I've always rolled my eyes a little bit at women who said "I am not sure if my water just broke." So, I was pretty much asking to become one of them I guess.
Here's the deal: 41 weeks today, been losing my mucus plug in pieces since Thursday night. NO bloody show, no real contractions to speak of, but plenty of menstrual-like cramping.
Yesterday, we went for a really long walk and I tried to stay on my feet the whole day to get things moving. Around midnight last night, I felt a little (and I do mean little) gush of fluid. Checked undies, it's clear, doesn't smell like pee (at least I don't think) and also came w/ clear, slippery mucus (not at all like my mucus plug, more like...super clear EWCM). I've been having that off and on since midnight, but no big gushes of fluid, even when I'm standing or on the toilet. This might make more sense to me if I felt like the baby was lower, but I don't think the LO is all that low...I can definitely feel a shoulder above my pubic bone still (on the left side), and I don't have that head-between-the-legs feeling that most women seem to describe when their baby drops.
Grr....I really don't want to make an unnecessary trip to L&D, nor do I want to get myself put on the clock from ROM yet...especially without any sign of a good contraction pattern.
Any input?
Hope you ladies are all having a fantastic Mother's Day! And hopefully at least a few of us will get a nice, cuddly Mother's day gift in the form of not being pregnant any more!
Here's the deal: 41 weeks today, been losing my mucus plug in pieces since Thursday night. NO bloody show, no real contractions to speak of, but plenty of menstrual-like cramping.
Yesterday, we went for a really long walk and I tried to stay on my feet the whole day to get things moving. Around midnight last night, I felt a little (and I do mean little) gush of fluid. Checked undies, it's clear, doesn't smell like pee (at least I don't think) and also came w/ clear, slippery mucus (not at all like my mucus plug, more like...super clear EWCM). I've been having that off and on since midnight, but no big gushes of fluid, even when I'm standing or on the toilet. This might make more sense to me if I felt like the baby was lower, but I don't think the LO is all that low...I can definitely feel a shoulder above my pubic bone still (on the left side), and I don't have that head-between-the-legs feeling that most women seem to describe when their baby drops.
Grr....I really don't want to make an unnecessary trip to L&D, nor do I want to get myself put on the clock from ROM yet...especially without any sign of a good contraction pattern.
Any input?
Hope you ladies are all having a fantastic Mother's Day! And hopefully at least a few of us will get a nice, cuddly Mother's day gift in the form of not being pregnant any more!
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