Waters breaking... your stories!

[melissa.r]

In my first pregnancy my membranes ruptured (with a big gush) at 35 weeks (I had a previous bleed at 33 weeks but did not seem to be related). I went into the hospital and was seen by an OB and it was agreed that I would go home and wait to see if labour started spontaneously and see my regular OB (who was on holidays) in 48 hours. I went in to see my OB after 48 hours, I had no signs of labour, my cervix was unripe and certainly was not dialating but I did have some further bleeding and my baby's head was sitting very low. We decided to wait as I was only 35 weeks and agreed that the risks of prematurity outweighed the risks of infection and took a course of antibiodics. Fluid continued to leak in gushs but I had an ultrasound and monitoring and my baby was happy so we waited... On the 11 day I decided to have an induction as there was still no signs of labour and I was now just on 37 weeks. I had a healthy baby on the 12th day after my membranes ruptured, vaginally with no other interventions.

In my second pregnancy my membranes ruptured naturally a few minutes before my baby was born. I had a posterior labour (planned home waterbirth) and my baby turned naturally being born in an anterior position. Very different experience.

[Pip]

My first bub I was 11 days over and my waters broke as my DD was being born. It splashed all over DH's shoes because I was standing and he had his hands under along with the midwife to catch her. DD then proceeded to do her first poo all over me and the midwife so very messy.

Second bub 5 days over and ARM to establish labour, he was born 3 hours later. Third bub 7 days over, water birth and DS was born with the sac still around him.

[AMH]

1st Bub water broke whilst i was laying in bed at 9pm, felt a pop and ran to the toilet.. contractions didnt start for about an hour.. got to 3-4cm dilated and labour stopped. was then put on drip and deliverd 15 hrs after water breaking.
2nd bub same thing again waters broke whilst in bed at 1am this time... no contractions for at least an hour.. only got to 3-4cm again then put on drip..delivered 8 hrs after waters breaking.

both times felt very excited that our time had come to meet our little bump.. enjoyed the experience of my waters breaking.. wonder what will happen this time...

[kungfubecca]

I got a pop feeling too, and a continuous trickle rather than a gush. Labour hadn't started 6 hours later so i was induced,

[rolymogs]

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[Erin_25]

I went into hosp at 7pm to be induced, I had the gel at approx 8pm.......the doctor left saying he would see me in the morning around 9am & will break my waters then if needed. I was in a small country hosp so he went home to bed, the midwife also was not there. Unfortunately for them they had to get out of bed LOL as about an hr after the gel I went into labour & was 6cm by 1am. As it moved along they had to break my waters as it hadn't happened & I wanted to push!!! I think it was the only time in my labour that I screamed at the top of my lungs, there was a huge gush & it was such a relief!!! Charlie was born at 5.23am (he,he no way he was waiting til 9am the next morn)......after an hour or more of pushing due to his head facing my leg - that was the worse part, each gush with each push just felt gross.

[mel_thekiwimum]

I had been having contractions from about 11pm - pretty irregular and more like mild stomach cramps - they got more regular and stronger about 3am - at 5 am got up off the sofa(hadn't been able to sleep in bed cos I was too restless and didn't want to disturb DH too much) to go to the toilet and had a huge gush on the lounge floor - DS Jackson was born 10 hours later
Mel

[citygal]

My waters broke at 230 in the morning of my 39th week(we had DTD that night in the hope it would bring labour on- guess that worked). I had been having contractions from 26weeks and had been in and out of hospital, so I was about ready to pull my son out myself!
I was sleeping in the spare bed so hubby could get some sleep. I woke up and felt a sort of soft pop, so I got up and started walking to the toilet, that's when I felt it leaking down my legs. There was no doubt in my mind as to what was going on. I was wearing PJ pants, so they caught most of it. I got to the toilet and sat down as more came out.
We rang the hospital and I had to come in straight away. The doctors had ordered that I was to come in the moment they broke - contractions or not. I was very calm. Even made sandwiches for my husband to eat during the labour The contrations started during the ride to the hospital - this was now about one hour after my waters broke. They stopped again at 1030am, and they asked if I wanted a drip to bring them back. That was a definate as I was determined to have bubs that day. After a painful labour and two hours of pushing he was born at 953pm. Hubby then proceeded to tell me how exhausted he was - could have smacked him if I had the energy!

[Lulu]

I could feel the membranes bulging in front of DDs head, even underwater. I pushed again and they popped, then she followed.

[danniellabella]

My waters broke about 30mins before my first contraction

[leebee81]

I don't know. I never felt them go and didn't feel any wetness but the midwife said they had broken before I got to the hospital. I was wearing a bad as I had a lot of bloody mucous so maybe they trickled into the pad and I never felt them? There was a lot of fluid/blood/muck which followed Oliver so I can only guess his head was blocking the exit and holding most of it in.

[*Beema*]

Mine broke driving home from yoga, was a very interesting 15 min drive, accelerate/brake, waters gushing each time, contractions didn't start until 45 minutes later.

[alioops]

For DD1 I was in the bath, my waters were bulging out in front of her head and the MW broke them. they had menconium so I pushed her out as fast as I could, she was born not long after that.

For DD2 I was exhausted and ready for an Epi at 5cms and the MW suggested ARM to see if that would move things along. The waters were also stained with menconium and she was born within 5 minutes.

Hopefully #3 will be able to break naturally or be born in the sac. I wish I had told them to leave the waters with DD1

[The[cookie]Doctor]

My waters broke roughly 12 hours after contractions started.
By this stage ctx were about 3 mins apart.
DS was born 6 1/2 hours later.

DF was massaging my sacral area as I had a lot of back pain and I felt it pop - totally unreal sensation - I honestly thought I was about to get the runs, so when I sat up and water went everywhere I realised why.

[Sair]

I was sitting in bed at 1am with my hands on my belly trying to feel some kicks when I felt a pop. I knew immediatly what it was, and being as large as I was with Noah in the end I screamed at DP to move then I jumped and stood on the bed and jumped off the other side and I raced to the bathroom for the safety of the tiled floor. Who knew a pregnant woman could move like that! Contractions were odd and not very regular. Had to be induced the day after next. Oh happy times

[Cassius2]

I was sitting on the couch watching daytime tv at 38 +2 days. I felt this pop and a slight gush...thought i had wet myself, jumped up (freaking the dog out...she hadnt seen me move that fast in quite some time!) and it just kept gushing. ran to the loo, freaked out (DH was 5 hours or so away in another town). then rang the hospy and had to get a friend to drive me...
contractions started 6 hours later. and came on hard and fast (2 minutes apart). 9 1/2 hour labour....

[frazaled1971]

DS1 waters broke at home i had no clue thought i had wet myself it was 11.30pm my mum rang the hospital and asked if it could be the waters and they said come in and get checked got ther at 12.30am and sure enough it was but not labour pains at all and as this was 17 years ago if labour didnt start within 12 hours you got induced ,they let me hold out till 3.30pm and then on went the drip and he was born 4 hours later.
DD1 ARM as i was being induced due to being over due
DD2 waters broke at home in the longeroom again and the first 2 kids were laughing at me saying look mummy wet her pants ,once agin no labour till i was induced the following day
DD3 waters didnt brake till her head was comming out even though this was my forth baby i kept yelling at them that i didnt want to have a baby still in is water bag i thought i would give birth to the bag still intact with the baby inside lol
DD4 ARM as i was 15 days over due then on with the drip
DS2 ARM the doctor wanted to get my labour going as this bub was breech and i was 8 days overdue and they thought he was going to be huge (i had some big babys) so he broke my waters thinking i would just go into labour no such luck drip went on 8 hours later and he was born 4 hours and 43 mins later.

[shellbell]

My waters broke at 7pm while I was sitting on the toilet 6 days befoe my EDD. DH looked scared and frightened as he rushed off to get me a pad and then more scared after I got up (with pad) and the fluid rushed down my legs and all over the floor!

Labour didn't start. Induction via synto was started at 7am and labouor started at about 10am. I failed to progress past 1.5cm despite labouring all day and Luke was born via c-section at 10.48pm that evening.