If your water broke on its own...

kentyu28 · February 2010

Tell me how it felt BEFORE it broke. Like did you feel alot of pressure first or pain and then your water broke, or did it just break with no pain or pressure before it did? Sorry i know this may be annoying to some but i just want to know what to look out for

Liss_37 · February 2010

I didn't feel pressure or pain besides the contractions I was having. (I was having regular contrax 4 mins apart for 5 hours before my water broke)

when it did break i felt a little "pop" and then warm water came gushing down my legs. (and didn't stop gushing all through my labor) It almost felt like I was holding a water balloon between my thighs

and some people say they think they peed, but for me there was no doubt, I knew exactly what happened.

amoureux · February 2010

Suddenly there was a huge puddle on the floor. No pain, no pressure.

sophiet496 · February 2010

I was laying in bed, trying to go to sleep and for the life of me, just could not get comfortable. I guess it was kind of a pressure-y feeling. Not painful, just uncomfortable.

CTri17 · February 2010

I figure I was between 9-10 cm when mine broke, (I started pushing about 15 min later). I had been in labor almost 6 hours and I threw up and it broke while I was throwing up.

So I didn't feel any pain or pressure from it that I know of, I was too busy dealing with contrax

sasky · February 2010

Mine broke naturally at the hospital (I was just putting my hospital gown on) and my contractions were 5 minutes apart. I felt no different than I had felt for the previous number of hours I was having contractions. It just sorta happened without warning.

ELPB · February 2010

I had my membranes stripped, and the next day, my water started leaking. So I'm not sure if it happened on its own or not. BUT...

I felt nothing. I got up at 2:30am to pee and seemed "wetter" than usual. No contractions (never had one at that point, not even BH). I wasn't sure if it was my water or not, so I dried things up and decided to wait an hour. Well, 15 mins later, I was soaked again, so I called the doc and ended up in L&D because they determined it was my water leaking.

That being said, on our way to the hospital, I started feeling a stabbing pain in my left lower back (nothing in the front or on the right side of my back). Turns out, those were contractions! lol

bridgeybride · February 2010

I spent the wkend walking.. evening before almost 4 miles (to get good maternity shots at Unisphere in Queens, NY at sunset! - the big globe thing!).. - anything for a photo!!) and when I went to bed that night around 11ish.. my legs felt swollen/tight up to my knees (I really didn't have much swelling during my pregnancy..) but I noticed it when I climbed into bed. I was dreaming about how active the baby was and telling somebody in my dream...(she was quite a kicker in utero).. and I woke up with her kicking.. then felt a "pop" at 2:03am!..sort of felt like a release...not any pressure or anything..I layed in bed a few minutes longer while I woke up and thought.. "is that what I think it is?" and stood up to the big gush they all talk about. was clear, which is what they tell you to look out for and take note of.. time and color.

I was 38 wks and 6 days.. and it was 2 days before a full moon.. so I attributed it to walk and the full moon approaching.. I had even posted online about the full moon that night!!! funny to go back and look at posts and see the other girls had their babies, too. There's something to a full moon and gravitational pull!

I got to hospital at 3:30am, went to delivery room at 7am, given pitocin at 8am, epi at 9am, started real pushing at 1pm My DD was born at 2:56pm that day.

Hope this helps.. Good luck to you! Go for a nice long walk if you can stand it!

jennybeams · February 2010

amoureux:
Suddenly there was a huge puddle on the floor. No pain, no pressure.

Ditto, there will be a tidal wave.

Jen&Louie · February 2010

I was in bed and just couldn't get comfortable for a couple of hours and felt very light cramping. Then, all of a sudden, there was a lot of pressure and just knew I had to get out of bed fast. The gushing started when I had one foot on the floor.

superaunt · February 2010

I got up to pee (was in hosp - induced) and came back to the bed and got in and felt this twisting pop inside and then a gush of water. It was quite freaky and then BAM the sensation to poop was out of this world.

Indysgirl · February 2010

No pain or pressure. I had no idea it was coming. Just a big gush.

lindylogana · February 2010

I felt a little pressure like I had to pee so I jumped out of bed and it broke

epphd · February 2010

I had been having contractions between 5-10 minutes apart for about 5 hours. DH and I were out walking trying to speed things along and I felt a small gush that I thought was bloody show. I felt small gushes for a few more hours, headed into the hospital, and indeed - my water had broken. So it wasn't one big gush but rather several small spurts. It was actually hard to tell, and my contractions didn't seem any stronger afterward since the baby probably "plugged" the tear in the bag, keeping much of the fluid in.

NaHoku · February 2010

With DS I didn't feel anything before. And it was such a small squirt/leak, that I didn't even realize it was my water until I was in active labor - like 3 days later. The dr broke it in the hospital b/c the tear was so small and high up - that's why it came out in the little squirts.

With DD, I went into active labor first and had just gotten my epidural. My nurse went to get the dr to have her break it and she had literally just stepped out of my room when I heard the pop! and felt the gush.

Two very different experiences!

whitward87 · February 2010

Nothing, just went to the bathroom, laid down and it immediately broke in bed.

leffe1 · February 2010

I woke up from a nap and felt a gush followed by smaller gushes...no pain or pressure

BratNat · February 2010

Nothing. I was fast a sleep and GUSH!

lckytabby3 · February 2010

Slow leak I didn't feel it at all. I just noticed I had wet pants.

Jessica011010 · February 2010

Just like the PP I was sleeping and I woke up to it gushing at 2:45 a.m. At first I thought I was wetting the bed! Nope, not that, water broke. I wasn't really having any strong noticable contractions. When I got to the hospital a few hours later I was only dialated 2-3 cm. I didn't feel any different the day or night before. I was 38 weeks.

kdesquared · February 2010

No pain or pressure... I had just woken up and went to the bathroom to pee and it broke while I pee'd. I knew my water had broken because I felt it come out my vag, lol. But to make sure, I put on another pad, laid down for ten minutes, then got up and went to the bathroom again and gush right into the potty. Then the contractions came, about 30 sec long, 4-5 minutes apart.

amesinholland · February 2010

Just felt like I was peeing my pants. Nothing else.

Kcaracc · February 2010

nope it broke on the toilet, i felt nothing! ha i thought it smelled like semen, it was gross!

northernkate · February 2010

I leaked for a while - thought I had to pee but just little drips. No pain at all. Finally figured out I was in labour and went to hospital. When I got out of the van at the hospital - HUGE GUSH - walked in with wet pants. Continued to leak heavily for a few hours. Had c-section.

Puty · February 2010

I was in bed when I felt like something was "breaking" like really lower in my belly. I ran to the bathoom and I notice I was bleeding heavely. That got me pretty scared (I never thought the spotting thing would be like that). I ran to the hospital. When I got to the ER room my water broke. By then I was still bleeding so it took a while to notice that something else was going on. I kept bleeding during all the time I was in labor(12 hours)

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