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3rd Trimester
Zippydoo
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Stupid fear....
Zippydoo
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I have this stupid fear of my water breaking at work in my cubicle ...
Anybody's water break at work? I didn't have to worry about it the first time because the doctor broke it in the hospital.
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Re: Stupid fear....
This made my day!
My cubicle faces the middle of the walk way, so people are constantly walking down the walk way and seeing me, I am not hiding at all in a corner, and ta da! Good heavens!
Valid fear!
My water never broke--it was broken at the hospital. So remember a lot of women don't ever experience the "water break" at all.
But I always have to share my favorite water breaking story:
B/G: I had GD with DD#1. Went to a restaurant and the waiter was a total jerk about me asking for substitutions (which they wouldn't do) and our food sucked. Would never go back. FF a year and a friend goes there while PG and her water breaks.
I gave her a hi-5 and told her I hoped she ruined the upholstery AND that same waiter had to clean it up!
I wouldn't worry about it too much. For one the percentage of women whose water breaks on its own is pretty low. But even when it does, you will probably have some sort of indication beforehand (like contractions). My water did break on my own, at home, but I'd been having contractions the entire day so had I been at work, I would have known something was up and gone home.
Buuuut, I do plan on keeping a towel and extra pair of pants at work, just like I did the first time, just in case.
I don't worry about it breaking in my cube as much as I would about it breaking in a meeting or something, lol.
Mine broke on its own, but I was lying down, trying to rest. I had been having mild contractions for weeks and they were 3 minutes apart. They were not painful though. I noticed a little trickle and went to the bathroom where the volume increased. It was like a very heavy period flow that came in waves with the contractions. A heavy menstrual pad is what I used on the way to the hospital, but I've also heard of people using a newborn diaper. I would keep a bag in your office and/or car with a towel, change of clothes, and some pads and/or diaper.
I had a friend whose water broke while she was meeting with her boss...in her boss's office. Luckily, the boss was a woman and a mother and it was all fine, but I"m sure somewhat embarrassing.
My experience with it was not a huge puddle of water smacking the floor like in the movies though.
This is so NOT stupid.. I freak about the same thing to DH almost daily!
With my first baby, my water broke at home as I was waddling to the bathroom.
I am a substitute teacher, and I have stopped subbing. One reason is because I was afraid my water may break during class.
With my first baby, my water broke at the grocery store. I had already paid and was on my way out, so I just kept going!
this! I'd be ok with it breaking in public bc then it would be someone else's problem to clean, evil I know! But it's so cold here now, my pants would probably freeze to my leg as I waddled to the car
A pad isn't going to help. It's a lot of fluid. Mine broke at home without any warning or contractions at all. I felt a little pop and made it to the tile bathroom just in time to not ruin the carpet! I keep a beach towel, pants, underwear & pad in my car just in case.
Would a poise pad or something for incontenience work? I take a commuter bus in to work and can't drag a buinch of extra stuff with me every day. My water broke at the hospital, after we started the induction, with my first, so I did not experience it just walking around or working or what have you. I didn't feel any pop or anything, just felt the bed liner/pad get damp.
This!
omg this, only because I have a memory foam mattress topper, and it is a pain in the ass to clean!