I'm worried that my water will break and leak all over the couch, bed, carpet, car, or whatever--or if I'm in public, it'll get my clothes all wet. What do people do to prevent that? Wear a huge maxi pad in the weeks that you're expecting to go into labor?? I suppose I could do that...I'm not planning on wearing any super cute outfits by that time anyway...but I find it quite annoying to wear a maxi pad for that long (dealt with someone similar when I had a missed miscarriage)
Re: dumb question about water breaking
i personally didnt do anything to prevent that. my water broke at home while i was laying on the couch. it did get all over my sweat pants, but i managed to get off the couch & to the bathroom quick enough that i didn't get anything on the couch at all. i just washed the sweat pants & everything was good. it's really not a big deal.
The only thing that I will do this time around, is make sure that I have something covering my side of the bed, so if it breaks there.....I am not getting it on the mattress.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
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9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!PP was right -- if it does break in public, people will understand, you'll give them all something interesting to talk about at dinner, and you'll have a good story afterward!
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My water broke when I was at the hospital and had just been admitted, while I was waiting on the epidural (I was 6cm at the time). At first I thought I was peeing myself, it was a trickle. Later on, I did have a gush, DD must have moved positions suddenly or something. I thought that my catheter had fallen out and made the nurse check it for me haha.
SIL's water broke in bed before labor...she woke up thinking she had wet the bed and then went to the bathroom and her mucus plug came out in the toilet. But she just cleaned it up...it wasn't really a big deal. I was at work, in my cubicle, until 39+4 (DD was born at 39+6, which was a Sunday), and I was slightly worried that it would happen at work but I didn't wear a pad or depends or anything. not much you can do about it anyway. I can't exactly remember, but I THINK I did sit on a towel in my car when we drove to the hospital because I was afraid it would break in the car. Really though, 9 times out of 10, you'll be in the hospital when that happens.
I'm 34 weeks 1 day and I just went to the bathroom and then felt a small gush when I sat on the couch and it kinda feels like a slow leak but then I laid down and haven't felt anything.
This is my 4th baby but the Dr has always broken my water in L&D so I don't know what to expect here. I also am not sure if I should call OB or not I don't want to bother them. Also this just happened a few mins ago but not contractions as of yet. Any opinions?
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I'm sure this is not the vote of confidence that you were looking for. Aside from investing in a really good mattress pad, and perhaps sitting on some towels while on the couch, there really isn't much you can do. Whatever happens/happens.