Dear Friends:
    Fio's post reminds me that in some other mammals (elephants, and possibly
horses.....anybody know others?), leaking is a foreshadowing of labor to
start in 24 hours.

> I can't answer your last question, but can tell you that in my (one)
>  experience, I leaked from about 4-5 months along (enough that I had to
>  wear breastpads) and delivered exactly on my due date.  I did have a
>  very very abundant supply though, and my guess is that the PT leaking
>  was an "early red flag" that I didn't know how to decipher.

Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner; childbirth educator
Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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