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Originally Posted by Still_Learning  So my water broke this morning (unless my bladder is playing a cruel joke). Still no contractions (5 hours later)
Anyone else have their water break before going into labor?
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Yup, with both DS and DD.
With DS, my waters broke, I didn't go into labour at all, and 3 days later I agreed to be induced with syntocinon/pitocin. I
still didn't go into labour, so agreed to a c/section. I never dilated at all.
With DD, my waters broke and had meconium in them. I didn't go into labour. 24 hrs later I agreed to be induced (reluctantly, as it was a planned VBAC and induction increases risks of uterine rupture). Went into labour but was getting scar pain between contractions so requested a c/section even though my OB was happy to continue with the labour. Again, I never dilated at all, even when I was getting very strong contractions 2mins apart.
I've just realised that both my stories aren't very confidence inspiring, but keep in mind that both my babes were nearly 11lbs, and I never dilated with either of them. Your experience will most likely be very different.
I read some statistics after DS's birth about prelabour rupture of membranes, and something like 90% of women go into labour naturally within 96hrs (4 days) of their waters breaking, so if you and baby are fine, giving yourself a good amount of time to let things happen on their own is probably your best bet of avoiding unnecessary intervention.
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It was my water after all. Went in 24 hours after it broke, was 1 cm dilated. They induced with a foley bulb and pitocin. Real labor started about 1pm, pushing started at 6:15pm and she was born at 7:44pm
