TMI question...leaking?

mooncusp22

I've noticed wetness in my underwear... worried about leaking fluid? My underwear just gets wet, not like a heavy discharge or anything. It is not very damp, just slightly but has been happening everyday. 

Lindsay808

Tmi but I kinda freaked out last night but after dr. Google, I realized that it was just urine. It has happened a few times just shortly after I urinate. I would wait for it to dry and smell it to tell what it is.

babym6705

This has been happening to me too. I guess I should mention it to my dr too.

JNova78

I asked my doctor at my last appt and she suggested a panty liner (which I wear). She told me that if it were fluid, it would be more like a gush. I guess the discharge is another joy of motherhood!

mooncusp22

I am on vacation until this weekend and have my next routine appt set up 1/16. I was just at the doctor on 12/20 and they checked my amniotic fluid levels and all were normal.

Should I try to get in earlier to check? And another TMI, if I go more then a day showering I feel like I stink down there from this watery discharge. 

Pandamom14

I've found the same thing. TMI but it seems to be mostly sweat and a bit of urine from sneezing etc... I started using baby powder and everything seems drier and more comfortable.

katieharpiceland

Oh yea, the shower every day kind of thing is discharge. From all I've heard about amniotic fluid, it has a very special smell. Panty liners are your friend!

stphanie

It sounds normal, but of course it does happen that leaking can be fluid. With my first pregnancy, I was 36 weeks when it happened with me. It had been happening for about a day and a half before I decided I needed to go see my OB. They did an internal exam and gave me an ultrasound, and said they thought it was probably just normal discharge. I went home and later that night I got the big huge gush on the floor you always hear about. But it was about 2 days of slow leaking before that happened. Even when I went to the hospital after the gush, their paper test showed negative for amniotic fluid, but when I insisted on a more accurate type of test they can do (forget what it was), it was positive. Plus, they were able to compare my fluid levels in an u/s to the u/s I had had earlier in the day and see the drop. But the leaking I'd had was a lot of very watery fluid. It wan't like any normal discharge I had with my 2nd pregnancy or with this one. Also, right before it started, I lost my MP. It sounds very much like what you're having is normal, but just wanted to share my experience with leaking in case it helps you or anyone. 

HNRomance

mooncusp22 said:

I am on vacation until this weekend and have my next routine appt set up 1/16. I was just at the doctor on 12/20 and they checked my amniotic fluid levels and all were normal.

Should I try to get in earlier to check? And another TMI, if I go more then a day showering I feel like I stink down there from this watery discharge. 

yup... this. I have more discharge than normal and have pretty much since i got pregnant. There's just more now.

sorarose

I was on vacation too and thought this might have happened to me. ER said not amniotic fluid and prescribed me meds for bacterial vaginosis. They didn't do a full culture, but since BV can cause problems too, I decided to just take the meds.