![]() ![]() ![]() I told her if my water breaks completely or contractions start I will come back but I would not fork out more cab fair to be assessed a 3rd time. He personally asked me to be there by 8pm and yet he couldnt make the time to be there. When the nurse asked me to come back in the morning to see him I said I will not. ![]() Clearly I being the only patient who was is problem he decided I wasn't worth getting out of bed for. As far as I am concerned my water has broken.Ī nurse seeing that I was clearly upset calls the doctor who then proceeds to tell her to ask me to come back in the morning and he will assess me then. I find out at 12:30 he isnt in the building he is at home. rationle: A blue-green or deep blue color of the nitrazine paper indicates the fluid is alkaline and most likely amniotic fluid. What is the significance of this assessment The fluid is alkaline and most likely amniotic fluid. I spend many hours waiting for the Dr to come look at me or even speak to me. The physician performs a nitrazine paper test and the nurse observes the strip paper to be deep blue in color. The interns tell me the DR will come in and assess me for a 3rd time and make a decision on induction. These two interns were unclear as to the result and said it does not looks like your leaking fluid (which argues with the strip test i had less then an hour earlier) About an hour or so later 2 interns come in and give me a pelvic exam and take a swab for the other test in which they look for the fluid to "fern" meaning positive. Has anyone here found that they were slowly leaking amniotic fluid These are ph straps i received from my midwife. The test is for use by health care professionals to aid in the detection of. There wasn't a lot of fluid but there was fluid. any PH strips work and you can find them by the pet aisle sometimes to test fish water and whatnot or by the pool aisle. AmniSure detects PAMG-1 protein marker of the amniotic fluid in vaginal secretions. 12 False-positive nitrazine may occur in presence of blood, semen, infections such as bacterial vaginosis. pH test can be done by use of nitrazine strips which turns dark blue from yellow in fluids with pH above 6.5. Upon arrival a nurse uses the strip tests method which I saw for myself came back positive. Amniotic fluid typically has a pH of 7.17.3, while normal vaginal secretions have a pH of 4.56.0. The next day the another DR (the dr who is on duty that evening) has a nurse call me and ask me to come in for 8pm to see him. I remain a slow leaking tire as I like to put it. My doctor told me my water had in in fact broken and if contractions did not start within 24 hours to come back and they will induce me. They did the strip test and the other test and both were positive for amniotic fluid. At about 10:30-11 I went into the hospital. On Thursday night at 9:30 pm I felt a very noticeable gush. ![]()
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