Babies: 0 - 3 Months

water breaking

 When your water breaks, can it be just a little at a time, or does it have to be a gush?  TMI, but I wear a pantyliner, and my underwear is wet, like it went through the pantyliner, which is unusual for me. I haven't felt any "contractions" that I know of today. 

Re: water breaking

  • when my water broke, it trickled out a little at a time. in fact, they had to break my water bag to release the rest of the fluid after i was several hours into labor.

    chances are, if you think your water broke, it did. for me, the fluid just seeped out, and i knew i wasn't peeing!?

    your contractions may or may not start simply because your water broke, either. mine didn't, so they had to induce me 6 hours after my water broke.

    good luck!?

  • Mine was a gush, I also felt/heard the 'pop.'  It is possible for it to break up high and just be a trickle...I would call your Dr and see if she wants to test you for it, since you are so far along it def could be your water.  GL!
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  • yes it can be a little at a time.  mine broke while i was standing up doing landry but it didn't gush - it just felt a little like i peed so i went to the bathroom and more came out but still not a gush.  when we got to the hospital about 3 hours later and i laid down that's when the gush came.  i didn't start feeling the contrax right away either.  it has a very distinct smell - almsot sweet smelling i think?  hard to describe but gl and hth!
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  • I felt a little leak.  It wasn't a huge gush or anything.  I didn't have any contractions until about 3 hours after I started feeling the leak.
  • I thought I was loosing bladder control. It was like a trickle any time I would bend my torso (like to sit). It kept trickling for about an hour and by then I was at the hospital and just into my gown and I felt a "gush" and that was the end of it. I had no contractions that I even felt for about 1-2 hours after the first trickles.
  • When mine broke, I was in the hospital and was lying on my side when the baby hiccuped and I thought I peed myself...it was a sudden gush of water.

    After that, every time I had a contraction more water would gush out. 

  • Mine was a mini gush - like I had peed myself.  It was only about 1/2 a cup, but enough to soak my underwear.  When the REAL thing happened later on in labor, it was a major gush - like a fire hose.
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