What do leaking waters feel like?

[LargeGlassofRed]

I'm almost 34 weeks pregnant with twins. My waters didn't go till I was ready to push with my other three.
For the last few hours I've been having the odd small trickle of fluid.
May be just because its hot, I'm not sure. No contractions or anything, and only very small amount of fluid but enough to feel it iyswim.
Any ideas?

anyone?

When my waters went it felt like I was weeing myself then it almost felt like the leaky sensation you feel when you have your period and the blood rushes out (sorry if TMI). It is warm and kind of thicky feeling (or mine was). Go and get checked out if not at least to get your mind put at rest. At least then you will know.

sorry had hook thing in induction for DS1 and elec c section for DS2 - hope someone else can help

thanks it does feel like that period dripping feeling, but not much there.

Second the warm and thicky drippy feeling, this went on for several days with my second pregnancy at full term. I would go to midwife and get checked out tbh. Could be nothing, might be something.

Mine went without me noticing.

Also meant to say mine was more obvious when I went to the loo. Kind of fleshy (light pinkish thick) fluid on the pan. Not loads, but enough to make me go to the hospital and beg ask if that was it? Waters didn't break with first baby so had no idea what it felt like.

thanks, how can they tell if its waters or not?

They do a swab and if it turns a certain colour it is your waters. It is like a dip sticck thing. Goodd luck

Dear LGofRed, hope you don't mind but I have cut and pasted here what I posted on another thread similar to this a couple of years ago. They test for amniotic fluid by putting a special swab (looks like a large cotton bud) in your vagina iirc.

"Dear Jersey - am concerned about you because I had an issue with leaking and the outcome wasn't good. I was fairly confident that it wasn't wee because it was just a sort of steady trickling rather than a little squirt when coughing or laughing etc. I was 39 weeks when it happened. I took myself to hospital but was examined and reassured not waters leaking - infact was told I had thrush and could just be experiencing watery discharge (Yeuck). But it carried on. Was wearing a pad for 2 days. Went to my GP who referred me back to hospital. Examined again - told not amniotic, go back home. After another 2 days I was beginning to get worried. Back to hospital. Finally, a consultant agreed that I might be leaking, and booked me in for induction next day.

Induction did not go well, ended up crash caesarian under general anaesthetic. When I came round doctor after doctor (it seemed like) came to my bedside with notes and said "you were here 5 days ago with suspected leaking waters?" I said yes, had been in 3 times in total with suspected leaking waters.

Upshot: baby taken into special care for intravenous antibiotics which she had twice daily for the next 5 days and then orally when she came home for about another week. They were worried about group strep b of course. Luckily she didn't get it (although didn't get the results of that test for 3 days) but she did develop skin sepsis and also had to go through the trauma of spending her first night in special care away from me, and having a great big needle stuck in her arm for 5 days.

So ... you might think that modern teaching hospitals wouldn't make a mistake like that in this day and age, but mine certainly did and I was furious with the care I received, tempered hugely by my gratitude that they saved her life by giving me an emergency section within 10 minutes of discovering her distress during early labour.

But I would never allow myself to be patronised to by anyone in the medical profession now. I was sure I was leaking. I really should have stood my ground on first visit to hospital, asked for second opinion etc.

Don't wish to worry you but you really must get it checked out.

HTH".

bloody hell largeglass, I remember when you got your bfp. (yesterday wasn't it?)

seriously, get checked, amniotic fluid has a slightly sweet straw like smell, can be clear or pinky, slightly blood streaked. should not be greeny streaked, or very bloody

pop a pad on, they might sniff it, [nice emoticon] they might give you spec exam.

hopefully you are already heading in to have your lovely babies

good luck. x

thanks all, went to get checked out they did a trace then checked my cervix and fluid.
Very relieved to find just an increase in fluid not my waters,
They were very nice and said its always better to get checked out have told me to come back if any increase in fluid.
liagen it feels like yesterday ! gone so quick this time
minty thanks will keep a close eye on it, they did say with twins you have an increase in discharge so maybe thats why.

well thats good news.

You're doing well with twins, so I guess anytime they decide to arrive soon will be ok.

god really hope I've got a few weeks yet
really don't feel ready, really brings it home to you going to the hospital.
I think because the other three were late too, I can't believe that the twins will be early think I might be kidding myself though

I'm sure you've got a while yet, doesn't hurt to be prepared though,

Obviously will be watching out for labour/birth thread.

Thanks smile will be spending tomorrow getting organized today has definitely given me the kick up the bum