False Alarm

OMg, had a little scare

I left work this morning &went to L&d to rule out ruptured membrane.  Aka, did my water break?

It all started at midnight,  thought I peed myself and popped out of bed.  Never got out of bed that quickly.  Especially since I've been having nerve pains in my pelvis.  Anyways, Threw my undie into the sink & ran water through it.  Went to the toilet, emptied the bladder.. After cleaning up, went straight back to sleep.  Kept getting that "leaking" feeling every so many hours, and just used the toilet.  Honestly nothing new, if it was discharge.  But to pee myself?

In the morning, it happened again.  I checked the stain of my undies, it was clear watery and just a little.  Even performed the sniff test, was NOT pee

Since I wasn't bleeding, and didn't have any new/ strong pain, didn't think I was contracting.  I went to work 

Gave my Obgyn a call, left a message.  Apparently my work phone wasn't getting reception, they ended up calling my boss & recommending to call L&D.  Over the phone, they couldn't figure if I ruptured membrane or not.  Recommend I come in, now

To get a sense of the urgency, I asked if I can come in after my shift end and they said sooner the better. Preferably now

So I haphazardly cleaned up my work area, & drove through almost 1 hour of traffic, valeted the car, Checked in, got a nice room with a view, & an even nicer nurse.  After leaving a pee sample in the cup, the nurse hooked me to the NST monitor and hearing little Fishy's heart beat started to comfort me

Turns out I was having regular contractions.  Hypothetically, if I have a ruptured membrane.. I would be staying. Either wait for the contractions to do its work, but at a point would be induced to labor.  I started to panick

That's my scared look cuz the girl next door is whimpering crying howling

Ended up it was all a false alarm

Of Note, thought te exams they did were interesting

They made me cough hard & took some fluid for a pH test

The Obgyn (senior resident, but a pgy-3) did a visual exam & didn't see fluid collection in my vagina

She also took a sample of the fluid & looked under the microscope.  It was no amniotic fluid

Apparently some women make clear watery discharge in prep for labor/ lubrication 

I'm gona be the boy who cried wolf, when my water really breaks I'll be ignoring it..