Did your water break naturally?

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FTM and (possibly very naively) signed on to work up until delivery. Petrified of water breaking in front of my students!

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It often breaks during labor, so it’s not super likely it will happen while you’re at work, but of course that’s no guarantee. Mine stubbornly didn’t break so much doctor had to break it in the hospital.

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Most of the time you go into labor first. My water did break naturally, like your question asked, but my water broke on its own in the hospital while in labor. But I get you mean you're afraid of that happening first. Even on the rare occasions that your water breaks first, it's usually a trickle and definitely not like the movies make it out to be, like some giant Niagara Falls bursting through haha. Try not to worry about it! ☺

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My water broke with my first before labor began in the wee morning hours on my husband’s birthday, but it’s not super common. I believe it’s only 15% of pregnant women have their water break before the onset of labor.

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Remember that your waters are designed to stay intact for as long as possible to prevent infection to the baby. It is far more common for them to break once labor has already begun.

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Baby #1 it started leaking when I woke up that morning and they ended up having to break it as the hospital later on. 
Baby #2 broke during labor and was a huge gush.

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Mine didn't, but I was induced early and the OB broke it. My midwives did say that only around 10-15% of women's waters break before going into labour.

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I woke up in a big wet spot in bed. I thought I had peed myself. I cleaned up and went back to sleep. Then I woke up in another huge wet spot and realized that it was possibly my water.

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Mine didn't but my moms broke at work she was 4 weeks before delivery every body and pregnancy different do what you believe you feel comfortable with

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So with my first I got sent home twice after walking and not dilating from 4 cm with a “bulging water bag” it was 12:30 am on my date I was so mad I got sent home having still having contractions I hopped into bed crossed my arms and said “this isn’t fair” not even two seconds later I felt a pop and was soaked I screamed my water broke and my boyfriend asked if I peed myself 😂😩 there was no doubt that it broke for me

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Mine didn’t either time 
1st child I was induced around 38 weeks 
2nd child I had membranes stripped at 40 weeks 3 days and started contractions / bleeding at 40 weeks 4 days and they still had to break my water for me 
Wondering how it will go this time about because I refuse to ever have an induction ever again

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