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A friend of mine said that when her water broke she felt like she had to pee and when she stood up it broke. Is that normal? Or how did you feel right before your water broke? TIA
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This...exactly.
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ditto...my doctor broke mine and it was the grossest feeling. I wore a pad and felt like I was leaking for hours.
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My water broke on it's own. First I had a few minutes of contractions, the contractions made me feel like i had to use the restroom, so I went into the court house restroom. I would sit durring a contraction, thinking i had to go, and then when it would stop I would get up. And then have to sit back down before I was able to wash my hands. LOL. As I sat on the potty, texting my mother that I was having contractions frequently all of a sudden, I realized that my water broke into the toitet! I knew I was not peeing because wrong area, and no pressure there. I then text my mom and said my water broke. Looked in the potty and yup, clear fluid with a minor hint of red.
But beware, a low percentage of woman's water actually breaks on it's own before Labor sets in. Your water breaking does not mean the baby will deffinitly be there within moments. My advice, after reading and talking to OB's is that if your water does break, call your OB and inform them, they will most likely tell you to wait until your contractions hit a certain spacing.
I was lying in bed and all the sudden got this odd feeling and jumped out of bed as fast as an almost 35 week pg woman can and started walking to the bathroom. I stopped mid-stride and said to myself "I did not just pee my pants. Did I?"
I was told that as soon as your water breaks to head to the hospital/dr office. 1 to confirm that the water did break. 2. to reduce exposure to potential infections. 3. so labor can be induced if it does not start on its own.
My water started leaking with my first-- but it took almost 12 hours for me to realize it was leaking since it was such a slow leak. It broke with my 2nd. Both times the dr had to induce labor since I didn't go into labor on my own. 2nd time actually caused all contractions to stop. (I had frequent contractions from 28 weeks until my water broke)
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This is what happened to me.. I thought I had to pee and on my way to the restroom I felt a gush that I couldn't stop to save my life. Thank goodness my pants were black and my jacket was long bc I soaked thru a big momma pad and still had to drive home and get SO before heading to the hospital
I was half asleep, half awake when my water broke. I was in that twilight state where you get the sensation that you have to pee, but you're still kind of dreamy, KWIM? I felt a gush and I thought that I didn't get up in time. Which, at that time, was pretty likely. I didn't think for a second that it was my water until I sighed, got up, went to the bathroom and I was walking down the hall, another, smaller gush came. It wasn't something that I could control with all the kegels in the world.
Still not convinced, I went back to smell the bed, and it didn't smell like pee. That wasn't too surprising either, because I was drinking so much water that by the end of the day, my pee was diluted anyway. As it continued to leak, I knew it was my water. Sure enough, it was.
So I'd agree with the have-to-pee sensation, at least in my situation.
I was asleep in bed (obviously laying down) at 6am. I woke up because I thought that I may have wet myself. I got up to go to the bathroom, and my underwear was slightly wet.
I decided to just shower and get ready for the day and see if anything else happened. The next hour, no more wetness...so I was convinced that I had an accident, especially since I was asleep.
I was also having some cramping, but attributed that typical BH. I called my doctor, and she wanted me to come into L&D to get checked out just in case.
During the 1 hour drive to the hospital, my contractions were getting much stronger and timeable. As DH and I were walking from the car to the hospital entrance, I felt a little more wetness, and I knew for a fact that this time I did not pee myself.
As the doctor was checking how dilated I was, I felt a big gush. No denying what was happening that time! Doctor said because I was standing/sitting, baby's head was blocking the water from coming out.
So happy that I didn't ruin my bed!