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[justmeandfamily]

Hi! I'm not in your DDC but I thought I'd comment. I have had 2 kiddo's and both times my water broke about 24 hours before I felt anything resembling a cramp!

[limabean]

With my DS my water broke as the first sign of labor. Being a good (and uninformed) little patient, I called my OB right away, who told me to go to L&D, and they started me and my 0cm-dilated, hard, completely unready cervix on pitocin within 3 hours of my water breaking, starting an awful cycle of unproductive, prolonged labor that went on for 27 hours. :

This time at least I'll know -- if my water breaks, I'm staying home for 6-8 hours to give my body a chance to get started on its own!!

[carriebft]

With my daughter, my water broke (waterfall style) before any contractions started. But with my son, my water didn't break until much later into labor.

[aloneinid]

In my first pregnancy my water broke while I was sleeping, but not a huge gush, just kind of leaking out slowly, though it did break with a big "pop" (more of an "oomph"). I had a contraction immediately afterward that LASTED three minutes (scared me to death!), then two more ten minutes apart, then 3 minutes apart for the rest of my labor, totaling 4.5 hours.