how do you know the difference between water breaking and peeing?
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Is it pee or did my water break? Though many pregnant women leak urine, especially in the third trimester, a sniff will probably clue you in: If the fluid is yellowish and smells of ammonia, it's probably urine. If it doesn't smell (or smells sort of sweet), it's probably amniotic fluid.
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Amniotic fluid is clear and a pale straw colour. Sometimes it's difficult to tell amniotic fluid from urine. When your waters break, the water may be a little bloodstained to begin with.
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Leaking or Discharge Blood or fluid leaking from your vagina, or a change in your discharge, could be an early labor sign. (If the discharge looks brownish, it could be your mucous plug, which protects your cervix during pregnancy). Call your doctor right away if you have this symptom; your water may have broken.
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Amniotic fluid is usually clear or pale and doesn't smell like pee. Urine may smell more like ammonia. If you think there's any chance your water has broken, wear a pad (not a tampon) and call your doctor or midwife right away.
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Most of the time, amniotic fluid is watery, hopefully clear but sometimes yellow, green or with white specks. It's usually easy to tell the difference between discharge and amniotic fluid but it's not so easy to tell the difference between amniotic fluid and urine.
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['needing to pee suddenly or more often than usual.', 'pain or a burning sensation when peeing.', 'smelly or cloudy pee.', 'blood in your pee.', 'pain in your lower tummy.', 'feeling tired and unwell.', 'in older people, changes in behaviour such as severe confusion or agitation.']
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During pregnancy, your baby is surrounded and cushioned by a fluid-filled membranous sac called the amniotic sac. Typically, at the beginning of or during labor your membranes will rupture — also known as your water breaking. If your water breaks before labor starts, it's called prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM).
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You Drink Too Much Water It's not just in straight H2O. You get 20-30% of water from foods, and more from other beverages. It may seem obvious, but too much water will make you pee more. That could lower the salt in your blood to unhealthy levels.
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Moore says a pale straw color—almost clear, but not quite—is ideal. If your pee is crystal clear, you're probably drinking too much H20, which can throw off your electrolyte balance in potentially harmful ways. “Your body can normally regulate its water and sodium levels pretty well,” Moore says.
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Besides making a lot of pee, you might also: Feel thirsty. You're losing a lot of fluid, and that can lead to dehydration. Wake up often at night.
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Peeing more than usual? It may not be one of the first early signs of pregnancy you notice, but having to urinate more frequently is definitely among the standard pregnancy symptoms and tends to kick in about two to three weeks after conception.
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['needing to pee more frequently, often during the night.', 'needing to rush to the toilet.', 'difficulty in starting to pee (hesitancy)', 'straining or taking a long time while peeing.', 'weak flow.', 'feeling that your bladder has not emptied fully.', 'blood in urine or blood in semen.']
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Amniotic fluid doesn't usually smell and is usually colourless (although it may contain specks of mucus or blood). Urine, however, tends to leak when you cough, laugh, sneeze or move suddenly, even if you're lying down. It can be clear, or straw coloured but usually has a distinctive odour.
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If you're drinking enough water for your body and peeing around six to seven times in 24 hours (or around every 2.5 hours), all is likely well, according to Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic. But if you pee way more or less often than six to seven times a day, your body might be crying out for help.
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['Pee-on-a-stick tests. Most common are tests that require you to pee on a stick or strip. ... ', "Pee-in-a-cup test. After peeing in a cup, you'll either put a testing device in the cup itself, or place small drops of urine onto the device. ... ", 'Digital tests.']
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What does water breaking look like? Though urine and discharge exit your body from the same general neighborhood, amniotic fluid is typically odorless, though some women say it smells sweet, like chlorine or semen. It's also usually clear or tinged with small streaks of blood.
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While it's possible to break the water balloon, causing a strong gush of fluid (known as your water breaking), it's also possible that a small hole could develop in the sac. This can result in a slow leak of amniotic fluid.