Hi Anna
I was in a similar situation to you with my first two labours being induced , I also was booked into a birthing centre for my third. I was panicking as my labours are very short with my first being 4 hrs and my second being 40 minutes.
I was overdue at home when my waters broke for my third, well they didnt gush they just sort of started to leak, i would just get little gushes at a time, after several of these i called the hospital and went in. I was not having any contractions at the time, i was monitored for a while and was about to get sent home when all of a sudden i went into full swing labour, my DS was born in 55 minutes.
Dont stress to much, you will know when its time. If your waters break and u r worried try to get closer to the hospital, plus dont forget you can call in and get checked or monitored like i did at any time.
1st baby 6hrs: Gel and ARM....
2nd baby 2hrs: waters broke 2hrs before contractions started so i knew it was going to happen sometime soon...
3rd: Contrations first....waters didnt break til head was about to birth...
So i guess i have had all three.... you'll know, and there was no difference between comfort levels (none of mine were painful)..... But i hear that the drip is not so nice so am guessing this time will be better for you!
I was induced first time, natural the second time.
I found the contractions started very small, and followed a very logical progression, in my second labour. So they slowly got harder and longer and closer together. Whereas being induced it all just HIT me very quickly and was hard and close together right from the start
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