Comments on: Leaking Fluid During Pregnancy: Another Scare at 18 Weeks http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/ Adventures in being sick, getting better, staying well, from the editors of Health.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Iesha http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4512 Iesha Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:24:34 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4512 Thank you all so much for sharing your stories. my situation is similar , but maybe more severe. On Thursday i felt severe cramping and went to lie down. woke up about an hour later with my underwear soaked. went to the bathroom and clear liquid continued to run down my legs. threw on some clothes and drove to the nearest ER, which had no Ob/Gyn and had to be transferred. in the first hospital, each time the doc tried to look at my cervix water gushed out. now that i have been transferred , i was told that there is very little fluid around the baby. i will be 23 weeks tomorrow . i've been told that the fetus is considered viable at 24 weeks. i'm now on steroids and 2 antibiotics. was told today because of my bed rest in the hospital , where i am now that i will need to get 3 shots a day of a blood thinner so that i won't get bloodclots. i am praying that i will carry the baby as long as possible , to give her a better chance of her organs maturing. i didn't know that it was even possibly for the membrane to reseal. i just asked the nurse about the possibility and she said, it can happen more likely with small amounts leaking, probably not with the amount that i have . will stay positive and hope for the best, i may be here for months, given i don't have contractions or get fever from infection . Just wanted to thank you all for giving me hope! Thank you all so much for sharing your stories. my situation is similar , but maybe more severe. On Thursday i felt severe cramping and went to lie down. woke up about an hour later with my underwear soaked. went to the bathroom and clear liquid continued to run down my legs. threw on some clothes and drove to the nearest ER, which had no Ob/Gyn and had to be transferred. in the first hospital, each time the doc tried to look at my cervix water gushed out. now that i have been transferred , i was told that there is very little fluid around the baby. i will be 23 weeks tomorrow . i’ve been told that the fetus is considered viable at 24 weeks. i’m now on steroids and 2 antibiotics. was told today because of my bed rest in the hospital , where i am now that i will need to get 3 shots a day of a blood thinner so that i won’t get bloodclots. i am praying that i will carry the baby as long as possible , to give her a better chance of her organs maturing. i didn’t know that it was even possibly for the membrane to reseal. i just asked the nurse about the possibility and she said, it can happen more likely with small amounts leaking, probably not with the amount that i have . will stay positive and hope for the best, i may be here for months, given i don’t have contractions or get fever from infection . Just wanted to thank you all for giving me hope!

]]> By: Kaci http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4377 Kaci Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:33:58 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4377 Just to give people some hope. Fri I had a gush of fluid which continued to come for about 3 hours. The nurses tested the fluid and it was my amniotic fluid. The doctor told me I needed to induce labor cause I was only 19 wks which means I would lose my son. My husband and I had hope so we stayed in the hospital on strict bed rest. Sun morning we did 3 tests which all came back negative for amniotic fluid. I was out of state so when I got home my doctor did all the tests again plus another ultrasound the tests came back negative for amniotic fluid and the baby looks good. No one can explain what happen. So miracles happen! Just to give people some hope. Fri I had a gush of fluid which continued to come for about 3 hours. The nurses tested the fluid and it was my amniotic fluid. The doctor told me I needed to induce labor cause I was only 19 wks which means I would lose my son. My husband and I had hope so we stayed in the hospital on strict bed rest. Sun morning we did 3 tests which all came back negative for amniotic fluid. I was out of state so when I got home my doctor did all the tests again plus another ultrasound the tests came back negative for amniotic fluid and the baby looks good. No one can explain what happen. So miracles happen!

]]> By: Carina http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4329 Carina Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:15:59 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4329 I am only 11 weeks and after a fall one day and squatting for about 45 min mopping my floor 2 days later I went and sat down to work and my underwear got all wet. I had leaking in the 3rd and 4th month of another pregnancy but felt this was a bit early to be leaking. Yet everytime I got up I began leaking again...and hand to change 3-4 panty liners in a day, even when laying flat all day. The tests I have done are not so conclusive. They don't have the litmus paper test here in India. Thankfully when doing the ultra sound it seems the water is back up to level (2 days after the initial leak...have been in bed these past 2 days) So I am praying for a miracle and that if it was a leak it will re-seal. I am only 11 weeks and after a fall one day and squatting for about 45 min mopping my floor 2 days later I went and sat down to work and my underwear got all wet.

I had leaking in the 3rd and 4th month of another pregnancy but felt this was a bit early to be leaking.

Yet everytime I got up I began leaking again…and hand to change 3-4 panty liners in a day, even when laying flat all day.

The tests I have done are not so conclusive. They don’t have the litmus paper test here in India. Thankfully when doing the ultra sound it seems the water is back up to level (2 days after the initial leak…have been in bed these past 2 days)

So I am praying for a miracle and that if it was a leak it will re-seal.

]]> By: NICOLA http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4252 NICOLA Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:03:16 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4252 HI IM 16 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I HAVE HAD THE LEAKING TO BUT MINE IS THE FLUID FROM ROUND THAT BABY AS THEY CHEAKED AND IT WAS COMING OUT MY CERVIX, BABY IS FNE FOR NOW JUST HOPING THE LEAKING STOPS HI IM 16 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I HAVE HAD THE LEAKING TO BUT MINE IS THE FLUID FROM ROUND THAT BABY AS THEY CHEAKED AND IT WAS COMING OUT MY CERVIX, BABY IS FNE FOR NOW JUST HOPING THE LEAKING STOPS

]]> By: Marlee http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4098 Marlee Wed, 20 May 2009 19:58:45 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4098 that actually happened to me last week and im 19 weeks pregnant right now but when they did all the test on me everything came back negative then when they did the ultrasound they did find that the fluid is low now im stuck on bed rest and when im 24 weeks pregnant they might decided to keep me in the hospital just in case something happens at least thats what the specailist told me but im very happy ti hear that yours resealed itself and you and your baby are fine that actually happened to me last week and im 19 weeks pregnant right now but when they did all the test on me everything came back negative then when they did the ultrasound they did find that the fluid is low now im stuck on bed rest and when im 24 weeks pregnant they might decided to keep me in the hospital just in case something happens at least thats what the specailist told me but im very happy ti hear that yours resealed itself and you and your baby are fine

]]> By: lindsey http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-3664 lindsey Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:14:30 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-3664 hiya im so glad everythin is ok...i had pprom at 15 weeks..i thought i just wet myself but when i went for an ultrasound my fluids were low...im 27 weeks now and my amniotic sac as reaseled...im still on bed rest and antibiotics,,,me n my baby boy r goin strong xx hiya im so glad everythin is ok…i had pprom at 15 weeks..i thought i just wet myself but when i went for an ultrasound my fluids were low…im 27 weeks now and my amniotic sac as reaseled…im still on bed rest and antibiotics,,,me n my baby boy r goin strong xx

]]> By: Mori http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-3518 Mori Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:01:54 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-3518 Wow! That story really tugged at my heart..I am so glad to hear that you had an happy ending..and has yet to have another in June..Thank God, that little girl is okay..she's truly a trooper! <3! Hope everything goes well! Wow! That story really tugged at my heart..I am so glad to hear that you had an happy ending..and has yet to have another in June..Thank God, that little girl is okay..she’s truly a trooper! <3! Hope everything goes well!

]]> By: sach http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-3405 sach Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:43:57 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-3405 Erica, your posts never cease to astound me. Not only your roller coaster pregnancy ( i honestly dont know how you're still sane!!!) but the frank, hilarious way you report it! Hope all is well, and stays well until June! Another little girl, how exciting! Erica, your posts never cease to astound me. Not only your roller coaster pregnancy ( i honestly dont know how you’re still sane!!!) but the frank, hilarious way you report it! Hope all is well, and stays well until June! Another little girl, how exciting!

]]> By: jodi http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-3400 jodi Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:53:09 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-3400 AAHHHHH! Does it ever end?! Another scare, another relief. Thank God it's all ok. Hang in there girls!!! AAHHHHH! Does it ever end?! Another scare, another relief. Thank God it’s all ok. Hang in there girls!!!

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