how do you know if you're leaking amniotic fluid?

Re: how do you know if you're leaking amniotic fluid?

• angeleighhh member

  April 2012

  I should mention I had my a/s on Tuesday and today was my appt and we went over it she said that the fluid looked good on Tuesday.

  
  
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• thatoneredhead member

  April 2012

  Its happened to me where I wasnt quite done and leaked when I stood up.

  You could call L&D and see if they have more suggestions, but you could always throw on a pad and see if it fills or do the sniff test which sounds disgusting. Pee has a pretty distinct smell. You could lay down and see if you get a rush after standing.

  If all that fails and youre still worried, its a simple test to get it checked.

   

  
  

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• Katd678 member

  April 2012

  I have had the same problem! I notice it after I pee, so I think its probably a little dribble plus all the crazy d/c you get with pregnancy. I wouldnt worry, it is scary though!

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• Medic99 member

  April 2012

  When you leak amniotic fluid it usually is a steady leak. One way to tell if you are leaking is to wear a pad and check it periodically for fluid. I went to L&D for this around 17 weeks and this is what they told me. I hope it helps.

  
  
  
  

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• Shelby14 member

  April 2012

  Gross but it's probably just a pee dribble! Doesn't hurt to check out with your doctor if you are worried. 

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• MainelyFoolish member

  April 2012

  If you have a fluid leak, it will keep leaking.

  Not to freak you out, but I actually had a slow amniotic fluid leak at the end of my first pregnancy and I didn't know it. Toward the end of pregnancy, it's not uncommon to get a watery vaginal discharge. I wasn't sure if I was leaking amniotic fluid, so I went to the hospital at 36 weeks and they checked and told me it was not amniotic fluid. A week later, at my 37 week doctor's appointment, the "discharge" had continued and my doctor told me I was now leaking amniotic fluid. Sometime over the past week the watery discharge had changed to an amniotic fluid leak but my leak was so small, I didn't notice the difference. After the leak was discovered, I was immediately induced and I had a healthy baby. No harm, no foul, right?

  

  

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• MrsC17

  April 2012

  My DR said it would basically feel like I was peeing but had no control (couldn't stop the flow).  I didn't have this problem at all my 1st pregnancy but I noticed sometimes if my bladder is REALLY full I get "the dribble".  ugh.  LOL.

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• Mrs.RockyM member

  April 2012

  put on a pad and then lie down for 15- 20 minutes.  If when you get up there's a little puddle on the pad, then you're leaking and should call your doctor ASAP.  If there's nothing on the pad, it's probbaly just dribble or pee.

  
  
  

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