3rd Trimester

water breaking vs clear discharge

From morning I am getting very clear (water like) discharge. Initially, it didn't look it was discharge so I was leaning toward my water leaking. But then it did not wet my panties or my pad so I was wondering. What do you ladies think it is?

It still keeps coming but has become a little sticky with no smell.
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Re: water breaking vs clear discharge

  • I have the clear, watery discharge right now.

    A good test is to lay down with a pad on.  When you do that the head may "uncork" from the pelvis a little bit and you should get some gushes of fluid.  If you don't then it was probably just discharge.

    You can also try to smell it.  If it has a sweet smell it is your water.

        
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  • wow... thank you for the perfect explanation. I was just lying down sometime before. Though I still had some discharge, my pad was perfectly dry and I didn't get more discharge (just the normal amount) so I guess its just clear white discharge. plus it didn't have any odor to it.
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  • Toward the end of my pregnancies I always get this and it so confusing.  With my first I went to L&D because I thought it was amniotic fluid. 

    Could we be any more disguisting down there right now?  Ick!

        
  • This happened to me so my Dr sent me to L and D and it turned out to be my mucous plug, it can be so confusing!
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    Toward the end of my pregnancies I always get this and it so confusing.  With my first I went to L&D because I thought it was amniotic fluid. 

    Could we be any more disguisting down there right now?  Ick!

    This has been true for me, except I - like a paranoid idiot - went to L&D TWICE. It was discharge and me peeing myself. The OB was very nice and told me I did the right thing, but I still felt like a dope.

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    image+adamwife+:

    Toward the end of my pregnancies I always get this and it so confusing.  With my first I went to L&D because I thought it was amniotic fluid. 

    Could we be any more disguisting down there right now?  Ick!

    This has been true for me, except I - like a paranoid idiot - went to L&D TWICE. It was discharge and me peeing myself. The OB was very nice and told me I did the right thing, but I still felt like a dope.

    I did this with DD around 41 weeks...yeah, I peed myself. Totally cute. 

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