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What is nitrazine paper?

Amniotic Fluid

If you suspect that your water has broken, this will probably be checked with nitrazine paper. (Believe it or not, near term it can be hard to tell if you are just leaking urine or not!) Amniotic fluid is very alkaline and this sensitve paper can differentiate it from other vaginal fluids.

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