https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 03:19:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-826605 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:42:16 +0000 swurlygurl 826605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 8:20 am, contractions didn't start until 5:15 pm, baby was born as 2:34 am. So, 18 hours start to finish.</p> <p>And, yes, the first thing I did was take a shower and then put on makeup! Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-826409 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:49:48 +0000 ladyfingers 826409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 9:45 pm and I gave birth at 8:27 am the next morning. I had just gotten out of the shower when it broke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825973 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 04:18:48 +0000 SugarplumsMom 825973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I have to add that I showered at least twice before going to the hospital. When my water broke in bed, it was a trickle. When I was sitting around and emailing for a substitute (for a class I was teaching later that day) it GUSHED! Like dramatic TV style! I even had a pad on and it didn't stop it. </p> <p>Once I realized I would constantly be leaking, I stopped trying to change and finally just left. For some reason, I thought it would break and empty itself ... ehh totally not the case! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825961 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:17:05 +0000 Sweet T 825961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke around 3am but I never started contracting on my own. We got to the hospital around 4:30am and they let me walk around to try and get things going. My midwife got there between 8 and 9. I started pitocin shortly after that. I ended up with csection 18 hours after my water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825956 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 01:47:20 +0000 Revel 825956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor never started after my water broke so I had to be induced. Time from water breaking to delivery was about 28 hours, 12 hour induction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825884 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:04:35 +0000 Pink Champagne 825884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 3:30 am when I was 36 weeks 2 days. I went to the hospital at 8 am, had LO at 11 am.<br /> I highly recommend packing your bag before 36 weeks!! It's definitely not fun to do during contractions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825854 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:27:17 +0000 Penny Lane 825854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my waters broke at 1:30am on August 14th. for me, contractions started 4 min apart right away. nothing before that. </p> <p>started pushing on the way to the hospital at around 11:20am. baby was born at 12:14pm</p> <p>I didn't shower, but I did have a couple of baths while labouring at home </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825379 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:25:12 +0000 Kemma 825379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Waters broke at 0530 on Monday, went into active labour at 1030, baby was delivered via ventouse at 1424 on Tuesday afternoon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825317 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:13:12 +0000 yerpie110 825317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 4am, I took a shower, headed to the hospital, contractions starts about 2 hours later, and LO was delivered at 845pm that evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth/page/2#post-825306 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:01:32 +0000 Tidybee 825306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water broke at 2:30am. Contractions started 10 minutes later at 4 minutes apart. I showered and dried my hair and got to the hospital around 4am and was already 4cm. DD was born at 1:05pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825305 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:00:25 +0000 Honeybee 825305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, my water broke three times; the first time at about 11:30 am (contractions started immediately after), the second time around 1:30 pm (at 4 cms), and the last time at about 8:00 pm (right before I started pushing). I had DD at 8:30 pm.</p> <p>With my second, my water broke at about 4:00 pm; I was 6 cms and had been in labor for 7 hours already. DS was born about 5 hours later at 9:00 pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825300 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:57:49 +0000 Ra 825300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: Wow. That was incredibly informative. I had no idea. Thank you! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825288 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:45:05 +0000 FarmWifeGina 825288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: The bag of waters acts something like a shock absorber. Labor may not go quite as fast with the waters intact (both my labors were long, no matter when my water broke), but it is gentler on mommy and baby. With my first birth, it took 7 hours to go from 7 cm. to complete and that was 7 hours of HARD labor, having to concentrate and focus the whole time, even between contractions- it was like one long, continuous contraction that peaked every 1-2 minutes. With my second birth, before my water broke, my contractions were as strong as they'd been during those last 7 hours of my first birth, but between contractions I could talk and be completely connected with the world around me. When my water broke, that was when the hard labor started and required much more concentration again- but this time it only lasted 2 hours (went from 6 cm. to baby in 20 minutes). And, those are only my experiences, but many, many women will tell you the same thing. Personally, I'd rather have a little longer labor with intact waters than to have them break and then everything goes BAM, BAM, BAM! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825268 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:33:51 +0000 sorrycharlie 825268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: sounds like we had similar labors, I was 40 weeks to the dot too! Well, 40 weeks from what I knew to be my date &amp; what she measured, they insisted I was off. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825266 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:31:23 +0000 loveisstrange 825266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 11pm on April 1st. C was born at 7:31pm on April 3rd. So, 45.5 hours. I was in actuve labor for 15.5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825258 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:26:53 +0000 wheres_c 825258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractio s started at 2am, water broke at 8am, baby was born at 11pm via c section, since he wouldn't exit on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825231 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:46:31 +0000 matador84 825231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: nope I was exactly 40 weeks. Not one contraction until my water broke and then they were about 5 mins apart for an hour before they came like tidal waves. I went from a 2 to a 6 to 10 in about an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825210 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:19:14 +0000 autumn865 825210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was almost exactly 12 hours for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825209 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:18:25 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 825209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early contractions started at 6pm, water broke at 8pm, got to the hospital at 9:30, had DD at 8:38am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825207 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:16:52 +0000 SugarplumsMom 825207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke in bed at 2:30am without any contractions. I was induced because my waters were heavily ladened with meconium and I gave birth vaginally at 4:30pm later that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825204 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:06:58 +0000 lamariniere 825204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: wow! Talk about fast! Did you labor a long time before your water broke? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825201 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:05:53 +0000 lamariniere 825201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: yes! When my contractions did start, they were every 2 minutes, so I didn't have time to "ease" into them with the 4-5 minute interval contractions. Also, the hospital was VERY busy that night so I think they were happy to give me the epi to slow me down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825196 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:01:59 +0000 matador84 825196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water broke at 11 pm I was holding DS at 154am...I had a precipitous birth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825173 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:38:37 +0000 sslm 825173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor started with my water breaking at 6:30pm, then contractions came strong and fast, and she's was born at 5:15am. So just under 11 hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825162 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:32:55 +0000 emg86 825162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor started at 2am with contractions 4 minutes apart. Water broke around 7am, I think. Contractions got a lot worse once my water broke. LO was out by 10:36am. </p> <p>I had lots of early labor that would come and go on the days leading up. Those contractions were nothing compared to active labor. When I started having real contractions I knew because even breathing through them was difficult at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825124 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:47:33 +0000 Smurfette 825124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 9:15 at night. Got to the hospital around 10:15, contractions started sometime after 11. At 2:15 or so the next afternoon I started pushing, 7 pushes later, at 2:34 Miss R made her appearance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825122 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:47:08 +0000 boiledpnut 825122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine broke at 430am. I took a shower before we went to the hospital and I delivered (c-section) at 1041pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825117 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:42:15 +0000 hilsy85 825117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: also m experience! Contractions started about 3 hours after my water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825115 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:40:47 +0000 hilsy85 825115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 hours after my water broke, lo was here! Eta my labor started with my water breaking so the whole thing was 9 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-between-when-your-water-broke-and-when-you-gave-birth#post-825113 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:37:38 +0000 sorrycharlie 825113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was one of those people who had to rush around! O was born around 4.5 hours after my water broke. My labor started with my water breaking, contractions started 15 m later or so. I labored a bit in my shower so I did "shower," even though we ended up flying to the hospital within an hour! </p>