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Advice needed re discharge

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wobblymum · 23/06/2003 03:09

I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me some advice. I'm 40 + 3 today and last night when I went to bed about 8, I noticed I'd started getting quite a bit of clear discharge. I was shattered so I didn't worry about it and just went to bed. Now I've just got up and it's still coming quite noticeably, like a heavy period but totally clear and doesn't smell. Also I've had aches like really light period pains and worse backache for about a week.

Either way I'm going to ring the midwife about 9ish but is it likely to just be the start of a show or could it be something serious? I really don't want to go phoning round at this time of night when it doesn't seem serious but is there anything it could be that means be I should phone now?

I probably sound really panicky and paranoid but now I've got this far I'm scared of something suddenly going wrong at the last minute!!

Thanks for reading, I'm going to have to rename myself paranoidmum if this carries on!!!

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wobblymum · 23/06/2003 03:11

Ok....I don't get why my thread came up twice!!

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sibble · 23/06/2003 04:23

I really don't know what it is, but are you booked into a hospital. If you don't want to call the midwife during the night maybe give the maternity ward a call to see what they think. They may be able to put your mind at rest. Otherwise I would call NHS direct. I think if it is anything you are worried about, it is worth putting your mind at ease.
HTH and good luck

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PamT · 23/06/2003 06:07

You've had a show. Was it a jelly like discharge - a bit like egg white? Sometimes it can be blood streaked too. It is nothing to worry about and the chances are that labour will start in the next day or two. Don't let your dh go too far away! Good luck!

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princesspeahead · 23/06/2003 08:49

whoops posted on the other thread, didn't notice there was a duplicate.
agree with Pam - good luck and keep us posted on wobblybabe's imminent arrival!

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beetroot · 23/06/2003 09:21

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M2T · 23/06/2003 09:23

I had that for a few hours, then the show which was pink..... then the waters breaking, then the labour!

Good luck!

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M2T · 23/06/2003 09:24

I had that for a few hours, then the show which was pink..... then the waters breaking, then the labour!

Good luck!