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01-28-2013 at 6:53 AM
agreg521
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leaking!

Hey guys, I haven't posted much on here this pregnancy but I've got a situation on my hands I figured someone here could help with.

About 2 weeks ago I started having leakage that is clear, persistent, and weirdly sweetsmelling. I went to LD to have the fluid tested and the pH test came back negative.

It has gotten much heavier and yesterday I went back to the hospital and again got a negative result. The nurse said it isn't urine and that they just don't know what it could be. Like that's not supposed to make me a little uneasy.

So I woke up at 5:30 this AM and my panties were completely soaked through, which had to have happened within the 2 hours I slept. Its still clear with the same smell.

Back story: with DD, my fluid leaked in much the same way. The pH test came back negative with her too, but the nurse was amazing and decided to test my underwear in addition to the swab and that's where the test was returned positive. My water hadn't broken anywhere near completely and my OB had to break it himself when I went into active labor. Yesterday the nurse in LD told me that since she could feel my bag of waters it couldn't be amniotic fluid, so that sort of confused me. DD ended up with meconium in her system and required lots of extra treatment when she was born, and that's not something I want to deal with again.

Instinctively, I feel like something needs to be done... I've got that maternal feeling where I just know something is different but I have no idea how to convey this to my OB, especially since I've been sent home twice over this same issue. I'm usually more of a passive person but I want to be persistent with this... after all, I'm pretty in tune with my body and I know that something is off.

Bottom line: how should I communicate my feelings and concerns with my practitioner a bit more aggressively, and in a manner that will get something done? I feel like they aren't looking hard enough, they are just seeing what's on the surface. I'm beginning to get really worried.
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01-28-2013 at 7:02 AM
amandamor
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I would tell them exactly what you posted. That you have experienced this before and maybe to have the underwear tested?
It definitely sounds like fluid, not urine or cm. I think if you express it completely soaked you that they may express more concern.
They better cause I know having your waters break and then not going into full blown labor is quite dangerous and I believe my OB said after 24hrs I risk passing infection to LO.
Just go and put your foot down! This is no joke and THEY SHOULD KNOW THIS.
I hope you get everything figured out, I would be feeling just as you are.

Love, Amanda

expecting our little miracle in February

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01-28-2013 at 9:39 AM
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Go be aggressive!! 
Tell them you are not satisfied with what they are telling you, explain everything in your post and demand they do further testing...don't leave until you feel satisfied!
 
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01-28-2013 at 11:05 AM
DanandVan
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To me it sounds ridiculous for them to say "its not amniotic fluid or urine, we don't know what it is" and just leave it at that. I mean, what else could it be!?

I would make one more attempt at talking with my Dr, and if they give you the same response, head into the hospital ER.
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01-28-2013 at 10:01 PM
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Keep calling your OB or going to L&D every day (or hour) if you really think it's amniotic fluid.  One of my bags of water ruptured at 29w2d when I was pregnant with my twins. I tested negative twice before finally testing positive on my third trip to L&D at 30w.  It was a slow leak so my fluid levels remained normal the 4 weeks after I ruptured and before I delivered. So a nurse saying she can "feel your bag of water" is ridiculous of her.  Anyway, I just kept calling my OB and telling them I was still feeling leaking.  They checked me or sent me to L&D every time I called. 

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