Hindwaters...

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HINDWATERS: the balance of the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby's body and not trapped in front of the head at engagement; it usually flows from the uterus after the forewaters during the first or at the beginning of the second stage of labor once the membrane has ruptured.

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Has anyone had their hindwaters break before going into labour? How long before you went into labour?

The reason I ask is because mine broke last night & I was told they just reseal themselves, unlike the forewaters. The midwife told me just to go to my regular appointment on Wednesday as if nothing had happened....

I have heard of this but no idea how it happens. Seems strange to me how they can brake without your waters breaking. I just can't comprihend that! Sorry i'm no help.

Apparently there's a seperate membrane between them. Not so sure what they're for either, can't find that anywhere.

It really isn't good when you can't find something on the internet that is simple or common. That really annoys me. I will try having a look for you.

Well I tried looking on 3 different search engines and in 4 different books and found zip! Not a thing. Sorry Sarah. Hope you had better luck.

hi sarah,
i looked up info on hindwaters and i found plenty women have experienced the same as you. and were also told the same. it said that hindwaters is just extra fluid that sits outside of the amniotic sac within the womb.
but if you have any doubts i would contact your midwife or doctor again.

good luck
sunshine :D

Sarah, the Midwife at our Antenatal Class on Thursday talked about Hindwaters and Forewaters, now if I remember right the hindwaters are at the top of your bump and leak slowly when they do break your forwaters at the bottom of your bump come out in a gush.

I think I can recall Nell say she went to hospital with the same thing and it was her hindwaters - I remember wondering at the time what are hindwaters but never got around to asking her, hopefully she will come on and tell you how long it was before she started regular contractions.

Take Care

Deeanne

Yep - this happened to Nell, so contact her sarah. I'm hoping your birth process isn't quite what hers was though......
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I totally forgot about that happening to Nell, thanks for reminding me guys :) I might send her a PM & ask her.

Dee and Fi - you guys have great memories!

Yep, I went into hospital a week before Matthew arrived as I woke up wet one morning, it wasn't much fluid though. Well not as much as actual waters breaking.

I was told it was my hindwaters... although I don't exactly know where it comes from, just that it is a small tear in the sac. I was told that it would either reseal itself or my actual waters would break. Neither actually happened! I constantly 'leaked' for the next week, until the ob actually broke my waters. I had to wear a pad for the entire time and constantly change it. (during that week) When I got home from the hospital that night, I then had my 'show'.

You may remember that I had actual contractions from the Monday, then being induced Wednesday night.... etc etc, it's all in my birth story!

HTH's a little Sarah, let me know if you need any further info!

Thanks for that Nell.

My leak has pretty well stopped, so I'm guessing it might've resealed pretty quick - they told me the same thing as you. So you had your show the night of the hindwater leak? Nothing in tht regards here yet.

I might just go check out your birth story again. See what I might be in for ;)

Sarah - I just popped in here but don't know anything about your question....but wondered how you are going? Any signs of bubs yet? 40wks and 1 day!! How exciting!!!

Megan

No sign yet Megan other than the leak the other night *sigh* He's still hanging it there!

hi sarah

well back in 1998 withmy first i woke 1 day after my due date at 3am with a gush of fluid (clear) rang hospital they said to have a shower eat breaky and come in when ready - i wasn't having contractions and we ended up at the hospital at 5am, they hooked me up on the monitor and i was having mild contractions - i was not feeling them however. my ob/gyn saw me at 7am and said it was my hind waters that had broken and said that he could either break my forewaters and put the drip in to induce me or i could wait but it could be a further 48hrs - i was keen so we went ahead with the induction with our first baby born at 5pm that day. after many years and 2 children later i sometimes question whether it was the right thing or was it just a convenience for my ob/gyn (i went pvt) i still don't know and i guess i will never know - anyway i had no regrets but i do wish maybe i should have just let nature take its course as it was a terrible labour compared to my other two.

good luck and soon you will have your dear little boy

Hi Sarah,

My waters broke before labour started, I was told they were my hind waters at the time but after reading some of these posts, I'm wondering if it was both sacs as I gushed like a tap and I was changing maternity pads every 1-2hrs until I had her 3 days later.

My story starts pretty much identical to Mooshie's - My waters broke at 3.30am (Tues morn), got into the hospital a couple of hours later with mild contractions. They asked me if I wanted to be induced at 8am but I looked at them like they were crazy thinking I'd be back in there by midday to have her naturally anyway. Went home, cont's got stronger.. by 3pm they were coming every 3mins for an hour and a half so we get in the car and all of a sudden - back to every 10mins but still unbearable! By Wed morn, on the phone hysterical begging to be induced but they were too full and couldn't do it until Thurs. Anyway, had her 61hrs after my waters broke at 4.48pm Thurs. I had been worried about extra pain from being induced but would definately go for induction if the same thing happened this time around!

I find it strange that she'd say to go on as normal, when mine broke I had to take antibiotics so she wouldn't get an infection before she was born. As it was, she had a fever for a few days afterwards anyway.. Is it possible to get a 2nd opinion from another MW just to be sure?

Good luck, hope it all goes well for you. It doesn't sound like it'll be far off now!

Thanks for the update Sarah and I will be thinking of you over the coming week...hope that your little boy comes very soon...

Megan

That's interesting Mel :-k A midwife did the internal & both her & the Dr checked & said it definately was not the forewaters. Maybe that's what the difference is? I basically had the one gush & that was it, no leakage since. Bubba is still moving like crazy so I'm sure he's ok in there still.

hey sarah, what did the hindwaters look like? sorry if that sounds dumb, but they broke my waters with joshua and im a bit worried i might miss it if something does break or leak.. specially with the pains ive been getting latley..

take care
Lesley

Yeah, I think you're right... Strange how it can just stop like that, I thought that once they broke that was it. I must have broken both my hind and forewaters to gush like I did. If you were checked by both the Dr and MW and he's moving heaps I wouldn't worry at all.

Lesley - your waters should be a clear liquid but sometimes they can be a greeny (meconium staining if the baby's a little distressed) or pinky colour. You should be able to tell what it is by the smell.

It was just clear Lesley, I think alot like the forewaters are.

I would reccommend though going to the Dr if you have ANY leak at all. You never know... If it's the forewaters the hospital will give you 24hrs to have contractions, if they don't start you'll be induced, cos the risk of infection is pretty high if your waters have broken. At least that's what the midwife told me on Friday.

hi again

when my waters broke they too gushed and kept leaking even 3hrs later on the way to hospital i had 3 pads on and sat on a towel in the car and they still went through - i remember walking down to the labour ward like i had been riding a horse for days it was horrible. my ob/gyn also mentioned the induction was necessary cause of infection (i didn't want to say earlier as i didn't want to freak you out - i gathered your carers would have given you the options) my g/friend also had leaking for around 1 wk (but somehow did not ring m/wives of ob) and her bubs was placed in special care for a few days - this may have been also that my g/f also had strep b infection not sure.

when my waters broke with lani they were stained a yellowy colour as she did meconium (sp?) when she was delivered they said the placenta was also stained so she may have done it a few days prior cause it looked like an old stain.

good luck

Sarah - my midwife told me that you'd know if the forewaters broke as it's a '2 towel job', meaning you'd need too towels to absorb the fluid.

Didn't realise what she meant until the ob broke my waters when I was in hospital and I got up to go to the toilet, fluid just gushes out and keeps gushing, it's like someone has turned on a tap inside of you. The hindwaters seems like a bit of fluid at the time, but it's not really.

My waters broke at 11pm the night before i had Lily and it gushed everywhere! I got up to go have a shower to clean myself up, after i got out of the shower it gushed again lol, so had to hop back in and clean myself up. Had another big gush about 8am the next morning and between the gushes it just kept leaking like a tap until i had her 16hrs later! I swear i must of had a swimming pool in there coz there was sooo much fluid it was unbelieveable!

Sarah,
My hind waters broke as I went to bed on Tuesday night (Maddy was already 5 days over), it was like a constant trickle for a few minutes, but stopped we called Hospital & they said sounds like Hind waters, so try get some sleep but if a gush of water that does not stop happens then come in. Well I tried hard to sleep & had mild contractions alnight, but nothing major, I remember not sleeping & on Wednesday morning contractions were harder but about 20 mins apart, on Wed night I was exhausted & wanted things checked out, so they took swabs etc & all was fine & sent me home with panadeine forte, I did not take them but ate dinner & went to bed, but again couldn't sleep for fear & excitement!
At about 10pm, my forewaters broke & this was a 2 towel job!
I sat over the bath letting it run away, Mum came in & found me there, she called hospital but as I was not having contractions the said try to rest & we will see you in morning, but I couldn't sleep & so at 5am I nagged Mum to take me to Hospital. I was wearing a pad & the fluid was now greenish due to maddison being stressed, so I was induced & it happened really quickly from there!
I was initially given to bags of electrolytes as I had no energy, but managed to push her out by lunch time!

So I'd say it's getting close!

Best Wishes!!!!

Thanks everyone :D Still nothing happening yet *sigh*

Like you said Nell,, it did seem like a lot of fluid at the time, but definately not a 2 towel job!