POLL: Did your water break? And where?

My.ABC.Life

Just chatting last night with a few mom friend about labor starting, etc.  So many different stories about amniotic fluid leaking/breaking/or staying in tact.  Just curious about The Nesties experiences. 

Feel free to share your story... I'd love to hear it!!  (As I sit her  contemplating putting on of baby's Ultimate Crib Sheets on *MY* bed!!)

[Poll]

luojjang

Mine broke while I was sleeping - it woke me up. It was not gushing (not even close), but I was soaking pads.... =]

RevJG

Mine broke at home, 2 weeks before my due date, when I got up to pee at about midnight.  I never contracted on my own and had to be induced once we went to the hospital. 

Ras Empress

My water broke at home when I was trying to use the bathroom. 

Smuches4u

Laboring on the couch at home, sitting on towels.  The cat and I both heard it pop.  LOL  No fluid until I stood up.

DH lined a path to the bathroom with towels for me.  Hehehe...

Elizabeth1017

My bag never broke on it's own with any of the 4 kids.  The Dr always had to break it for me.  With Laci I actually had 2 water bags that they had to break......it was weird!

KellyMarierockstarwife

Mine broke right after I got my epidural, before I had a chance to lay down.

SweetieP

Mine broke during a pretty intense contraction right as the nurse  decided to check my dilation.  Poor woman.  It gushed...felt like I was peeing but couldn't stop. Such a trippy feeling.

 

Mrs.K&C

Mine broke in bed, and it was the one place I did not want it to break as we had a pretty new (sleep number, not cheap!) mattress. Same damn thing happened with my miscarriage, actually.

But it wasn't bad, I rolled over, felt a trickle - thought hmmm, I should probably use the restroom and when I got up, I knew what was going on. Still had time to run to the bathroom and the gushing happened over the toilet.

 

bunch

Mine broke twice at home (33w5d and 36w6d) both as I was getting out of bed to go to the bathroom.  Good thing for me that I had a waterproof pad on the bed already- both times.  (I wound up with a slow leak and bedrest for the in-between times)  At 36w6d the contractions then started immediately- hard, fast, strong.  Bean was here 4 hours later!

MrsIncredible

Mine broke at home at 6am.  I knew about the pop and it actually was what woke me up and I instantly ran to the bathroom with fluid streaming down my thighs!  It was scary but exciting, I knew what was ahead .

Go Dux

My water broke at 1:30am while i was sleeping in bed. It was only a small trickle, but definitely knew what was up. It didn't really "gush" until I stood up and had to start walking...so definitely had to have the pads on when going to the hospital.

AFwifey

I started leaking amniotic fluid before I went to the hospital. My water broke on its own at the hospital. It was such a weird sensation!

SeasonalCook

Mine was done at the hospital. A little bit after I had gotten the epi, a nurse was doing some paperwork in my room and she was like, 'oh hey, has your water broken yet?' I said no and joked with her that I was disappointed that I didn't have my big "OMG my water has broken!" moment.

ashleyhuney

I was up reaallyy late reading after a nice dinner out (4 days till due date) at a fondue restaurant with DH, boss and BFF.  I had just turned out the lights at 4ish and climbed into bed...and heard a LOUD pop a few minutes later in the dark.  I jumped out of bed and ran the 3 steps to the tile bathroom before I gushed, and boy did it gush   I got to do the classic, "honey, I think it's time" lol

No pain whatsoever, we took our time showering and getting ready.

G-love

contractions started around 1AM, and my water didn't break till around 11AM, we left for the hospital at noon.  BUT... I didn't know my water had broken (well i did but i didn't), I had been dealing with mucus plugs and bloody shows, and for some reason due to the exhaustion, excitement, pain of the whole event up to that point, I didn't know there was anything new or huge about the 2 or 3 tbsp of moisture in my undies, actualy i did notice it was odd, and I noticed it was tinged green, but was in too much pain to mention it to anyone or to remember that it had even happened. I was just happy to be going to the hospital at that point....I kind of just forgot.

it was only around 10 minutes till I delivered that they realized I had meconium in my fluid and my water had broken a long time ago but babies head had stopped it like a cork. she had to have her lungs vaccumed out for a good long time after delivery due to the meconium. ick.

if we knew my water had broken, I would have been admitted immediatly to the hospital, instead I had to wander the room the gave me for about 2 hours before I was dialated far enough to be "oficially" checked in. and I was in pain. I was unprepared for how frequent and painful my contractions would be.  and they were frequent and painful from the get go. I had very little downtime at all between them. no one warned me about that one!

I'm still not ready for number 2, and this poll made me remember a good bit why.

My.ABC.Life

SweetieP:

Mine broke during a pretty intense contraction right as the nurse  decided to check my dilation.  Poor woman.  It gushed...felt like I was peeing but couldn't stop. Such a trippy feeling.

Ha!  Bet that happens to them a lot!!

AvaLikeLava

Mine broke in the hospital when I was about 6+cm.

I started leaking fluid though about 10am that morning.... at the OB's office. We knew we'd be seeing each other at the hospital within days at that point

we-love-to-try

Can you tell us more about these magic sheets?! AND... how exciting!

Pebble_Cafe

2 out of the 3 at hospital by dr. With Taya the nurse was about to pop it when it broke on its own.

My.ABC.Life

we-love-to-try:

Can you tell us more about these magic sheets?! AND... how exciting!

Wrong name!  Ultimate Crib Sheet.  (Water proof!  HA!) 

Meg_Meg

I had a slow leak that healed it self.  The dr. broke my water at the hospital when I was around 7cm.

Topanga

I had an induction and mine broke on it own in the hospital. It was a gushing and I was glad that it did not happen in my bed! My Dh was super skeeved at it possibly happening in our bed.

NorCalSuperwife

Mine broke on it's own in the hospital. (but I had a waterproof crib liner under my sheets at home just in case!) It broke while I was sleeping. I felt a "pop" and wasn't sure if it was my water or not. Ran to the bathroom and got a medium sized gush there.

Then my bag of waters moved and re-sealed and was artifically ruptured shortly before pushing. It didn't hurt at all, but that's when the big gushes came.

emeraldwednesda

MrsIncredible:

Mine broke at home at 6am.  I knew about the pop and it actually was what woke me up and I instantly ran to the bathroom with fluid streaming down my thighs!  It was scary but exciting, I knew what was ahead .

Ditto.  HUGE gushes for me- pads couldn't keep up!

linnychanel

mine broke while i was sitting on the toliet : ) I was peeing and heard a pop, I thought wow this could be my water breaking, and just sat there for second. Nothing happend then i stood up and wooosh, very crazy feeling.

Soon2BmrsMoreno

I chose "Broke at home" because w/ K it happened in the middle of the night - I started leaking.

But with B the Dr popped it while I was in labor.?