Mucus Plug Or Water Breaking
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I woke up and felt unnaturally wet, so I went the bathroom and felt it was necessary to change both my underwear and my shorts. I am almost 37 weeks pregnant and nowhere near ready to have this baby. (In fact I was going to go buy the necessities for my labor bag tomorrow.) I haven't felt any significant leakage since and have not experienced any noticeable contractions or pre labor symptoms. I was wondering and hoping that this was just my mucus plug and if it might be easy to jump to conclusions assuming it could be my amniotic sac.
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It's more than likely that it's regular prgnancy discharge. This is my second pregnancy, and I've had larger quant_ties of discharge throughout my pregnancy, BUT at around 35 weeks I felt a gush and checked my underwear -- there was an enormous amount of it, I could tell it wasn't my water by testing the smell and the consistency of it (amniotic fluid is supposed to have a sweet smell and be off white in color). Another thing is that it didn't keep leaking - like a bag of broken waters would. Since then I've had that happen about 2 different times.
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But if you aren't sure it's always best to call your doctor.
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I would always always check with your doctor. It takes about 2 seconds for your doctor to determine if it was your water. They just use a peice of litmus paper to check the ph levels. My water broke at 35 weeks with my now 2 year old and I didn't think it was my water at first b/c it was just a little and didn't continue to leak. My mom and dh made me go to the doctor and sure enough it was my water and I had my son the next day. IMO it is always bettter to be safe than sorry.
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