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Yup, mine broke both times. Actually, they were pretty similar. Both came a week early and water broke in bed, although LO1 was kind enough to wait until I had a full night's sleep and LO2's water broke at like 2am. Good luck!

So I voted water broke for first, contractions for second. But with my first, looking back I was in early labor that day. I just didn't know it! I thought it was braxton hicks and my back was sore from all the errands we were doing. My water broke at like 1am and the intense contractions started immediately. He was 2.5 weeks early.

For my second, I had been having contractions all day but nothing consistent or timeable. They would be like 5 minutes apart for a bit, then nothing for 2 hours. Then every 20 minutes. It was annoying. My water broke at 11:30pm and contractions were immediately on top of each other. This one was a week early.

DD1: water broke, no contractions, had to be induced hours later.
DD2: contractions til fully dilated, dr broke my water 5 minutes before she was born.

About as opposite as you can get!

My story is similar to yours - water broke (early, not quite 37 wks), no contractions, had to be induced the following morning. With my second contractions came fast and furious on their own - about 3.5 hours from first contractions to baby in my arms. My third was an induction due to IUGR, so no water breaking or contractions.

Same as you, my water broke with my first and I ended up being induced.

With my second, contractions started and my water did not break until literally one minute before baby was born!!

Contractions were sooooo much more manageable when I wasn’t induced and my water was intact.

I didn't vote.

My first was induced when I had a high water leak at 40+1. During the induction, the doctor's finished breaking my water.

For my second, I was induced at 41+4 when DD didn't pass a Non Stress Test. I have no idea when my water broke during the induction. It was probably during delivery.

My midwife actually told me that in the majority of cases, your water doesn’t break before contractions start.