Breaking waters?
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Topic: Breaking waters?
Posted By: Mikaela
Subject: Breaking waters?
Date Posted: 03 June 2007 at 9:03pm
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I'm just wondering what precautions people are taking about their waters breaking? I mean, I know it's not always a big gush like in the movies, but even so - are you wearing pads for the last couple of weeks or just risking it? Are you doing anything to protect (for example) your matress or your car upholstery?
For the women who are already mums, what was it like when your waters broke? Was it before or during labour? Was it a gush or a trickle? For some reason I'm really curious and apprehensive about this bit at the moment. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com"> 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 03 June 2007 at 9:36pm
I was planning on wearing pads but never got around to it as I went in labour early. I woke up one night to go to the bathroom (standard pregnancy practice  ) and felt a warm trickle down my leg and I knew! No pads would have saved me though - there was quite a lot - I used a towel. We put a couple of extra towels in the car for the trip to the hospital and all is fine with the upholstery.
Good luck! ETA - my contractions started 5-6 hours later ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 03 June 2007 at 9:37pm
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I felt my waters pop before I went into labor then it trickled and had two gushes. I didn't have anything in place to protect anything. Next time I will protect my mattress though I think because I was asleep when I felt my waters pop so got to the toilet before anything came out. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 03 June 2007 at 9:39pm
mine broke at 38 weeks or so it was like a little pop and they trikled out for 4 weeks i thought it was the old "peeing myself because i am a big fatt whale" and they found out when i was 2 weeks over due i wore a pad for that time (and no i didnt tell my midwife and man did i get in trouble) most woman i have talked to have had no warning of there waters braking or didnt notice ie there were in laubour allready ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 8:02am
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well if its anything like when my waters broke i knew that it wasnt i need to pee but omg what the heck was that!!.
i felt a pressure and had enough time to run from my lounge to the toilet before they started leaking, looked funny with my legs kind closed and racing through my house lol. pads dont work at all at absorbing the water they were saturated in a matter of seconds, disposable nappies or a towel were the only things that worked. I went through alot of pads until my mw said that it was pointless and an expensive way. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 8:33am
| neither of mine broke on their own... the first time was in the hospital after induction and the second they broke them for me in hospital |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 8:48am
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Apparently only a small percentage of women have their waters break before labour actually begins.
Mine broke & not just once - several times. And a couple of those times it was a huge gush- ending up with saturated pad, undies, pants & big puddle beneath me. Definitely have towels, mattress protector, pads or nappies handy oh & a rubbish sack or something for the car, just in case. ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 10:33am
| Mine broke at 7am the day I went into labour, just as I woke up and was about to get out of bed. Luckily the loo isn't far from our bedroom, and I managed to sit on the toilet before the worst of it came. It wasn't a *huge* gush but there was still a fair amount of fluid. Once it slowed down I wore maternity pads, and managed OK with them. The only thing we really did for 'protection' was to put a folded up towel on the passenger seat in the car. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 10:52am
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Because they can go anytime from 26+ weeks, I felt that taking precautions would be a waste of time lol. My first waters popped in labour (I was already at the hospital), second ones didn't pop, third ones trickled a day before I went into labour (ie two days before due date). I put a pad in that time after they started trickling. -------------  |
Posted By: tashzmum
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 10:59am
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i woke up and went to the loo to pee at around 415ish am and was just in the process of climbing over df to get into bed when i kinda felt a bit of a trickle and then just as soon as i got to the bathroom they gushed. i just shoved a towel between my legs and 'waddled' back to the bedroom to tell df my waters had just broken and could he ring the m/w. about 10 mins later contractions started.
i didnt have anything to protect the matress(there is still a small stain on it) or the car as after the first gush it leaked for about a hour then stopped, although int he car i could have used something when i threw up all thru our month old car  ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 11:11am
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where do you purchase mattress protectors for king size beds? ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 12:20pm
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i know some of the nappy stores like diapers express sell disposable matress protectors.
mine broke in hospital when i went to the toilet. but i did have a friend who woke up in a pool of water at 26weeks and just thought shed wet the bed (random) and 4 days later told her midwife and she was already 4cm dialated. baby was born a few hours and a helecopter ride later and is fine tho, ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 2:21pm
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my waters both broke at hospital afther labour had started. second time mw broke them. i use to sleep with a towels under my sheet not that would have done anything it was a big pop and a huge gush of water. so i dont bother with any protection if thay pop thay pop and will have to deal with it when it happens.
use a single matress ptotector on your side of the bed. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 4:16pm
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With Andrew I was at the hospital (I was induced) and we heard the pop and then just after that (about 2 minutes) the contractions started and they were bad. With Josh they were broken for me, and just after that the contractions started. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |