My water broke at 38w6d, contractions didn't start overnight and I had to be induced. I really hated being induced and felt like I didn't get to "ease into" labour, it was full on from the beginning!
I'm hoping with future #2, contractions start first.
What was your experience?
honeydew / 7091 posts
I'm hoping to hear most people say yes!! My water broke with my first, and I hope it does again. It did take me about 9 hours for contractions to start - they were almost going to induce. I loved KNOWING to go to the hospital though, and KNOWING that my baby was going to be born within 24 hours (instead of the possibility of laboring for 3 days 
)
persimmon / 1379 posts
My water broke (with a small but constant trickle) with my first just as I was going into labour.
My water broke with my second with a small pop during contractions when I was about 6 cms, but she was so low down that it mostly came in a giant wave as she came out!
grapefruit / 4554 posts
My water broke in bed at 40+3 with my first, but I went Ito labor at 36+4 with #2 and they broke my water in the hospital.
pineapple / 12566 posts
Water broke spontaneously first for both!
LO1 was 39+4 and constructions started on their own and fast about 2 hours later.
LO2 was 37+2 and I had an enema about 4 hours after my water broke. It worked really fast, contractions started within half an hour of the enema, and baby girl was born just 45min later!
pomegranate / 3643 posts
1. 39w1d - water broke, contractions started two hours later, baby born fourteen hours after water breaking.
2. 36w1d - contractions started, MW broke water six hours later at 8 cm, baby born one and a half hours later.
grapefruit / 4584 posts
1. Water broke just before 37 wks but consistent contractions didn't continue; I was induced about 12 hours after my water broke. Baby was born about 5 hours after that.
2. Water didn't break, I went into labor at 39 weeks about 6 hours after a membrane sweep. Baby was born about 3 hours after I felt that first contraction - maybe 20 minutes after the doctor broke my water upon arrival in the hospital.
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