are you using rubber sheets?

brobbins05 · July 2011

A friend once mentioned that in her last weeks of pregnancy, she had rubber sheets on the bed in case her water broke. Is anyone doing that??

flutiefrostie · July 2011

I have a plastic mattress cover under my mattress protector. It comes in handy for the weeks postpartum when you're leaking and sweating a ton.

Jelliebean1982 · July 2011

No. I have a flat crib protector pad on my bed underneath my sheets. We did this when DD was potty training just in case she had an accident in the bed. I guess it'll come in handy in case my water breaks while laying in bed, but rubber sheets just don't sound comfortable!

CactusGirl · July 2011

We have always had a mattress protection cover (it goes on the mattress underneath the fitted sheet) that just happens to be waterproof.

kjuryfl · July 2011

I have a waterproof mattress cover that zips around the whole thing. It totally just saved my dogs butt the other night when he wet the bed!

brwneydtexasgal · July 2011

CactusGirl:
We have always had a mattress protection cover (it goes on the mattress underneath the fitted sheet) that just happens to be waterproof.

This, weve always had a mattress cover that also happens to be waterproof.

plumag · July 2011

No - I know many people are concerned about their water breaking in bed but I can't see buying such sheets on a just in case. With DD I never put any on and my water broke in the hospital.

ohfour · July 2011

We have a nice waterproof mattress protector on our bed. It's good to have no matter what. Here's the one we have. It doesn't make any noice and lets air flow through.

https://www.amazon.com/Luna-Hypoallergenic-Waterproof-Mattress-Protector/dp/B002AQPUW0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309617118&sr=8-3

They make them in all sizes.

StefandTodd · July 2011

Our mattress pad is waterproof. It's definitely not rubber, and you probably couldn't tell it's waterproof without knowing it is, but it is.

mrsjones06 · July 2011

I have a flat water proof pad under the sheets on my side of the bed. I used it for my 1st pg. I kept it on for awhile after DS was born too, just in case I had any bleeding or milk leaking. I was glad to have it for DS spitting up & diaper blow outs too. (I nursed him in bed side-laying a lot.)

megd06 · July 2011

We have a mattress pad that I think is waterproof...I need to double check.

Funny story about middle of the night water breaking...when I was a baby and my mom was pg with my little sister, her water broke in the night--her and my dad had a water bed (it was the 80s lol) and so they just let my uncle know that they were on their way to the hospital (he lived with us at the time) and never mentioned that her water broke. In the bed. My uncle thought he'd seize the chance to sleep on a "cozy" water bed, and ran and jumped in--right into my mom's amniotic fluid. He assumed there was a leak somewhere in the bed, and slept there the rest of the night. He didn't find out until later what it was.

The best part of that story? My uncle is SUPER OCD and a germaphobe...the kind of guy who freaks out if ANYONE uses his own special hairbrush...so of all people who that had to happen to, it's just too perfect it was him. Hehe.

MorgansMommy1 · July 2011

CactusGirl:
We have always had a mattress protection cover (it goes on the mattress underneath the fitted sheet) that just happens to be waterproof.

This, and it came in handy because with our first my water DID break in bed.... :P

littlepoppyseed · July 2011

Thanks for the reminder - I need to put one of our flat waterproof pads under my half of the bed. We have a million because DS still can't sleep through the night without accidents.

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