Lots of dishcarge?

[oregonchick]

I'm in my 21st week now and it seems like the farther I get, the more
discharge I have. It's an absolute neccessity to have a pantiliner...
We're talking copious amounts. I am sure its not an infection of any kind,
and has no odor - but I just can't believe how much there is. How normal is
this?

I'm also starting to get winded easily, and I never feel like I get enough
breath. Going up and down our 3 flights of stairs just kills me. And if I
sit wrong, I feel like my lungs are compressed. But the baby is still itty
bitty, isn't it?

[Bryna]

oregonchick wrote:
> I'm in my 21st week now and it seems like the farther I get, the more
> discharge I have. It's an absolute neccessity to have a pantiliner...
> We're talking copious amounts. I am sure its not an infection of any kind,
> and has no odor - but I just can't believe how much there is. How normal is
> this?
>
> I'm also starting to get winded easily, and I never feel like I get enough
> breath. Going up and down our 3 flights of stairs just kills me. And if I
> sit wrong, I feel like my lungs are compressed. But the baby is still itty
> bitty, isn't it?

I'm 18 weeks, and also am getting more discharge as I go along. I
think it happened my other pregnancies too, and from what I've read
it's totally normal. Also, during my first pregnancy I lived in a
third-floor walk-up apartment, and I had exactly the same experience
with feeling winded a lot starting sometime in the second trimester.
The baby's still little, but don't forget the placenta, amniotic fluid,
organs shifting around, etc. It'll probably get worse before it gets
better. :( Just try to take it as easy as possible.

Bryna

[Emily]

Take heart --- apparently walking up stairs is good for
optimal fetal positioning, so it's a good thing (at least,
it will be).

I've found myself getting out of breath *reading DS a
story* sometimes, since about mid-2nd trimester. Go figure.

Emily
--
DS 5/02
EDD Labor Day 9/5/05

[Mum of Two]

"oregonchick" > wrote in message
...
> I'm in my 21st week now and it seems like the farther I get, the more
> discharge I have. It's an absolute neccessity to have a pantiliner...
> We're talking copious amounts. I am sure its not an infection of any
> kind, and has no odor - but I just can't believe how much there is. How
> normal is this?

Very normal. It's probably hormonal. This happened to me from about 14 weeks
onwards, and was at it's worst for the second trimester. Just be sure it
isn't a yeast infection, which are more common during pregnancy - white,
cottage cheese like discharge usually accompanied by intense itching, and no
smell except perhaps a yeasty, bready odour.



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