Pop feeling

kneill15

Hello I'm 35+3 weeks along and this morning rolled over in bed and felt a pop in my lower left abdomen, not painful at all. And baby is still moving. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and would know what it was. I tried looking it up and found multiple answers that it might be water breaking but I don't have any more discharge than normal, just more frequent urination since it happened. And read that if baby is head down it could cover cervix and stop it from coming out. How would you even know at that point if that is what happened?

Sorry for so much in one post.   

meg_2006

Probably just a ligament rolling into a different position. If you're not in pain I wouldn't be concerned. Lots of weird stuff going on with our bodies right now

cMichelle0423

kneill15 said:

Hello I'm 35+3 weeks along and this morning rolled over in bed and felt a pop in my lower left abdomen, not painful at all. And baby is still moving. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and would know what it was. I tried looking it up and found multiple answers that it might be water breaking but I don't have any more discharge than normal, just more frequent urination since it happened. And read that if baby is head down it could cover cervix and stop it from coming out. How would you even know at that point if that is what happened?

Sorry for so much in one post.   

I agree with PP. But I guess go with your gut. If you suspect it could be your water, you should go get checked out at the ER. 

SparkE82

If you are really worried, call your doctor or go get checked out in L&D.

From what I understand (FTM here) if it was your water breaking, you would start having much more intense/painful contractions on a very regular basis.

kitteh81

Not always. Some women experience premature spontaneous rupture of membranes without it triggering labor. Also, if the rupture occurs higher in the uterus the sac can actually reseal itself, in which case labor won't start at all.

Without any fluids to test, it's nearly impossible to tell if the pop you felt was your water breaking or not, but my second labor started with a pop way up high in my belly, but I did have a slow trickle. Then later on in labor my waters ruptured AGAIN, closer to my cervix as I was about to push.

Pregnancy and labor are so strange.

https://www.webmd.com/baby/tc/preterm-premature-rupture-of-membranes-pprom-topic-overview

snowhite12

I had this with my first. I was getting up from the toilet oddly enough when i felt/heard a pop. I went to see my OB the next morning and she didn't seem concerned. I wasn't leaking or bleeding. I didn't have my DD til almost 2 weeks later when I was induced. Like other PPs said, labor and pregnancy is weird...

meg_2006

@kneill15 update? Did it end up being anything concerning?

kneill15

@meg_2006 yes I asked the dr and he saI'd nothing to be concerned about unless it's followed by leaking or fetal distress. 

kbrands7

It's good that it's nothing to be concerned about! There is a lot of settling and stretching in the third tri that can cause odd sensations. Water breaking can be accompanied by a pop (mine was with DS1), but even if the baby covers the cervix and keeps amniotic fluid in after the initial pop, if your water broke, you'd leak fluid again if you were to sit or lay down and then stand back up again (the baby generally shifts a little away from the cervix, especially if you lay down).

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