It increases during pregnancy until about 36 weeks, when its about a quart of liquid. Here is a picture - please feel free to let me know if you think it looks like normal urine? I've unfortunately not drunk enough water today and so I highly doubt it has no colour due to water intake as I've definitely had way more on other days and found my urine still had some sort of colour. The amniotic fluid protects and cushions your baby in the womb. I am currently 35 + 5 and I think I read somewhere that it's normal to leak amniotic fluid at this stage? Has anyone else gone through this? Could you tell me what you did about it and what the outcome was? I asked my husband to take a look and he said it didn't look or smell of anything in his opinion.Ĭould this possibly be my amniotic fluid leaking? You can tell whether youre leaking amniotic fluid and not urine by taking the sniff test: If it doesnt smell like ammonia, its more likely to be amniotic fluid. I decided to catch a bit of it so i could see it better and I am convinced this isn't urine. Low amniotic fluid levels, termed oligohydramnios, affects about 1 to 5 percent of all pregnancies and occurs most commonly with the following pregnancy conditions: Premature rupture of membranes (when your water breaks) Post term pregnancy. If the dye shows up on the pad, it will mean that you're leaking amniotic fluid. If your caregiver thinks you're leaking amniotic fluid but all the other tests are inconclusive, she may inject blue dye into the amniotic sac and have you wear a sanitary pad. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you believe you’re in early labor. Signs of preterm labor are fluid leaking from your vagina, vaginal bleeding, contractions, back pain and pelvic pain. I then noticed it didn't look anything like what I would say was my normal urine colour, it also had no smell what's so ever. The amniotic fluid, once dry, will have a fern-leaf pattern under the microscope. Preterm or premature labor is labor that begins before 37 weeks in pregnancy. This evening I had something really unusual happen - I couldn't stop going to the loo! I just kept getting up and sitting back down again and this liquid just kept coming!
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