https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:24:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540847 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:38:03 +0000 JennyG 1540847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke while we were leaving childbirth class. It completely soaked my dress and made my flip flops all squishy. We had to run home to get my unpacked bag since LO was 5 weeks early. I ran around the house with a towel between my legs throwing stuff in a bag. It certainly was an experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540832 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:20:11 +0000 lemondrop 1540832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With #1 I was sitting on the couch and had just bent over to pick up a pen I dropped- it was a significant gush, but I was able to jump up and run to the bathroom before it got on more than just my clothes- everything washed out just fine. </p> <p>With #2 it never broke, they had to break it shortly before delivery. I had been expecting something big and dramatic like with #1 and was slightly disappointed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540810 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:04:49 +0000 Rockies11 1540810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke when I was on the couch. I was really freaked out about it and not very organized because I had a scheduled c and hadn't considered that I could go into labour before, ha ha ha. It got all over the couch/clothes/seat of car/hardwood floors/bathroom floor etc. as I moved about in a panic, and to tell you the truth I totally forgot that happened and never really gave any of those things a good clean up! But the fluid was clear and didn't stain or anything, I guess, because the couch looks fine. </p> <p>@littlek: my dog also licked it off the floor! Ew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540790 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:56:53 +0000 dojo 1540790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in the middle of the night but it wasn't a huge gush so I only thought I peed my pants a little. lol. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540781 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:53:31 +0000 Running Elley 1540781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed but it started as a gush/leak so it didn't ruin anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first/page/2#post-1540772 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:49:28 +0000 Canoli 1540772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke in the middle of the night while I was sleeping. It didn't ruin anything but I had a waterproof mattress pad on just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1540766 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:47:02 +0000 daniellemybelle 1540766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It broke in bed but it didn't ruin anything - and that's even with meconium! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1540350 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:24:16 +0000 sorrycharlie 1540350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my living room..but I had a pad on fr my bloody show, so it caught it as I ran to the bathroom before it went everywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1540344 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:22:27 +0000 cyndistar3 1540344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed. Huge gush, soaked my bed. My sheets washed just fine but there was a huge stain on my mattress... we have a new mattress now and this time I will be putting a protective cover on it when it gets closer to time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1540091 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:12:37 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1540091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#1 - water broke while I was napping, but it was a small trickle not a huge gush, and I was wearing a pantyliner so that caught all of it. I quickly went to the bathroom and changed into a pad.</p> <p>#2 - water broke while I was cooking, but again, was wearing a pantyliner that caught all of it. </p> <p>Very similar both times - more of a slow trickle than huge gush. Nothing was ruined. I did have a vinyl picnic sheet under my bedsheet covers just in case though! I didn't want to risk ruining my mattress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539899 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:17:28 +0000 heffalump 1539899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed. Then I proceeded to pack my hospital back while leaking over the carpet. I wore a pad and sat on a towel in the car on the way there. Nothing was ruined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539869 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:59:03 +0000 birdofafeather 1539869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: mine broke when i was putting on yoga pants! </p> <p>luckily i was standing over our wood floors and NOT over the new rug we had just purchased! nothing was ruined and i still wear those yoga pants. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539837 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:45:43 +0000 teamjse 1539837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke (I thought I peed myself) when I was in bed, I bought a waterproof cover very early on in my pregnancy so I didn't have to worry about it. I didn't have a huge gush or anything, it actually came out pretty slowly. I didn't ruin anything. </p> <p>In the car ride to the hospital, I sat on a disposable changing table liner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539823 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:36:23 +0000 whodat 1539823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed too, and like a lot of these ladies it wasn't really apparent until I got up and went to the bathroom to check. I don't think any actually got on my sheets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539736 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:05:15 +0000 JessKas 1539736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: This is EXACTLY how my water broke. Just as I stood up from the couch, all over the hardwood. Thank god. </p> <p>I was so paranoid about it breaking on the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539334 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:03:07 +0000 autumn865 1539334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed but it wasn't a gush but more like a pop and a trickle. I hopped out of bed and got to the bathroom where I had the gush on the tile floor. So nothing was ruined! I had been sleeping and sitting on those good nites waterproof pads for potty training just in case though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539133 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:00:50 +0000 swurlygurl 1539133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke as I was sitting in bed trying to put my sweat pants on. It was like an awkward pop/squirt. It mostly got on some clothes that were on the floor, and a little on the carpet. We threw the clothes in the washer and DH spot cleaned the carpet as I was showering. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539120 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:57:01 +0000 HazelEyes 1539120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt a pop in bed. It got on the sheets a little but I ran to the bathroom and most of it was in my pants and then toilet. I had put a towel under the sheets a week or so prior and we just washed them when we got home from the hospital. No stains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539112 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:52:06 +0000 MrsF 1539112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: OMG barf. I'm already a little queasy this morning and that's about to put me over the edge. Dogs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539100 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:48:08 +0000 matador84 1539100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Broke in bed first time (trickle), in car second time (incredibly huge pop and gush) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539091 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:46:35 +0000 Sapphiresun 1539091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bent down to pick some laundry off the floor, and a little gush started. Enough to soak my underwear and pants, but no mess on the floor or anything. I got to the toilet, and a larger gush when I sat down, and then it just kept leaking. I kept a garbage bag in my glove box starting around week 30, so I sat on that on the way to the hospital, and then tracked a little trail of fluid through the parking lot, into the emergency room, and up to maternity.</p> <p>@littlek: Dogs are so gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539069 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:37:58 +0000 Mae 1539069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: oh! lol Also omg scary. I'm 35 weeks now... eek. hah. She can come in 2 weeks. I need 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1539036 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:26:31 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1539036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: To be fair, I was planning to take the last week before my due date off...but he came 5 weeks early and didn't really care much for my plans ;) haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538944 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:49:37 +0000 Mae 1538944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: You're a rockstar for teaching until the end! I work at home so at least I don't have to worry about that. But we were at the movies this weekend and saw a preview for a movie that comes out the weekend I'm due. I was like "Ohhh that could be our last pre-baby movie!" and my husband was like "UMMMMM what if you go into labor at the mall?!" I'm like... then I go into labor at the mall? lol I mean *most* people go into labor slowly, it doesn't necessarily have to be dramatic haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538937 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:46:51 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1538937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: This was my biggest fear about being in the classroom! I was teaching 5th grade :) I can't imagine the look of horror on the kids faces if it was a huge gush and very obvious. I am thankful it held off until after school :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538936 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:46:27 +0000 littlek 1538936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke when I was in the bathroom, right after I got out of the shower. It was gross because my dog started licking it off the floor... Yuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538930 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:43:51 +0000 Mae 1538930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following because I'm slightly concerned about this! My husband doesn't want to let me leave the house towards the end because he thinks my water will break out in public somewhere and it will be awful haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538900 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:29:44 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1538900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at a friends house (after a long day on my feet teaching) and it happened slowly...but by the time I got to the hospital I was soaked all the way to my knees. I sat on a plastic bag in my car because that was all I had, but it didn't ruin my pants or the seat in my car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538895 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:27:43 +0000 edelweiss 1538895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my water broke while i was in bed, so no big gush or ruined sheets. i had placed a potty pad (from our dogs) under the sheet as to protect the mattress, but i didn't go as far as to actually sleep on the potty pad (on top of the sheet), although that's an idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-whose-water-broke-first#post-1538894 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:27:16 +0000 Rubies 1538894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke in bed. It woke me up immediately and I made it to the bathroom without it ruining anything. However, I was already wearing a thick pad (I was 40w5d and was anticipating) and by the time I was in the bathroom my pad had soaked through to my underwear and pjs. </p>