Where were you when your waters broke?

[Miss E]

Hi!

I was wondering where and when peoples waters have broken.

It probably sounds a bit silly, but I have all these silly worries about different scenarios, like:
- if you're at the supermarket or the fish and chip shop or something, do you just try and leave discretely and pretend it never happened, or do you try and clean it up?
- if it happens when you're sitting on the couch or in the car, does it ruin the fabric? Can you get the smell out ( I did hear somewhere that it leaves a horrible smell if it's allowed to dry)? Same with carpet and other fabrics...
- if you're at work or a friends house...

Anyway, be great to hear your story and how you handled the situation.

Thanks!

[Danni]

My waters broke and gushed at Coles. There is no way you can pretend it never happened. But there was also no way I could try and clean it either. The security guard just told us to leave it all and she would "take care of it"

[Janie]

I was at home, sitting on my bed talking on the phone (to the amusement of those who know me ). There was a good flow, but it didn't gush everywhere, so wasn't much mess, in fact I thought I'd wet my pants LOL! Fortunately I was only a few steps away from the ensuite where I could check it all out in tiled comfort, and discover that it was indeed my waters, as urine isn't normally pale pink .

ETA D, I laughed so hard when I saw your name in this thread!!! I've always remembered your dramatic story

[Jellyfish]

At the hospital, about an hour before I felt I needed to push DD out and after I had been having contractions for most of the day.

[Nicambhar]

I was in bed and it was 1am. It continued to gush out in the car like a fire hydrant LOL...

[BeautifulMadness]

hospital as i had to be induced

[Inertia]

The first 4 times at the hospy by the hospy. The 5th time it was when I was transitioning, so Harrys head meant I didnt even notice. No gushing mess at all until he was born.

[Lisa]

Mine have only broken naturally once. It was actually more of a trickle which started about 1/2hr after I lost my mucus plug and while I was at work. Eventually a gush came, but that was right before my DS was born.

[Olive]

mine both were trickles and both in bed in the early hours of the morning!

[~Kim~]

First one was stepping out of our EH holden....much to DH's horror....but it was only a trickle.

Nate's was on the leather lounge waiting for DH to come back from my godfathers funeral 600km away. Cleaning up gave me something else tothink about.

[MantaRay]

Both times I was at the hossy and well and truly in labour - and both times they were artificially ruptured. With DS2 I was fully dilated and just had my show with the contraction that made me want to push, and they still hadn't broken. So the ob took matters into her own hands.