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Water broke?! Help!

Hi! I'm 38 weeks 2 days pregnant & I keep leaking some fluid.... & I asked my doctor if it was my water & she said no. That if it was my water then I'd have contractions right after. But I haven't got any frequent enough to really think that I'm in labor?
Also the leaking has no smell & is about .... A teaspoon or so.. HELP!! Is my water broken?!
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If your water broke and you don't get checked you run the risk of infection. My water broke at 37 weeks while I was mowing the lawn it felt like just sweat(sorry for the tmi)I didn't think much of it a couple of hrs went by and after I was nice and fresh I continued feeling the tiny leak of what I thought was sweat. Never got any other signs of labor until I went To L&D and they confirmed it was amniotic fluid and they gave me something to make me have contractions
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I'm a ftm so can only go on what I've been told by midwife, but they say labour may not start for 24-48hrs after waters have gone, but there's an increased chance of infection after that barrier is gone. It sounds like it was your waters,I'd go in.
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I phoned my maternity unit as my waters went the nighr before i was due to be induced. I felt nothing (contacting wise) til I was 5 cm dilated.
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My water broke at 245am with my second and I didn't have contractions until about an hour or more after
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Take a lay down on the bed or sofa for 30 mins to an hour.. Put on a clean pad and when you stand after check then.. It's called pooling and if your waters have gone you should know from that. Exactly the same test the hospital will do.. Good luck : ) x x
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Take a lay down on the bed or sofa for 30 mins to an hour.. Put on a clean pad and when you stand after check then.. It's called pooling and if your waters have gone you should know from that. Exactly the same test the hospital will do.. Good luck : ) x x
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Good luck!
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When my water broke on my last baby i didnt start having contractions til around 6 hours later..my water broke in the bath so i didnt know it had happened but if i was you i would go the hospital and get them check to see for sure..good luck
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You wouldn't always get contractions straight away with my last baby my waters broke at 18 weeks and I didn't have contractions for 2 weeks. Go get checked properly tho because if it is your waters, there is a high risk of infection to you and the baby. Good luck.
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I meant you don't need to have contractions after your water breaks to go in. You can't wait too long after the water breaks because of a chance of getting an infection
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You need to go in. I'm surprised your Dr said that. You don't need to have a contraction after for your water to break. Mine broke and it was just a trickle but sure didn't feel normal. I didn't have any contractions or was even dilated at all. I was induced and gave birth that night.
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Good luck!
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I would go in and get checked. When my water broke...it was just a trickle. So I called labor and delivery and they told me to come in. After doing some tests they almost sent me home...but they did one more test and found out I was in labor. It's better to be safe than sorry.
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Go to labor and delivery.
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The only way to know for sure is to get checked. I would go to l&d just in case bmc you don't want to lose it all and risk infection
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