https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:31:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-225777 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:58:06 +0000 regberadaisy 225777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke in the hospital. It was a warm gush! Many uncontrollable warm gushes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-225757 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:33:34 +0000 shoemama 225757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine popped and I had a huge gush!! Just like the movies it was crazy! I was so happy I was at home and wearing pants :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-225296 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:35:38 +0000 sorrycharlie 225296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: good!! better to know everything is okay, so don't feel silly! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-225283 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:27:52 +0000 banana 225283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mslipgloss: OH good! Glad everything is fine!!!! Phew! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-225274 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:20:34 +0000 MsLipGloss 225274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, after a few hours with the lovely people in L&amp;D (I really do love my practice group and hospital!), I am happy to report there is no leak and butterbean is safe and sound. :D *phew* I feel silly (now that I know she's fine), but I feel so much better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223914 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:57:52 +0000 kokobee 223914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was 37.5wks when my water broke while i was on the toilet so i thought it was pee at first. then when i got up, i felt a tiny gush. after that it trickled here and there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223878 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:45:37 +0000 MsLipGloss 223878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yanno, I frequently comment on posts regarding"what if" questions with a call your Doc response . . . and then when I am unsure, I waffle on whether to call or not. /facepalm </p> <p>It's just that I read (aka *googled*) how rare it is for your water to break early (I am 32wks/5 days) . . . so I just chalked it up to paranoia and, well, paranoia! But all of you are right - I really need to call it in - thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223744 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:54:37 +0000 rachiecakes 223744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in the hospital trying to sleep, I rolled over in bed and felt the 'pop'. I knew from reading online that it was my water breaking and when I stood up, water gushed out everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223733 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:44:29 +0000 keiki_mama 223733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at the hospital about the take a lap around to help move the contractions along when my water broke in the hall. I could definitely tell it was my water breaking because there was so much of it and it was a huge gush. I also lost my mucus plug shortly after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223513 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:50:35 +0000 plaidpants 223513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was more of a slow leak than a gush. When I went to the hospital because my water broke, they didn't believe me! They swabbed me like 3 times and kept saying it was negative for amniotic fluid. I kept telling them that I'd never peed my pants before, nevermind for 45 minutes straight, and they'd better check me into the hospital anyway to find out what I was leaking. Eventually they tested the towel I was wearing as a pad (very glamorous) and it was positive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223484 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:24:21 +0000 loveisstrange 223484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: That's what mine did! It would gush a bit after I was sitting or laying down for a while. It smells kind of sweet. I'd definitely call L&amp;D and go in to be checked. It's a quick swab to see if it's broken or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223473 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:10:01 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 223473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I would call your doctor. The day before my water broke, I had the same symptoms so there's a very good chance that could happen to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223470 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:07:37 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 223470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was sitting at a restaurant and felt a pop so I went to the bathroom to check and as soon as I sat down on the toilet, there was a gush of water. And with every step I took after that, there was a little gush. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223448 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:57:07 +0000 sorrycharlie 223448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I'd say call and ask! They can do the litmus test thing to test if it's amniotic fluid or not, I believe. Then at least you'll know :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223395 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:12:11 +0000 MsLipGloss 223395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I don't think so. I have just been paranoid for the last day or so that I might have sprung a leak. This really is TMI, but here goes . . . I have had very clear, liquidy, discharge over the past 24 hours (no smell at all) that has not resembled anything I have previously had during pregnancy. A couple of times, I felt like I *leaked* a little after getting up out of my chair, and when I got out of bed yesterday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223384 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:04:39 +0000 sorrycharlie 223384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: did your water break?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223377 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:56:01 +0000 littlek 223377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It feels like a pop and then there was a gush of water. It freaked me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223353 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:41:47 +0000 MsLipGloss 223353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag: lol @ "loss of structural integrity" :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223343 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:13:21 +0000 MegWag 223343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was sitting Indian-style on the couch and felt a little burst. The best way I can describe it is that it felt like a balloon had been over filled and was slowly bursting.... not like a pop, but like a loss of structural integrity :) I had a little leak and then went to the bathroom. The flow was about the same rate as peeing, but the smell and feeling were different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223340 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:12:03 +0000 loveisstrange 223340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine sprung a leak. At first, I thought it was more of my mucus plug or I had wet myself a little so I went to bed. When I woke up to pee later, it was a much, much larger gush so I knew what it was at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223324 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:14:38 +0000 808love 223324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After being in labor for 24 hours, I finally conceded to get an epidural. It happened about 1/2 hour later and I felt NOTHING. The nurse had to tell me. It was midnight and just getting relief--I was pretty delirious by then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223281 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:45:27 +0000 Boogs 223281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was eating, suddenly felt like I really needed to pee, so I stood up and as soon as I took a step there was a HUGE gush. My jeans were sopping wet and my sneakers were all squishy when I stepped, lol. It kept coming too, there was sooo much water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223279 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:43:32 +0000 junebuglim 223279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was about to lay down on the couch to watch TV and thought I felt baby A (I had twins) kick really hard for the first time in a long while and felt that I heard a pop! My water didn't start flowing til almost 30 mins later on the freeway en route to the hospital when I suddenly felt the gush of water. I had called the on call Dr. (after hours) because there was a tinge of blood in my urine after that &amp; she said it could be my cervix expanding but go to L &amp; R to be checked out just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223264 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:18:34 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 223264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy - that's pretty much what happened to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223263 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:17:41 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 223263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine broke when i was taking a nap. i had a pantyliner on and it felt like a trickle... it soaked the pantyliner but it wasn't enough to soak through my undies. i walked to the bathroom, changed my pantyliner... thought maybe i had accidentally peed?? and my pantyliner got soaked through again.</p> <p>i didn't feel any contractions and had no pain! so i wasn't really sure my water broke. but my husband was convinced and we got confirmation from our doula that that was definitely my water. it wasn't that dramatic though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223206 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:18:08 +0000 lovehoneybee 223206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my stepsister's water broke she opened the bathroom door and yelled to me that she couldn't stop peeing and did I think her water had broken? My response was "How am I supposed to know? Ask your mom!" (She was 17, I was 18, we were both clearly clueless). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223179 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:52:33 +0000 lemondrop 223179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aMohror: Thrilled and excited Oh Crap's, but still that was both of our first reactions!</p> <p>@MsMamaBear: A Poise pad is a great idea- I soaked through about 8 heavy/overnight pads while waiting for contractions to start!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223177 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:52:08 +0000 MsMamaBear 223177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in bed but I felt a pop and it woke me up. It was like a REALLY long pee. Thankfully I had gotten a Poise sample in the mail that I planned to save for that reason.LOL It worked for the 10min drive to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223174 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:51:19 +0000 aMohror 223174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: Haha I like the "Oh Crap!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-water-broke#post-223170 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:48:49 +0000 lemondrop 223170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No doubt in my mind, I felt a huge pop and gush! Like a balloon popped inside me, but it didn't hurt for me. </p> <p>I leaned over to pick up a pen, felt the pop, stood up with an "Oh Crap!" and raced to the bathroom. My husband thought I ran out to throw up, then I explained that we would see the baby in the next 24 hours, he said "Oh Crap!". </p>