Advice needed- if your waters break will they definitely keep leaking?

Ok so I'm questioning whether my waters broke yesterday when I was at the beach. Had a huge woosh and then trickle trickle for about 15 mins. Didn't do anything about it though as nothing else accompanied it. I'm pretty definite it wasn't pee as I didn't need to pee at all and it didn't come from the urethra.
Spoke to my student midwife this morning who said if it was my waters then they would keep leaking so its probably not them having broken. However when I said this to my mum she is of the opinion that if they break completely you can lose all the fluid and they won't keep leaking.
So I guess I'm asking for some advice. I have had increased CM since this happened yesterday and some very thick CM this morning when I got up with some much thinner stuff, but haven't had any clear fluid so I'm not sure. In terms of pain I'm having back pain and braxton hicks but no full on contractions at this stage. My tummy looks alot less full and DF says when he feels baby through my tummy it is alot easier to feel her and doesn't feel like she's in a big balloon anymore.

Thanks in advance for any advice I'm just a bit confused.

:hug: I would go to the hospital to get checked out, they don't have to keep leaking, when mine broke with DD 1, I lost the lot and even when I got to the hospital 1.5 hrs later I wasn't leaking anymore, and they were defintely broken. Also back pain and BH's I would say you are in labour ;)

How far appart are the BH's?

I haven't been timing them. Naughty me. I just got up from a lie down.

Sounds like your waters to me lol
I would also go get checked out, at least then you will know.

Good luck! :)

I would go and get checked out just in case, they will be able to tell you if they have broken or not. You can have a hindleak and it can reseal, and waters do keep replenishing, but if you had a huge gush like you said, who knows... if you have a thermometer at home, keep an eye on your temp and definitely see someone if you have a temperature (in case of infection).

Ok just spoke with the hospital. Here's what midwife thinks. The lovely vagina is a hollow space... and when I was lying in the water apparently it has filled with seawater, then I have unconciously clenched my pelvic floor muscles or had a BH and woosh the water has come out.

She did talk about a hind water leak and said that it doesn't HAVE to keep leaking but it usually would. SO I have to monitor it all very closely and if anything doesn't seem right I have to call.

I've been taking my temp and its fine, I'm feeling a little warm but I did wash the car in the sun this morning and hang out the washing so I think I got a bit pink then.

Thanks for all your help all of you. Love being able to seek advice here.

It sounds to me like your waters have broken and that you are possably in early labour

Alan- do you think that it might not be what the miwife at the hospital has said?? Is there anything else I can look out for apart from the obvious contractions etc?

hmmm I dunno about the sea water... I mean wouldn't that happen every time we soaked in the bath or chilled out at the pool?
I wonder if the labour ward was busy & she was putting off having you come in?

When my waters broke it wasnt just one big gush for me but many small gushes and it continued for most of my labour (so over 24 hours).

I think your best bet would be to go in and be seen. The midwife from what i can tell is only making a guess (a very out there guess!)

Good luck!

I had something very similar a week before I went into labour. I had been in the bath soaking for almost and hour and 10 minutes after I got out there was a gush of water down my leg. I was sure it was my waters breaking but it turned out to be the bath water. When I went into labour a week later my waters didn't break until I was in the delivery suite. Definitely get it checked out though.

Yeah I'm thinking I will see how I got over the next couple of hours. I am feeling a bit different since it happened so I just want to see what happens. If I'm still not feeling right I will have to go in.

Hi Ella

I think it would be unlikely to be what the midwife said. What you need to consider is how much water did you lose when you had the gush? If it was more than a cup full then I would strongly suspect it was your waters. Have you ever been swimming before and got that much water in your vagina?

There is not really much you can do to check things if you have lost all your fluid. However if when you sneeze or cough and you leak some fluid then that is a sign that your waters may have been broken.

Also if your backache increases when you have a contraction that is a sign that you are in early labour.

i agree with all the other posts..

the only time i ever had my waters break i didnt even know as it was like i kept peeing every 4 min thinking i was gunna wet myself..
keep an eye on it as u dont wanna be under the impression of the wrong thing and then have it all turn out to be what u thought in the beginning IYKWIM??

GL hun i hope everything works out and if ur concerned ring and speak to another midwife...

I would actually call again as there would have been a change of shift and new midwives will have come on.

Thanks for your replies:

Alan- nope I've never had that happen before which made me think at the time that it didn't seem right.

I've just been for a walk and I've been having contractions every half hour or so. Baby has completely turned and resumed the cephalic head down position that she was in for 3 weeks before yesterday happened. When I push on the top of my tummy its stings 'down there' so I'm assuming that is her head pressing on something down there.

Argh, why can't there be a little button that pops, kinda like a turkey that says 'ok I'm done prepare for take off'. I'm going to wait it out a bit and see if these contractions increase or anything else happens then I will give the midwives a call.

Well we went for a big drive today and I started having regular contractions. They were 8 minutes apart and it went on for 2.5 hours. THen I had to climb into the boot of my car and after I did that they stopped :( Still contracting but they are far apart now. Waiting for DS to go to bed and then I will be trying every single thing I can think of to get things to ramp up again.

Peeing every 5-10 minutes is very annoying by the way lol

Yay I think u r on ur way to meeting ur new bubba sum time very soon!!!
Gl hun pls keep us updated :)

Good luck Ella! Sounds like your on your way :)

defiantely sounds like you're well on the way!!!

with mine, I had a huge gush, and then it trickled and squirted on and off until bubs was born (78 hours later!!)

I was soaking through pads regularly - but sometimes in 20 minutes, and sometimes they lasted for a couple of hours ...

and it depended on my position too ... sitting down - less water. stand up? squirtles!!

hope things get moving smoothly and swiftly!!

:grouphug:

Sounds like it might be happening soon :)

When my waters broke I lost the entire lot, hind and for waters. I leaked for the whole two weeks prior to his birth. Waters will continue to replenish and it is possible for a tear to fix itself too.

All the best xx

Well this morning... nothing. Woke up a few times in pain in the night but then just having BH now. Have alot of CM happening but no baby lol

I've had enough. Feel like a sissy for saying it but the on again off again is killing me. I'm meant to be studying for exams which I can't do cause I can't stop thinking about baby every time I have a BH or contraction. Plus DS has the flu and is home from day care so my plan of just getting lots of sleep if I couldn't study has gone out the window. I'm still drinking raspberry leaf tea and I'll go for another walk soon, but just at the moment I'm feeling utterly crap.

It gets really hard towards the end, especially when you thinks its starting then it stops again. My little one did that for a couple of weeks before she finally arrived. Hope it settles down or bub arrives soon. :hug:

:hug: sending you lots of labour vibes. I hope something happens soon.

Finally got to read your thread darl! LOL

No advice only many of these ones :hug:
I think Bubba is not far away from her grand debut, don't worry - she will know when to come...xox

thinking of u and wondering if this lil bubba has made any progress??? :)

No progress :( lots of BH and a few bouts of contractions but still waiting for them to get serious. Thanks for thinking of me xx

I think your body keeps producing amnio fluid, so even after your waters break, even if they did totally empty out, your body would keep making more. when mine broke, i had a gush with every contraction. i started wearing maternity pads, but after a while i felt like i was losing so much i felt that i would end up with wet pants, so i just stuck a beach towel in my DH's track pants (no, i was wearing them - not him LOL!) and some of the towel stuck out the front and some out the back! It was NOT a good look!!
Anyway, maybe when your contractions start it will start leaking more?? Maybe there was just a little break in the sack and the baby is putting pressure on it, so it's kind of pinched closed again??

GL