Ok, so my waters broke before labour started last time too, but I went straight to the hospital then & I'm staying at home for the moment.
My non-interventionist Ob is away this week, just my luck, so I'll have to deal with an Ob I've never met if I go to hospital before Monday (unless she's rostered on the weekend).
Can the leak repair itself - it started with a trickle this morning and is more than a trickle now - filling a pad in about an hour.
Last time I started contractions about 14hrs after waters broke and was in active labour about 6hrs after that. Is this likely to be a simmilar situation?
Last time the Ob (different to my non-interventionist one) wanted to induce me 24hrs after my waters broke, is this standard/ necessary?
Should I be doing anything to minimise fluid loss - I seem to gush a bit if I stand up & walk?
Thats all my questions for the time being. Thanks!
I don't think you can do anything to slow the gush. It's hard to say if it will be the same as last time, I'd guess maybe shorter but I'm sure your body will let you know.
Time for those last minute jobs maybe? Bag fully packed?
If you aren't contracting all you can do is REST REST REST.
I also went to thehospital after my waters broke at midnight, they did an internal exam, and then told me that since my waters HAD broken and that they'd given me the exam they needed me to be hooked up to an IV because of risk of infection (a risk only put there because they did the exam!!!!!!!). I was kept in that night, sent home the next morning because the contractions were irregular and was told that if I wasn't labouring at the hospital by 8am the next morning to come in for the drip and to start antibiotics.
I assume you're 37w+ or 'full term'? So my advice is to stay home while your waters a clear/pinkish and you aren't contracting, especially if it is 'just' a trickle. Maybe give them a call tomorrow morning and say, oh yeah my waters are trickling but its all good they're clear and I'm not contracting or need to be in hospital yet.
Hi I'm not liking your chances of it stopping, especially when it is already getting heavier, looks like you will be meeting this other OB. Usually you go to hospital when your waters break because of the risk of infection...if you go they don't normally let you go home. There is a test they do, for (could be wrong for a virus CMV) if you have had it in the past you are risk of the baby getting infected if you don't get the antiboiotics within 6 hours of your waters breaking (I stand corrected) my oldest DD got the infection and was in hospital for 2 weeks quite sick and they had lots of trouble regulating her temp and she had to have the antibiotics. Stay home for a while but take care!!!
Wishing you all the best enjoy your labour.
I think this is it hun I know with my last bub, I was really gushing for ages - and I mean I was waddling around with a towel between my legs all rolled up to try to stop it and it only slowed once he'd moved down far enough to kinda plug it up kwim?
Once your waters have broken they do like to give you 48 hours max.... make sure that you don't have a bath, and try to refuse the internal exam while you aren't contracting. And don't stick anything up there - all are increasing the risk of infection. You don't have the bacteria G something or other do you? (I can never remember the name of it!!) If you do then they will want you to get the baby out!!
If you really don't want to be induced and pushed to have this baby within the timelimit just stand your ground. Agree to daily monitoring (with no IE) but nothing more. Of course they will try to convince you that you are putting the baby at risk, but as long as you are staying clean that isn't necessarily so. Stay home as long as you possibly can.
As for the gush - nothing you can do about it. Your waters are constantly replenishing (even when you aren't leaking) so while your waters remain broken and the baby remains unborn you will get lots of gushes. Your face hands and feet are likely to fill up with all the excess fluid too but there is no harm in all of this. Just uncomfortable! I remember it all so well....
Goodluck with it all, I really hope you get to see your Ob or that the one you do see is equally non-interventionist! I can't wait to hear the result... so exciting!
i'd be staying at home for as long as I was comfortable ITMS. with DD my waters broke, rang the hossy, they told me to come in...private and high intervention rate...and didnt let me go home. didnt have contractions until about 5 hours after arrival. it was not pretty being in labour on your own with them refusing to call DH (because of insurance issues of having an extra person in your room at night (???!!!)).
IMO, if all is well with you and as long as you dont have IE or a bath etc then i would be staying at home. the ideal would be to wait until you are in established labour just so there is less risk of intervention and labouring to a 'time limit'.
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I know with my last bub, I was really gushing for ages - and I mean I was waddling around with a towel between my legs all rolled up to try to stop it and it only slowed once he'd moved down far enough to kinda plug it up kwim?
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