My water didn't break when I birthed DS at 38w6d. My bag of waters was bulging for an hour, my MW suggested that if we ruptured the membranes the baby would be born in 10 mins, so I consented. As soon as they broke my water the baby decended and was born after 40 mins of pushing (not quite 10 minutes, but certainly fast enough!)
So I'm just curious...if your water did not break at the onset of labor the first time, did it break for your subsequent births?
My water broke during the pushing phase all 3 times. At least, that's what I assume happened, as I wasn't conscious of my water breaking during or before labor, and none of my kids were born in the caul.
With all three of my kids, my water never broke until pushing. With #1, I let the mw break the bag when I was pushing, #2 came out so fast it never really broke until he was coming out, and #3 it was broken during pushing.
My water was broken for me with my first birth at 6cm.
With my 2nd it broke during transition.
With my 3rd it broke 12 hours before labour began.
I don't know what to expect this time!
With #1, it broke 15 minutes after contractions started.
#2 was born in the caul.
#3 broke 4 weeks ago (at 28w5d gestation). I'm on complete bedrest for preterm PROM and have not yet had a single contraction.
In my case, at least, there's very clearly no pattern!
I had AROM with all three of mine; the first two both at 5 cm, the third when pushing just felt wrong to me with the bag intact. We'll see what happens this time
My water broke toward the end of my first 2 births (about 8 minutes before #2 was in my arms). With my third, my water broke and birthing waves began 20 minutes later.
With DS1 the OB broke my water to speed things along at 5cm (it had been a long labor).
With my 2nd my water broke on it's own at about 8 or 9 cm ... about 15-20 min before I pushed.
With my 3rd -induction- water was broken by OB around 8am ... DD born 2:30pm.
#1 water broke at 9.5cm
#2 water broke during transition, DD was born 1.5 hours later.
#3 water broke at the end of my labor again. was having semi-pushy ctx, water broke, DS2 was born 15 minutes later.
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