What did it feel like for you just before your waters broke?

[~Trish~]

My waters never broke until I was at the very end of my labours. The heavy feeling is very normal towards the end though, your bub is probably pushing down deep into your pelvis, almost ready to come out

It won't be long now!

[*charmalea*]

i was just into the 1st part of my pushing stage when my waters broke .. it was this warm fullness .. for me it was a nice feeling , like a euphoric release (not like orgasmic or anything ) but i was in awe of my body to get as far as it did in labour and my water breaking was unlike anything i have felt ... but there was no waring or leading up to it ... it just hapened very quickly !!

GL with the birth xx

[~clover~]

I felt my waters break with DS...It literally felt like a pop! Slight kinda sharpish pain (that didn't hurt. Hard to explain) then felt the pop, then...lovely! All over BIL's bed!

I didn't feel anything before that though

[Winter]

I felt my waters break ... literally felt like a pop! Slight kinda sharpish pain (that didn't hurt. Hard to explain) then felt the pop, then...

I didn't feel anything before that though

:yeahthat:

I managed to run to the shower before it all started gushing out though!

Good luck, you're little bubba will be in your arms in no time!

[Liz]

I was having contractions on & off, was sitting on the couch eating dinner. I had a contraction that really made me squirm and I thought 'argh.. I should go to the toilet". As I was going up the stairs I started to leak... got to the loo JUST in time for a massive gush. LOL. Don't recall a pop or anything, just a particularly squirmy contraction.

[{sarah}]

Nothing different for me. I was walking into the loungeroom, hadn't had any contractions or anything & then there was a leak. After that it was a little gush every time I moved!

[Nelle]

First time, I just felt the usual birth pains, my waters broke near the end I think, I was in a bath at the time.

Second time, nothing, I was asleep. But I woke with a huge confused start, because I heard the pop and felt it quite strongly at the same time, even though I'd been asleep, I woke straight away knowing what had happened. It was a very sudden, definite feeling for me the second time around. But nothing before.

[Daydream Believer]

My waters broke before contractions started. I woke up (after 10mins sleep) & I felt like I had to wee & then I felt a pop & there was a gush (all over the bed)
HTH

[mbear]

Like a burst water main on pitt st....there was soooooo much fluid.....to me it felt like i was weeing myself (and weeing, and weeing, and weeing ) and couldnt stop, i had no control.

I asked the MW to rupture my membranes whilst in labour with DS. She did an internal and said she could feel 'like a balloon just waiting to be popped' - DS head was causing so much pressure...i knew once my waters broke it would move the labour along....and it did.
GL....

[~Raven~]

Mine have broken in active labour or been broken for me, but I think it feels like a lot of pressure just before hand. It's probably different if they break at before the onset of labour though I imagine