chrissy721
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Posted: 03-13-08 12:47pm
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I posted this in the pregnancy forum too,
but nobody has responded to it, so I
wanted to post it here too. Maybe they
are just dumb questions, but I honestly am
so nervous about this part of pregnancy,
so I just want to see what happened to
ther people.
How many of you had your water break on
it's own?
Did it happen at home or in public?
Do you go to the hospital right away when
that happens?
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Bridget
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Posted: 03-13-08 12:50pm
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i've heard that only 10% of women have
their water break spontaneously.
it didn't happen to me. i will never
forget the feeling of the doctor breaking
my water.
i do think you're supposed to head right
to the hospital if yours breaks.
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Zanny
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Posted: 03-13-08 13:05pm
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The doctor broke my water because I was
induced & they wanted to speed things
up, but I know my mum's water broke on its
own when she had me. It broke before her
contractions had even started.. apparently
she was putting my sister's hair in plaits
& suddenly had to rush to the toilet
because she was leaking!  I
think she went to the hospital straight
away but it was her 3rd baby & she was
only in labour for 3 hours.
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musikmaker
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Posted: 03-13-08 13:22pm
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My water broke by itself whenever I was at
home. I didn't believe that it had broken
until I had been sitting on the pot for
some time and kept getting these little
gushes.
I took a shower and then did the hour
drive to L&D. I had Luke a few hours
later. You probably don't have to worry
about it. It doesn't usually happen. I had
been in the early stages of labor for
quite some time before it broke.
If it does happen though, make sure that
you put a towel underneath you in the car.
I did and the towel got soaked. Sorry if
TMI.
Talk to your dr about if she wants you to
come in right away. All doctors are
different.
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Posted: 03-13-08 13:38pm
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Mine broke on its own, and I was in the
middle of the grocery store. Luckily, it
was seeping and didn't gush out. I
honestly thought I had peed on myself! I
quickly checked out and went home. I
changed my clothes and I didn't feel
anymore leakage. About an hour later I
felt really wet again and called L&D
to see if I should go ahead and come in.
They told me yes and so we made the hour
drive to the hospital. 25 hours later, I
had my little girl.
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Posted: 03-13-08 14:03pm
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My water broke both times, with joseph i
had the contractions first then my water
was leaking so i wasnt sure what was
happening lol, it was like 4am and i was
at home. Same with jordynne I woke up 7am
with contractions that didnt hurt that
bad. I timed them then my water broke wich
was very noticable. With joseph we headed
to thehospital around 5am. with jordynne
after my water broke we all got dressed
and headed out there. my sons labor was 6
anda half hrs, and jordynnes was like 4
hrs and something or something like that.
2nd time around when my water broke i put
a maxi pad on haha. So my seats were safe.
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Emma2
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Posted: 03-13-08 17:27pm
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My water broke while i was peeing. I
actually got a kick so hard it was awful
and then i wiped and this gooogy thick
clear mucus was there. No blood nothing
but i knew right away it was time.
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Posted: 03-13-08 19:47pm
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Mine did not break. I was one day
passed my due date and had to be induced
for several reasons.. Well 12 hours after
they started the pitocin my water finally
broke by itself! Since I was hooked up to
all the monitors we heard a loud pop and
my boyfriend and I both looked at each
other really wide eyed and we just knew..
so I layed still and didn't move so it
wouldn't leak every where until the nurse
could come in!!
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Posted: 03-13-08 20:00pm
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mine broke on its own as well ...i felt a
lil funny down there and so i ran too the
toilet and wooooosh out it came 
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Posted: 03-13-08 20:31pm
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mine broke on its own but i was already in
the hospital because i was already in hard
labor, the doc was about an hour from
breaking it too (it happened right before
the nurse checked my cervix (she had JUST
put her fingers down there lol)
if it does break on its own you need to
get in asap because you open up the babies
world to germs and infection and cord
complications and stuff, also you are
supose to deliver no more then 24 hours
after it breaks
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Posted: 03-16-08 03:20am
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| BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote: | i've heard that only 10% of
women have their water break
spontaneously.
it didn't happen to me. i will never
forget the feeling of the doctor breaking
my water.
i do think you're supposed to head right
to the hospital if yours
breaks. |
I was watching TLC (like always) and I
think they said 15%. Either way it's less
than half, so I'm not too worried about
it. No one in my family had theirs break
on its own. But who knows, I like to be
different without trying lol.
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Posted: 03-16-08 11:11am
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mine broke by its own! i was shopping and
trying to go into labour lol but it
happend a bitty too fast lol
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Posted: 03-16-08 12:48pm
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for only 10-15 percent allot of women on
here had their waters break spontaneously.
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Posted: 03-16-08 14:37pm
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I replied on the other thread 
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chrissy721
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Posted: 03-17-08 11:36am
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thanks girls! I went to my first lamaze
class on thursday and they went through
like what to do if your water does break
and everything.  She said that most
people's don't break on their own like you
all are saying. I feel much better about
it now.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 03-17-08 18:00pm
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| musikmaker
wrote: | | for only 10-15 percent allot
of women on here had their waters break
spontaneously. |
There's a lot of women in general, so
10-15% is a lot of women 
P.S. If my water breaks on it's own, I'm
blaming this forum
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Posted: 03-18-08 10:35am
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If your water does break, it's not usually
a shamu splash! LOL it's more of a
trickle. Mine broke on its own with my
second while I was in labor, but I didn't
know I was in labor because it didn't hurt
the second time. You don't have to go
straight to the hospital because your
water breaks if you don't want to. It's a
matter of how close your contractions are.
IMO I would stay away from the hospital
as long as possible. Labor progresses
much more quickly when you are in familiar
surroundings, and many times labor can be
stalled if one goes to the hospital before
labor patterns are well-established. That
sets you up for needing all kinds of other
interventions you may not want. Of
course, you will need to have these topics
covered with your care provider at your
prenatal visits. this is just my opinion.
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chrissy721
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Posted: 03-18-08 11:04am
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actually, I went to a class last week and
they said to get to the hospital as soon
as your water breaks and that it was
important because the possibility of
developing an infection is greater after
the water breaks.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 03-18-08 11:09am
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OK, then you have a good plan! It's
important to trust your care provider and
your educator.
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