Water break experiences

txbride1106

So I got up from lunch today and ended up with a trickle of fluid down my leg.  Not a major gush, but enough to get my pants wet to my knee.  Definitely not urine as I was not in need of going and it did not have urine odor.  The nurse is having me monitor and see if it continues or gets more since I have an appointment already scheduled tomorrow morning.

If your water did break on its own was it a "slow" water leak or just gush?

Contractions are staying steady at 8-10 min apart so no major increase on those yet.

 Thanks for any insight...it gets frustrating to be in "partial" labor!

jennyfur211

With my first DS it was a trickle, I woke up in the middle of the night, thought I peed my pants, changed & went back to bed.  I even went to work the next morning but realized I hadn't really peed my pants because my pants were completely wet when I got to work too.  With my twins, I was in the hospital for dehydration & contractions.  They were releasing me, so I went into the bathroom to get dressed and soon as I stood up water just started flowing down my leg.  So I have never had a huge gush but a trickle and a slow flow I have had.  When I had my twins I wasn't sure at that specific moment that it was my water breaking so the nurse tested it.  If you aren't sure ask them to test it, it's just a swab test.

healthynut

Mine was a slow leak.

mamam

With my first it was a gush.  We were installing the carseat and I went into the house and kept changing and filling a thick pad so it was clear what had happened.

na24

Mine was a pop and then a gush that kept gushing every time I moved.  I had to walk around the house gathering things and sit in the car with a beach towel stuck under my dress.  

They have a strip they can use to figure out whether it's amniotic fluid.  Can they see you this afternoon? 

srh08.05.06

Mine was a huge gush.  I got back into bed after going to the bathroom and felt a little pop and water was just pouring out.  Definitely no question about it!  Good luck - I hope you figure out soon if it is definite labor or not!

robinsokj

Mine was a bit of a trickle

txbride1106

Thanks for everyone's insight!  They told me to continue to monitor, but so far just a tiny bit of moisture.  I have an appointment tomorrow morning for growth scan and check so it looks like we will wait it out unless I have further leaking or closer contractions.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a big telling day!

kaiteedidit

Mine sounded similar to yours. I'm not exactly sure when it broke. I woke up in the morning and noticed a lot more discharge and it was a lot wetter than normal, but I assumed it was just discharge. Later in the afternoon I got a shower and after I got out, I would randomly get pretty good gushes of fluid. In between gushes it would just trickle a little and run down the side of my leg. It was pretty gross.

iluvadam

Pop and a huge gush, then me standing in a puddle of clear liquid.  I had to sit on the toilet for almost an hour before we left for the hospital because every time I would move after that more would pour out of me.  I ended up wearing the thickest maxi pad I could find in the house and sitting on a trash bag lined with towels in the car.

Good luck!  Hope you get some answers soon.

schoolsoutbride

Mine was a huge gush.  Fortunately, it was while I was sitting on the toilet.