped between my legs. Back up the hospital and they went through exactly the same process and again told us theres no pooling just discharge. The gush today was much more than yesterday and still the same consistency as water and clear.

Long story short I'm gushing water as opposed to it trickling but being told my waters haven't broken and that's that...

Baby is well engaged and I'm aching down low especially in my groin.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Can anyone explain the random gushes of fluid cos I cant get my head around it

That was exactly what happened and how it felt when my waters went. I was in the middle of induction and told my DP I was going to be sick after hours of feeling nauseous. TMI, but eventually was sick, and it made my waters break, there was a slight popping sensation and and a gush, and sure enough 15 minutes later my waters well and truly went. It definitely sounds like your waters did go, maybe go back and ask for a second opinion as you've had the same sensation again and now you're aching. If it is your waters they will want to begin labour after a certain amount of hours to stop any infections (if I'm correct) x

Also this isn't nice but if you smell it, it should smell sweet if it smells sweet it's very very likely to be your water.

I had one gush like this, was checked over and told my waters hadn’t broken (and I was imagining my contractions!?!). DD was born 4 hours later! My waters definitely broke as she was coming out, but I’m guessing she just provided a plug up until that point.

I had the same at 37 weeks, only one gush though and it was whilst I was on the toilet. Went in and was checked over, no pooling and sent home. They said it could have been waters, and they were going intermittently but they’d need to see it to take action.

They said to keep an eye on it, to wear pads and to keep them if it happened again because then they’d be able to see for themselves and it may save the hassle of the speculum.

I’m 40 weeks on Wednesday and he’s still hanging on in there. The only thing I can think of is that it’s pressure on the bladder. I get the popping when I pee but I’ve had no more gushes, I think he just gets comfy using my bladder as a pillow and headbutts me because I’ve emptied it 🤷‍♀️.

I can accept that perhaps they don't see any pooling but how do I explain the watery gush, could it literally be dishcharge? Since when does discharge explode out of you though :D

I read about 'back waters' and the hole resealing itself when the membranes overlap again, the midwife who checked me over didn't seem to think there was any logic in that...

It could be fore-waters? Not sure that is the technical term lol. But when my waters properly went right before I pushed my DD out it was like a waterfall. I had a small gush 48 hours before that but was only a small amount.

I am not sure of technical terms either but I had a similar small leak a full week before baby came. Was told it was hindwater (?). When they actually went it was enough to destroy many pairs of pads and pants.

Oh yes, hindwater!

Discharge, particularly at term can be incredibly watery and in large amounts.
If it was your waters, you wouldn’t have 24hrs with no leaking at all in between.

Wear a pad and keep an eye. If the pads are becoming wet go back

Pop a pad in in case it happens again and take that to them. They might sniff it and see what it is. Keep an eye on movements. But tbh if they think your waters have gone they will put you on the clock and before you know it you’ll be on a drip. I’d start trying to get those happy hormones going and see if baby starts to make an appearance. Good luck!

P.s. don’t dtd to get the happy hormones going!

I had this was told I had wet myself. Didn't think I had but kinda went with it as it was my first. Happened again. Went to hospital. Told waters is still intact & sent home.

I ended up with PROM, a temp in labour & infection. Loads of intervention in labour due to the above. Ds has d been distressed for days. If you know, you know. There's a sanitary towel your thing you can wear the turns blue with amniotic fluid, ask for one of those. 24 hours is timeframe for Induction after waters going. I went about five days. Don't be me!

The same happened to me at 24 weeks and the consultant said it was a slow leak from my hind waters, all was ok in the end. When I went properly into labour at 40+5 they went in continuous small gushes and contractions started an hour later, they then went properly two hours after contractions started