*TMI* Water leak???

A couple of times in past few weeks i really thought my waters had broken (And something similar happened at about 22ish weeks)
But apparently they haven't & i have a abnormal mucus/discharge or something.
Has anyone else experience this? Whats wrong with me?
Its all freaking me out b/c i know what "the waters breaking" feels like(gush, trickle, trickle, gush, trickle..) & the several that happened last night were exactly how my labour with DS started. Wet pants, warm legs, puddle in my slippers then followed by pains in the belly..??

I get heightened discharge in the week before labour but did have a hindwater leak with Krystiana. There was no pop, but there was a sudden little gush and wet legs. Basically I felt it on the outside but not inside.

You're 40 weeks.... I don't get why this freaks you out?

I'd just keep a really close eye on it, the fact that you describe it as a puddle is what makes me think it is more than discharge, it would have to be a heck of a lot of mucous to make a puddle!

Ok i accept that last week was mucus/discharge b/c it only left damp patches on clothing & furniture.
Am i a freak or what- to produce that much to make puddles in my slippers... Or was it a water leak? I did wear a nappy to bed last night & leaked for a few hours after the first unusual gush. Since then have had nothing. But inconsistent tightening.

I hate to ask this, but have you smelled the discharge / leaking stuff ? Because as far as I have heard, waters breaking has a very distinct smell... mine did, but it's probably a bit TMI to explain LOL

Glow - I had the same thing when I was 40 weeks, I went in to be tested and they didn't really find anything, until my midwife decided to monitor The bubs for an hour and after an hour I went to get up and gush....... and then they tested for it again and found it was definately amniotic fluid. To sum up what it pretty much felt like for me...... pretty much felt like I was peeing myself - slowly, sometimes there wouldn't be anything - like when I was lying down, but then it was sometimes a gush of it and yes - down my legs etc. I was going through sometimes 3 pads an hour.

In the end they induced me - 72 hours after I felt the 1st gush.

It did smell the same as what you described - It made me gag the smell of it!

I also thought it happened earlier on in the pregnancy and was told it was probably discharge although my MW did say that it could have been amnio fluid - that maybe bubs had moved down and there had been some fluid released to help that out.

Hope all goes well with you.

Thanks Hailstones

Yea i want the VBAC for sure. Just not allowed the "slow to progress, failure to dilate" scenario.
Ive got 5days till elective??
Get a move on baby & be quick about it!!

Glow - I don't think she was as puddly as you!

Glow. My midwife smelt my pad when my hind waters broke and said it was that because of the smell (semenish).   Hope things get moving for you soon