Where were you when your waters broke..

[BabyMamma93]

As the title says really,

Where were you?
How long before/after did contractions start?
How long was your labour? (from waters breaking/contractions starting to baby actually born)

 

[georgebaby1]

I had contractions every 7 mins roughly lasting 30 to 40 seconds for 24hr. Pretty much 24 hr later exactly my waters went while i were sat on settee n my daughter were born 2hr 20 min later. My full birth story in my signature x

 

[Zinky]

On the toilet!
There was meconium in my waters. Contractions didn't start so I had to be induced. I failed to dilate so had my boy 15 hours later by emergency csection.

 

[Dragonfly]

first time had to be broke.
second time they broke while in labor in the labor suit about 6 hours before birth.
Third time I was in bed. I had cramps. stood up and it came gushing down my legs. About 7 hours later baby born.

 

[Pearls18]

First labour: 4 hour labour, waters broke moments before he was born. Started at home

Second: started getting non painful contractions at home in the night. Waters broke, he was born an hour later at home.

 

[annio84]

I was at the birth centre, 8cm dilated and got the urge to push with a contraction and waters went. My labour was about 20 hours from first contraction to baby in my arms.

 

[zoe0504]

DS1- had to be broken in hospital due to stalling at 5cm, he was back to back. 4hrs later he was born.
DS2- 3am in bed at 37 weeks, no labour so had to be induced 24 hrs later. 3 hr labour from start of drip to baby born.
DD - woke at 5.30 with contractions. Waters broke just as I got to hospital, 3 pushes later she was out. 4 hour labour altogether. 10 minutes from pulling up at hospital to having her in my arms!

 

[AJCart]

I was in hospital being induced. Waters were broken at 8am, Roxy was born at 9.14pm that night.

 

[kirstybumx3]

Mine didn't break. I was having contractions and got to 9cm but wasn't progressing anymore. Doctors wanted Rio to be born with waters intact if possible but it wasn't going to happen. they broke my waters in the end and he was born 8 minutes later x

 

[noon_child]

Waters intact through 91hrs of labour. Had them broken by midwife at 10cm because it "might be more comfortable".

 

[Babycrc3]

In bed at 9am contractions started at 2pm and baby was born at 1am! Xx

 

[kerrie24]

First one they were broke,I had induction by syntocin drip and it took 6 hours for him to be born.
2nd time they broke on my first push and whole labour was 2hours 50 mins.
Third I was all ready at the hospital (overdue) when contractions started,went to delivery,waters burst all over my ohs shoes lol then he was born about an hour later (took a long time pushing as he was 10lb 5 and got stuck!

 

[Gem1302]

On the toilet! Had a nap whilst watching one born every minute, woke up, watched the end, went to the toilet, heard a pop and the started gushing out of me! Was home alone and scared and in pain lol!

ETA (didn't see other questions sorry!)
contractions started straight away, he was back to back and I was having one big contraction, 30 seconds, then a small contraction, 30 seconds and a big contraction...I honestly thought he'd be born at home. I got to hospital and was only 2cm! Progressed over about 18 hours to 7cm, 4 hours later, 8cm and another 2 hours later still 8cm (labour 24 hours) so had an emergency section due to meconium in waters, waters being broken for so long, failure to progress and developing a temperature.

 

[BabyMamma93]

Good short stories there ladies, keep em coming..
I dont know why but im so bothered about mine going whilst in bed or on the sofa. i dont really care if im anywhere else (in the house anyway) i dont know if it happens much whilst out walking or shopping but i defo dont want that to happen either..

To the people whos waters have broke in bed or on the sofa, what did you do after? replace the matress and quilt? just clean it? i dont think my OH would sleep on the same matress again LOL x

 

[Ganton]

DS1 - broke when I was examined at 8cm, after 9 hours of contractions. Born 4 hours later.

DS2 - broke when the community midwife gave me a sweep on my due date. Contractions started 2 hours later and he was born 4 hours later.

 

[MindUtopia]

I was in bed. Woke up to a weird gushing feeling that didn't stop when I clenched (as if to hold in wee, at first I thought I was just wetting myself!). I had no signs whatsoever that labour might be able to start before this. Never even felt any BH that I knew of! Had a bloody show and a clear out within about 30-60 minutes after waters went. Mild period cramps (nothing to write home about, but more cramping than I'd felt my whole pregnancy) started within about an hour of waters going. I was in established labour (contractions about 50 seconds long, ever 5 minutes and getting closer together) about 2 hours after waters went. My daughter was born about 11.5 hours after waters. Pretty quick and straightforward, though I was only 37 weeks, so totally unprepared to have a baby yet!

Honestly, don't worry about it making a mess. It's just clear fluid and it has no smell (assuming all is healthy). Mine soaked the sheet and mattress pad a bit, but no big deal. We just chucked it in the wash. If it had gone when I was sitting on the sofa, I could have done the same with the cushion cover. If you aren't sitting or lying down, your clothes will absorb most of it. It really wasn't gross or messy at all. I had a home birth and the midwives forgot to put much of anything under me, so there was a massive blood stain on the carpet and on the bed. Again, even that washed out just fine and you'd never even know it was there. If you're concerned, you can always put a bed mat under your fitted sheet to protect the mattress. By now, our daughter has also vomited and shit on our bed so many times anyway, that a little amniotic fluid is NOT the grossest thing that's ever happened to it!

 

[BabyMamma93]

i was saying the same to my mum, her waters broke in bed. She said its just water, yeah its been inside you and yeah you will want to clean it up, but its almost like spilling water on your bed.. my OH said i can sleep in a bin bag nearer the end (like a sleeping bag) i hope he was joking LOL!!
No i dont even know why im so bothered about being in bed or on the sofa, id much rather be on the loo or in shower.
Im also dreading the plug!! ive been wearing all my worse knickers, but i hate wearing crappy old knickers (like my mum always said, always wear nice knickers, anything could happen at any time and you never know who will see them) but i dont want to ruin my best minnie mouse knickers with the 'bloody show' UGH.. im so not bothered about labour, its all the disgusting things that come with it im cringing about lol x

 

[pinklizzy]

Mine broke after almost 24 hours of labour, I was in hospital by that time so they went all over the floor on the ward. She was born just under 2 hours later.

 

[Lou1234]

I was just about to go to the supermarket the day before my due date with no signs at all before.

The only way to describe it is I thought I had a load of discharge happen so went to the loo before going to the shop. Then they fully went while I was on the toilet!

I went to the hospital so they could confirm it. It was my waters and I was sent home. Nothing happened after that (a few contractions overnight but no pattern) so had to be induced 24 hours after my waters breaking. Started on the drip around 11.30am and my daughter was born at 1.22am the following morning.

 

[Tasha]

First labour - I was being induced, not a lot had happened in twelve hours so they broke my waters and started the drip. 29 hours later he was born (27 hours established).

Second labour - I was in the hospital waiting for a bed for induction due to pre-eclampsia and my contractions started after about an hour I told the mw they were coming really fast now and she said I was too comfortable for it to be anything of substance but got me a bed, walked out the room and pop they gushed every where ruining my white shoes She examined me and I was 7cms, so rush upstairs to labour ward and within twenty minutes she was born.

Third - my waters went at 28+6 and carried on doing so until about two days before she was born (she had grown her wings at that stage) at 36+6. The first huge gush was over the sofa. My DH cleaned it as I was in hospital for three weeks.

Fourth - I was being induced, they tried to break my waters, there was just a trickle. She was born about thirty minutes later by c-section as she was in distress, no more waters in there.

Fifth - at the hospital, no contractions until the waters went and she was born 12 minutes later.