Pregnancy Symptoms Advice: Secretions and Leaks
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Pregnancy hormones increase your normal, mucus secretions, but any odour or discolouration should be investigated for infection. Thrush is more common in pregnancy because of the changed acidity of the vagina. Even if you aren’t suffering any irritation, but think you have thrush, get it treated to avoid your baby being infected at birth.
Particularly towards the end of pregnancy, some women are unsure if they have wet themselves, or whether their waters have broken. This wetness could be urine, due to the weight of your baby and the relaxation of tissues, meaning that you leak when coughing or laughing.
Emptying the bladder can often help or you might want to wear a pad to avoid embarrassment. Starting your pelvic floor exercises as early as possible, and continuing them for life, will help to avoid long-term continence problems.
The leakage could be increased vaginal secretions or even a show in the run-up to labour. Or it could be amniotic fluid following rupture of the membranes surrounding the baby. If you are unsure what it might be then speak to your midwife.
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