Waters breaking... your stories!

[kelebek]

I woke up at 2.30 am as I needed to go to the toilet. I was 4 days overdue. While I was in there I realised it wasn't wee as it wouldn't stop & I couldn't control it. I yelled out to DP that I think my waters had broken. He was so excited. He couldn't do enough for me. When I got my next contraction & I leaked again I knew it had to be my waters. I couldn't go back to sleep - I was to excited & uncomfortable, each time I had a contraction I leaked some more. I had towels everywhere - didn't think about a pad until the hospital told me . I went to the hospital about 8 am & they confirmed my waters had broken. DS came via the emergency exit at 9.35 pm that night.

[ShootingStar]

With DS, contractions started at 2.20pm Saturday afternoon. Went to the hospital at 5.30pm. Had a show and then urges to push at about 1am, waters were broken by midwife using ARM. DS was born 20 mins later.

[meow]

I couldn't answer the poll as mine didn't break at all.

[Janie]

Very cool ren, what a lucky boy

[~clover~]

DD1 - went to bed around 11.30 at 41 weeks. Woke up at 12.30 to a wet patch on the bed. I woke DH up & he rolled over, spotted the wet patch & said - You wet the bed you dirty b*tch - Not in a degrading way. Anyway I told him I thought my waters had broken & he jumped up real quick! My contractions didn't start til about an hour later. It was only a small leak that time.

DD2 - Had to be broken & was done about 5 minutes before she was born.

DS - had contractions for a bit over an hour when my waters broke. I felt the 'pop' this time. It wasn't a gush, but it kept running down my legs, & pads weren't lasting long. My whole labour only lasted 5 hours.

[nickers]

DS1- waters ruptured by themseleves at 32weeks5days. It took me several days and lots of leaks to figure out i wasn't incompetant and to go to hospital. Luckily i never got an infection within that time frame, was admited at 33weeks with mild contractions. They stopped and then started again at 33weeks3days and couldnt be stopped. The leaking never turned into a gush and end up with an emerg c/s so not sure that they actually ever broke or just remained ruptured.

DS2- waters ruptured again by themseleves at 38weeks more fluid then with DS1. due to prior c/s went straight to hosp with mild contractions which once again stopped. continued to leak for a further 2 days however again not sure they ever fully broke. i end up having a c/s with his also

my waters must be the thing that goes first when my body thinks its had enough and springs a leak!

[DANNIIM]

With DS my waters sprung-a-leak about an hour after us DTD, i remember being down the street on a Saturday morning and thinking is this left overs or am i wetting myself. Got no pains all day but in the late arvo i started feeling a bit weird and thought something might be happening, went to bed at about 11:00pm and woke at 4:00am with definate labour contractions, got up and had a bath and by 6:00am i woke DP to tell him i was in labour and we went to the hospital at 9:00 only because my waters had broke the previous day and the risk of infection. I continued on all day in hospital with strong contractions until 3:00pm when i finally had my show and was declared to be in establised labour....woohoo 3cm dilated!

[Diamond75]

My waters broke with DS after about 10hrs of labour. My ob was doing a internal and then a couple of seconds later it happened...all over his tie. (That should teach him for putting his hand in there!) After that DS was born 2 hours later.

[Janie]

My waters ruptured at 35 weeks exactly.........about two hours after I left my baby shower! It wasn't a big gush, but there was plenty leaking. They continued to leak all through my labour, which was kinda annoying. I did have a broken foot and they wondered if all that limping around helped DS to engage and break the waters . He was posterior too.

My contractions started exactly one hour later, four minutes apart from the beginning. DS born 13 hours after that

[~clover~]

[QUOTE=DANNIIM;1353974]With DS my waters sprung-a-leak about an hour after us DTD, i remember being down the street on a Saturday morning and thinking is this left overs or am i wetting myself.


I'm sorry, but I reckon the look on your DH's face if it happened while DTD would've been priceless![QUOTE]

[~clover~]

Sorry. Delete this one.

[rach2281]

my waters with DD didn't break till i was pushing!!! it was ewwww, sorry probley TMI but it burst eveywhere - up my legs, over the bed, etc...

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

I'd been in bed all weekend with the flu and when I woke up, I blew my nose and felt a big pop and my waters gushed eeeeeverywhere all over my bed. I thought I was peeing myself so I tried to use my pelvic floor muscles to stop the flow and it didnt work, so I ran to the toilet (naked, as i'd had hot flushes, with my hands between my legs trying to stop the water). I realized as I was sitting that this wasn't urine because it was clear and slimey. I called for my then partner (DDs dad), and he replied "Leave me alone, I'm playing video games!" LOL! Eventually he came and I told him my waters had broken and he was uber excited.

That was at about 2am. Nothing was happening 12 hours later so I went into hospital (they wanted me to deliver within 24 hours of my waters breaking) and it wasn't until later that evening, around 5pm that my contractions started.

I'm so surprised to see that most women had their waters breaking as their first sign of labour! I always heard it was uncommon.

Oh, and we had to replace the matress :P

[rose]

I don't think this labour is going to be any different to my other 3. ARM. Having 10min cx now and no sign of waters breaking. hhheeee.

[Janie]

Ooooooh Rose, how exciting! I hope your ctx are closer together now!

[loulabelle]

My waters were artificially broken after 49 hour of labour.2 hours after my DS was born.I went from 4cm when they broke them to 10cm within half and hour,then after 1.5 hours of pushing my DS arrived.Needless to say I was EXHAUSTED!

[Mel86]

My waters broke and then there was nothing.
I rang the hospital and she told me to ring back in the morning if nothing had happened.
Next morning still nothing so I rang and they booked me in to be induced the next day.

They left me 36hours before doing anything. I have heard that 24 hours is the limit?

Anyway my waters broke on Thursday night and then i went into the hospital Saturday Morning at 8:30.
Mind you I was 3 centimeters dilated by that morning but obviously not enough still had to be induced lol.

[*oli's*mrs*]

dd- waters broke 230 fri and contractions didnt start till 12noon sat born at 945pm sat night.
ds-waters broke 4am sun morn contractions started bron at 3.25 pm sunday arvo