What are the symptoms of amniotic fluid breaking?

During pregnancy, women can understand whether they have symptoms of labor by the state of amniotic fluid, but amniotic fluid is different from urine, so it is important to distinguish them. Amniotic fluid has a light smell and is relatively natural. When the amniotic fluid breaks, it is like flowing water, with streams of hot water flowing down, and there is also a cramping pain in the abdomen.

1. Smell.

Amniotic fluid and urine are completely different because the smell of urine is stronger and pungent; but the smell of amniotic fluid is very natural and even sweet.

2. The speed of water flow.

Urinary incontinence is an intermittent phenomenon, and when the water breaks, it is like flowing water, with streams of hot water flowing downward, which is difficult to control. There is also abdominal cramping, which may be a symptom that the baby is about to be born, and you should go to the hospital in time to wait for delivery.

3. Check with test paper.

If you can't tell whether you are leaking urine or your water has broken, you can use a test strip to check. Stick the test paper on your underwear and you can tell whether it is amniotic fluid or urine by the change in color. The pH of amniotic fluid is

7.0～7.5, urine is 5.5～6.5. If it is a blue test paper, the color that turns red is urine, and the color that does not turn red is amniotic fluid; if it is a red test paper, the color that turns blue is amniotic fluid, and the color that does not change is urine.