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Hi I'm 38 weeks preggo & was just wondering if any of you second time mums had feelings/cramps/plug show etc before waters broke, or did it just happen completely random with zero warning?
Thanks heaps I love learning about this whole experience as I go! :D I hope everyone is feeling fabulous x
I had no warning.
Both times I had zero warning :) No braxton hicks, show, nothing! My waters broke at 38+5 with DS1, it was about 1am (I think) and I was sitting on the lounge reading because I couldn't sleep. They broke at 38+4 with DS2, about 11pm (I think, my memory is failing me lol) and I was asleep in bed and the familiar "pop, gush" sensation woke me up!
the only warning I had was the very very sudden urgent need to urinate. Just as I sat on the loo (and I'd run the three steps from bed to loo), I had an almightly gush.
Wow ok so it looks like it might be just a nice random surprise! If it happens for me at all (im hoping it does) Thanks for your answers girls! ;)
No warning at all for all five, completely random for me.
Regards,
Dianne
I had some period pain type cramps several days before, thought I was in labour as it came and went regularly for a whole day. Then it came to a sudden stop...5 days later I was just laying in bed when I had this feeling something was going to happen, jumped out of bed and my waters broke!
No warning for DS1, 21 years ago now :) I went for my 39 week check the doctor did a VE (it was 'routine' back then) She said I was already about 1.5cm dilated then she said oops! Swore she didn't do it on purpose and as she (TMI) removed her fingers it was Niagara falls over the side of the exam bed.
DS2 I had a show the day before then started with a slow leak the next afternoon.
DS3 No warning got up and went for my morning wee and as I was sitting there I heard a loud POP! Felt it too and that was it, not quite Niagera falls again but then soaked a few pads before tapering off a bit.
I had SROM with both my girls. With DD1 it took me completely by surprise. I felt and heard the pop and leaped out of bed to the ensuite floor just in time :lol:
With DD2 I had a sweep three days before she was born and had a bit of blood that day but that was to be expected. I had a tiny bit more blood loss the next day plus a bit of my plug then I lost lots of plug the following morning (the day she was born) and my waters broke early that arvo. I was vacuuming when it happened and felt fine, no pain or warning as such. Just the 'pop' and 'gush' again :D
No breaking untill i was well in to labour for me, later each time, with DD1 i was in labour overnight waters broke with a gush at 5am, baby at 8am. With DD2 they went with a pop with my first push, and DS, just this week, was born in the caul.
A second or so before I had a very sharp pain followed by 2 'pops' which was my waters breaking :)
The only one of mine that broke before contractions started was DD1 & I lost plug the night before. All the others it broke, or were broken during labour. I did actually feel it once though. With DS I felt a wierd pop kinda sensation.
My waters broke in middle of night when I went to go to loo lucky I made it to loo in time I wasn't us labour or anything we thought my waters might break that night because ds was moving so strong we thought he might break them I don't remember feeling a pop
First two no warning. 3rd bub was the same as Mother Goose, had the urge to pee...POP!
I was in labour with both of mine - DD1 was cramps and pains - waters broke she was bnorn 20min later
DD2 i was at the hospital, cramps, pains & then waters broke she was bron 8min later.
First time was spontaneous and second was minutes before i gave birth to DS, i felt this sudden urge to push felt a pop then a gush and 2-3 pushes later my DS was born!