https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 12:41:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-181370 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:07:05 +0000 Rosie Girl 181370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke with DS, but I got contractions first with DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-181368 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:05:06 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 181368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With Toddler Girl, my water broke in transition. I didn't even notice, because I was in the tub. With Wonder Baby it broke an hour or so before my contractions started. And it was weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-181367 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:04:32 +0000 Boogs 181367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke. I wasn't even aware that I was having contractions for a couple of hours after that, even thought the machines in the hospital said otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-181211 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:10:18 +0000 regberadaisy 181211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions and my water broke by itself. Once it did it did not stop! Woah there was a lot of fluid in there even for my small bump!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-181048 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:21:01 +0000 Honeybee 181048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD, my water broke and then contractions started becoming regular and stronger. I had been having contractions for a couple weeks before that, but nothing consistent until my water broke.</p> <p>With DS, I had regular, strong contractions for about 8 hours before my water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180858 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:47:17 +0000 pelikila 180858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions came first for me. My water didn't break until I was in transition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180797 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:15:11 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 180797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions and then my water broke 2 hours after the contractions started. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180715 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:15:27 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 180715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke when I changed positions in bed in the morning. My contractions didn't start on their own, so I was given pitocin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180709 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:13:36 +0000 mediagirl 180709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: that is awesome! I was just imagining it at my work - I work with all men and one woman. The end result would not have been as awesome. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180630 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:19:17 +0000 cvbee 180630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: yeah, it was actually perfect because I was surrounded by all these women who have been through labour before, so they all swarmed around me and I didn't even have to think of anything. They gathered my stuff, and my boss drove me to the hospital, and his wife is a nurse at the hospital and she met me with a wheelchair at the drop-off zone. I felt like some kind of celebrity. It was quite fun. Not sure what they did with the poor fabric chair I was sitting on in the lunch room! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180379 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:56:21 +0000 mediagirl 180379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: That's crazy!! I bet it was all sorts of drama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180367 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:49:56 +0000 woodentulip 180367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with our older daughter, my water 'broke' but more 'leaked' when i took some deep breaths. contractions started about 3 hours later, and came hard and fast!<br /> with our younger daughter my water never broke, but when she arrived it was sort of like a tidal wave of disgusting! instead, with her labour, i just thought that i had bad gas--WRONG! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180339 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:39:04 +0000 Mrs. Bee 180339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with charlie, water started leaking and contractions started at the same time. but the full water breaking didn't happen until hours later.</p> <p>with olive, contractions started and the doctor broke my water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180335 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:37:29 +0000 jennylynn 180335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke on it's own. I was having very minor contractions during the nigh before, but nothing that kept me from sleeping, and they weren't regular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180320 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:29:19 +0000 mrsmenow 180320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The doctor had to break mine with both of my DDs, at about 7-8 cm both times . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180316 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:28:13 +0000 littlek 180316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: Oh my gosh, that's crazy. I was wondering if my water would break at work. Mine actually broke as I was in the bathroom getting ready for work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180311 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:26:48 +0000 heffalump 180311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions. My doctor ended up breaking my water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180308 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:25:23 +0000 littlek 180308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Mine weren't painful, just really uncomfortable. @sweetkate: My experience is very similar to yours! I just thought I had overexerted myself </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180206 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:03:51 +0000 pastemoo 180206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know! I had contractions from 27 weeks after a car accident--they were clustered with a bunch on top of each other and then nothing for 20minutes or more.<br /> My water broke at 39+6, and my contractions were still the same as at 27 weeks (stronger, but same spacing), so they put me on pitocin.<br /> So... my water broke before the contractions that count started. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180190 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:41:36 +0000 mamimami 180190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dr broke my water when I was at 9 cm, obviously I had plenty of contractions before that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180187 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:38:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 180187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions first! Doctor broke my water after hours of pitocin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180186 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:36:49 +0000 volksgirl64 180186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 contractions first, DD2 water broke first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180178 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:25:53 +0000 winniebee 180178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions! My water did break on its own when I was in the hospital and after I had my epidural (I was 6 cm dilated at that point.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180171 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:08:40 +0000 chopsuey 180171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions! Dr broke my water </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180159 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:40:58 +0000 loveisstrange 180159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke first and then I had to be induced because I didn't go into labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180155 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:28:33 +0000 Rubies 180155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My contractions were first - and my water didn't break naturally. The doctor broke it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180146 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:14:08 +0000 KT326 180146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: they weren't really painful so I chalked it up to Braxton hicks. My back also hurt a lot but I thought I had just overdone it that weekend (I had ds on a Monday). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180139 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:25:13 +0000 looch 180139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions first. My water never broke on its own, the midwives had to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180134 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:44:27 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 180134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions. They actually had to rupture my water because it did not want to do it by itself. (at this point I was 8cm 95% effaced) the moment my water broke... OH MY. the pain. As in contractions tripled in intensity. But I gave birth. Not even 10 mins later. ( note this is my second so it was much faster than my first )</p> <p>For Mavrick I was induced. SO none of the above applies. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-came-first-your-water-breaking-or-contractions#post-180119 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:58:22 +0000 lemondrop 180119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke, real, noticeable, uncomfortable contractions didn't start until I got into the car almost 2 hours later. </p>