if your "water broke" or leaked...UPDATED

jnicolen1 · April 2012

what was it like?

according to one of my doctors, i'm 39 weeks today...according to another, im 40 weeks tomorrow. regardless...full term.

this morning when i got up, a trickle of cloudy fluid ran down my leg. probably about a tablespoon. since then, there's been nothing else. if this was my water bag breaking or even a small leak...i would see more throughout the day, right? im thinking this may have just been discharge, but not sure. i never experienced anything like this with my last pregnancy.

anyone ever have a similar experience?

UPDATE: i had my doctor check it out and it was not a leak...just an increase in watery discharge which she said is normal, esp. towards the end. thanks again for all your feedback...its crazy how different everyone's experiences are!

Ljojo · April 2012

For all three of my babies once my water broke there was continuous leaking. It got to the point where the leaking becomes very annoying because you can't move without liquid dripping down your legs.

desertlady86 · April 2012

One morning when I got up I had a trickle go down my leg. I thought my water was breaking so DH came home and we went in. Nope, not my water! I think my bladder leaked.

jarebearsmom · April 2012

I'm thinking it may be discharge. I woke up at 5 AM to my water breaking and it was a gush of fluid that didn't stop. My bed and floors were SOAKED! Poor DH had to clean it all up whenever he came to the house for a shower since we left in such a hurry.

GrayGhost13 · April 2012

No advice, but wow, congrats on getting to 39 weeks. It won't be long now! Exciting!

NomMomster · April 2012

OMG I can't believe you're 39 weeks! Congrats!

I felt like I had been "leaking" all day and kept wondering if I was just peeing a little bit. I figured if it was my water breaking that it would be a gush. So I just kept waiting and then around 5:30 that evening I stood up from the couch and there was an undeniable little gush. Nothing crazy but definitely more than just a leak.

So maybe it's coming..?? Good luck with everything and can't wait to see pics. You better post some on here or fb!

PGASTL · April 2012

I had something similar and it was my water breaking.

It happened once and I didn't think anything of it because I had just sat down to go pee. Then, I started to feel like I was going to leak - almost the feeling you get when you're on your period and you know you need to get a tampon soon. But it wasn't anything drastic at all.

My Dr. told me that if I wasn't sure to take off my underwear and walk around in a pair of pajama pants. If you feel a drip down your leg, it's your water. Discharge won't drip like that.

So, that's what I did and I felt a drip and so we went to the hospital. I didn't leak at all on the way to the hospital, nor did I leak while they did a glove test to see if I was leaking.

It wasn't until the speculum test that they confirmed my water had broken - three hours after the first trickle. Later on after jump starting my labor on pitocin, they had to re-break it at the bottom of the sack.

bosha711 · April 2012

I think if you are 39 weeks today, then tomorrow you're 39 weeks 1 day & technically in your 40th week. Maybe that's the discrepancy?

Anyway, my water did not break, but I did have a case where I had just went to the bathroom to pee & then after I wiped, "water" came out all on it's own - I had no sensation or control of it & I thought it was my water breaking. I called the doctor & she told me to lay down for an hour on my side & then get up. If more liquid came out, then it is most likely my water. But, if nothing else came out then it was probably that the baby pressed my bladder & made me pee. It was pee

And the same thing happened when I did go into labor for real. I thought my water broke for real in bed b/c I had a huge uncontrollable gush - like sheet soaking. I was admitted b/c I was 5 cm dilated & contracting every 5 min, but my water never broke! That crazy baby of mine made me piss myself again!

Your OB can do a test to see if your water broke, so definitely call!

GL I can't believe you are so close!!

jax63081 · April 2012

My water broke on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. It was a lot of fluid though. It kept leaking too but that doesn't mean that yours isn't amniotic fluid.

Good Luck!!!

EVM1216 · April 2012

When my water broke it was a big gush of fluid. I got myself cleaned up, put on a pad, and went to the hospital. By the time the nurse looked at me she said that there was no amniotic fluid and my water didn't break. About 2 hours later I felt the same feel and got a 2nd gush that was amniotic fluid for sure. The nurse said what probably happened was that I had a rupture high in bag of waters and once the water got below a certain point it stopped leaking out.

I know that's no help. But GL!

jnicolen1 · April 2012

thanks for all the quick feedback ladies!

bosha...totally would make sense about the discrepancy....but they actually each gave me different due dates (4/28, 5/4). one doc was before i moved to CA, the other was here. i gave them each the same ovulation date...so who knows!

anyway...according to all of your experiences, its still up in the air

all i had on was sweat pants...no undies, and it definitely trickled.

i did go back down on my side for a while and when i got back up, nothing.

i actually have an appointment in a couple of hours, so hopefully they can test there. i REALLY dont want to have to go to triage with O sitting there getting impatient! not my idea of a fun afternoon!

also, thanks for the good wishes! i will definitely keep you updated and post pictures when i can.

JLSmith124 · April 2012

When my water broke, I knew it. It all came at once, my pants were soaked and there was a puddle on my floor. I've never just had a leak, but I would think it would be leaking here and there and not just once, unless the head blocked the rest of the flow.

xxbabycakesxx · April 2012

My water leaked very very slowly. I felt something come outta my hoo-haa so I put on a pad and it continued to leak throughout the day. And on the pad it was kinda pinkish tinge.

jillybean800 · April 2012

Mine was more of a slow leak. I walked around pantsless for a while, and I was still slightly wet, so I went in. As I walked into the hospital, I could start to feel it POURING out!

Edit: I forgot to say: Good luck and update us ASAP! You are so close!

Strunella · April 2012

I felt a tiny little gush and wasn't sure what it was. About an hour later, there was a BIG gush, my jeans were soaked and there was no mistaking it.

Good luck! You're almost there!

Rink08 · April 2012

My water only broke with DS2. It was small gushes. At first I didn't know if it was my water leaking or not but eventually it got to the point of every movement causing a gush.

lrn327 · April 2012

Wow, I can't believe it's almost time!! T&P for a safe, quick, and pain-light (b/c pain-free is only a pipe dream) labor! My water broke in grand fashion and poured out for a solid hour.

OhSewCrafty · April 2012

jarebearsmom:
I'm thinking it may be discharge. I woke up at 5 AM to my water breaking and it was a gush of fluid that didn't stop. My bed and floors were SOAKED! Poor DH had to clean it all up whenever he came to the house for a shower since we left in such a hurry.

This. I've heard though that if you have a leak, it can stop when you stand up since the baby's head is pretty much plugging the hole. If you lay down for a while, then stand back up, does it happen again? Could just be pee. Who knows!

Either way, good luck! :-D

erind0213 · April 2012

I sprung a leak at 39 weeks 5 days. So not that early.

I was told to lay down for 1/2 hour and get up and if when I got up I felt a trickle it was more then likely my water leaking.

So we called the OB and she said to go to Labor and Delivery. When we got in and set up, the OB came in to check and in one breath told us that this is usually a false alarm but in the next breath said but in your case.... its a leak.

So I was induced from there.

kj07 · April 2012

I have no new advice - my OB broke my bag deep in labor in an attempt to get me to dilated past 9cm.

But I can't believe you're so close to the end! And a new squishy baby will be here soon!

belizeitornot · April 2012

I have no advice because I was induced and mine broke while I had an epidural - but holy moly, I can't believe you are so close!! Good luck!

onlymeggan · May 2012

I got up out of bed and it broke. Made it to the bathroom before the majority of it decided to leak, but soaked the bathroom floor, and then my going to the hospital outfit (pants and undies) and then soaked the 2nd pair of undies, and the pad they had me on in the hospital too. When we got to the hospital DH was trying to hurry us in and I didn't want to make any sudden moves because I was STILL leaking. Now, to be fair, I was on the high end of normal in terms of fluid.