getting my water broken! give your experience please!

Re: getting my water broken! give your experience please!

• Indiechixor

  January 2012

  Doc broke mine at 4cm, after 6 hours on Pitocin... Be prepaired for hard contractions starting once they break it! Hit me really quickly. I was up to 6cm after 3 hours laboring.

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• HopingForOne member

  January 2012

  Why can't you eat after midnight?  (Not a criticism, I'm honestly curious)
  
  My water was broken last time, but I was already 6 or 7 cm, in active labour, and had an epidural...so I don't know what it feels like, but it did seem to speed up  my labour.  Hopefully it does the trick for you.

  TTC #1 for one year with annovulation....
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  =Beautiful baby girl born May 23, 2009
  
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• MyLilPeanut11 member

  January 2012

  im not sure why i cant eat..lol i just asked for any restrictions or advice and the nurse said to eat lightly and not after midnight. (maybe incase of a csection?)  i have snacks im bringing with me just in case.

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• pcrock92 member

  January 2012

  I had an epidural before they broke mine. I was 6 cm, completely effaced but my contractions were still 5 mintes apart. After they broke my water I was at 10 cm in about 2 hours and my contractions were 1-2 min. Apart.

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• WAbride83

  January 2012

  I was at 3 cm for about 4 hours when my midwife broke my water.  Having my water broken did not hurt at all there was just a big gush, and several more with the strong contractions.  The contractions got a lot worse after that.  It still took several hours after that before my daughter was born.  I really wouldn't stress about having it broken.  If they hadn't broken my water who knows how long it would have taken to fully dilate and I had already been in labor for over 24 hours. 
  

  

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• Cinco

  January 2012

  All of my labors started by the doctor breaking my water. I never needed pictocin, and had short labors with only 1-3 pushes needed.
  DD 1, 4cm, 100% effaced. Delivered 3 hours later.
  DS 1, 4cm, 100% effaced. Delivered 4 hours later.
  DD 2, 3cm, 100% effaced. Delivered 90 minutes later
  Contractions started about 15 minutes after the water breaking with all of them. I had epidurals for the first two, not for the third (she started coming out while I was in the middle of getting the epi...OUCH) Needless to say my inductions have been very favorable! Good luck.

  Caroline (5), Kyle (3), Lucy (01/04/12)
  
  2012 Goal: working towards pre-pregnancy speed!
  04/15 KI Metric Marathon/16.3 m (2:05:55, 7:43 pace)
  05/06 Frederick 13.1 (1:41:09)
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• Ashley&Scott

  January 2012

  My water broke (accidentally) during labor while the doctor was checking me. I was already in labor, on pitocin to speed things up & was about 7cm. It was a surprise, just a pop & gush. The doctor laughed & said oops there goes your water. It wasn't a big deal, the nurses cleaned up the mess & we went back to waiting for things to progress. 

  They don't want you to eat because with any labor there's a chance of a c-section. Once I got to the hospital & checked in I was only allowed to have clear liquids. (water, apple juice, jello, popsicles)  

  
  
  

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