Why leaking during pregnancy

Your water has broken and you're going to have your baby sometime in the relatively near future. Most of the time, we don't see ferns and that means no SROM. We see all kinds of other stuff in there. Sometimes we even identify "yucky stuff. That's what got you pregnant in the first place. We call the physician with our patient's story, Nitrizine, speculum and microscopic information and of course, some fetal heart monitoring and invite him to play "Name That Leak" with us.

Most of the time, we send our Leaker home with the reassurance that she's just one of many who'll come in to our unit that week with a UFL. We hope she'll have a sense of humor about it. We certainly will because not only will we see countless Leakers in our practice, most of us were Leakers too. Yeah, it's embarrassing and a tiny bit gross, but it's not fatal.

Welcome to motherhood, where we leave our pride and dignity at the door. On a side note—really just a personal request from all labor nurses to all pregnant mothers: When you lose your mucous plug; please don't bring it in to show us.

We really, really, don't want to see it. No really, ladies, we don't. That's just gross. Identifying Different Leaks During Pregnancy. By Jeanne Faulkner December 19, Save Pin FB More.

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Leaking from your nipples. Some women notice leaking from their nipples during pregnancy, and this is normal. When to get help If the milk leaking from your breasts has blood in it, talk to your midwife or GP.

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