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emz 
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 Posted: 04 June 2008 at 11:53pm |
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I woke up and needed to pee, went to the loo, had a show, went back to bed, got up straight away, and pop! Grabbed a towel and made it to the lino in the kitchen before it started gushing. Although apparently they were only leaking - I still remember when the m/w actually ruptured the membranes and it was a huge relief.
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Kels
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 2:04am |
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my first 2 pregnancies the MW broke my water.
With number 3 I was in bed laying down trying to ignore the 5min apart contractions when I had a strong contraction and actually felt Alize's head move down and I heard a pop and a gush of the warmest liquid lol.
I had just returned from a marching competiton 15mins before so was so happy to have the waters waiting till I got home before breaking because I would have been so embarrashed lol
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 7:46am |
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the MW broke mine @ 3cm dilated and omg it was NASTY lol! Was warm and flooded out like nothing i've ever experienced before! but the relief afterwards tho.. I was always worried about them breaking in public, I carried a towel in the car and a few of those green hospital absorbent pads (which you can buy at the pet shop for pet messes, or you can get at the MW) After they induced me for the first time and nothing happened, I sat on one all the time until i went back a week later and had him - I'm way too paranoid hehe
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 11:39am |
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Kind of like when your busting for a pee and then go but a million times better!
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 12:11pm |
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I didn't worry about it as I figured the odds of it happening to me were fairly low, but I did prepare for it just in case by keeping a couple of old towels in the car.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:31pm |
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Mine never broke. MW broke mine after I had given birth.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:05pm |
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I had gotten up to go pee (like you do lol) but nothing happened when i did so.. so I went back to bed and had just gotten comfy again when my waters broke...they didn't break fully though (mum said keziah had her finger in the hole she accidentally made lol) and they leaked slowly for 2 days before they finally broke them properly with the hook...YUCK, that's a weird feeling and OMG the mess, I'm so glad they didn't go fully *rofl*
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:12pm |
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mine were broken at 4cm. it was a warm gush of liquid on da hospital bed. i remember feeling the tug, and kind of hearing something, but don't remember any relief or anything. not sure what will happen this time...
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:25pm |
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so (probably a stupid question) is it A LOT of water like in the TV/Movies you see? The reason I'm asking is some of you described it like the pool of blood you sometimes get with AF, but its not like heaps (well not for me anyways! - I'd think I was heomaragging or something if it was real bad!)
So, is it like a cup full? More/less? I guess everyone is different!
I can just remember Desperate Housewives when Bree's waters broke and they were a BIG puddle on the floor!
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MissAngel
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:14am |
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LOL oki so its the pressure from the waters thats sitting there? Did baby sorta go clunk into your pelvis when the waters broke? I always imagined they would lol |
For me it was kinda like a release of pressure inside. Baby didnt go clunk into my pelvis that I could feel, I just didnt feel like my tummy was as tight.
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chonny
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 9:38am |
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emma, i not sur ehow much it is, i just remember hearing at antenatal class that if you think you have wet yourself because it's your waters, put a pad on and if it's your waters an hour later it will be totally soaked. i think it differs from person to person but if the break in a gush, they will continue to leak i think. i just know you gotta have a pad on. coz i remember the midwife putting two in my undies after breaking mine...
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scarecrowfarm
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 9:54am |
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My midwife broke my waters and while I noticed a wee gush of warm fluid it didn't seem like a lot of fluid. I suspect Lucy's head might have been in the way.
Though I do wonder if she partially broke them when she did her first internal exam, as I had a quick gush of something that looked like blood but had the consistency of water. It went straight through a thick towel, through our duvet covet and onto the sheets. Considering how quickly it happened I can't help but think there must have been some amniotic fluid amongst it. It wasn't like typical bleeding as it stopped almost as quickly as it started.
Anyone else have this happen and know what it was? Surely it can't have been the plug if it was that fast and thin?
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chonny
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 9:56am |
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scarecrowfarm? did you have a home birth?
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