water breaking

[ammanda]

I was just wondering how many woman actually have there water break before actual labor starts or anything...  Please explain ur expeirence with me also.  and will i know for sure when my water breaks or when i have a contraction.. im due in 4 days and starting to worry that i wont know im in labor, and since I live an hour away from the hospital i will be delievering at, im very worried.

[ammanda]

yea i asked my doctor about induction, and he wasnt for it at all.. hes not leineant at all. and yes i worry constantly.  my fiancee lost his first baby at birth 2 years ago with his ex. so this wholepregnancy had been nothing but worries.  Im so ready for my baby to get here healthy. i would feel soooo much better.  and be able to sleep at night without nightmares

[SaylornPipersmommy]

And one more thing...she was not a worrier. Sounds like you are ( like myself) You will KNOW when it's time to go to the hospital:)  If your that worried (like I was) you could always ask to be induced so you don't have to worry about it and since your so far from the hospital?

[SaylornPipersmommy]

OH I'm sorry!!!! That IS NOT normal! You will be fine and in my opinion, labor is wonderful!!! Even my friend who had her baby in the car said it was scary but a wonderful experience and she felt like she could run a marithon afterwards;)

[ammanda]

Omg thats a scary story..  Woo im kinda freaked out now, since my hospital is so far away and this is my first pregnancy, i have no idea what im feeling or looking for!!!

[SaylornPipersmommy]

a girlfriend of mine had some fluid leaking on Sat and she called the hospital to ask if it was her water and should she come in. The nurse told her that it probably wasnt and if she came in they would just send her home. Nurse told her to take a shower, eat and lay down. After a few hours her pain was so intence that they headed to the hosital. On the way there, her body started shaking and pushing the baby out. She had the baby in the car about a mile from the hospital and her husband stopped long enough to take the baby out of her pants and hand him to her! Mommy and baby are fine but what a story!!  Sorry, i had to share because it just happened and I still can't believe I know someone that had her baby in the car!!!!!

[rebekah385]

I have had 3 babies and am currently pregnant with #4. with my first baby I went into labor at 28 weeks, i did'nt know it I just knew i was having a lot of discharge, went inot the Dr and I was 3 cm dialated and contracting every 3 minutes, I went to the hospital and they checked me for fluid and i was leaking amniotic fluid, but my water had not actually broken. they slowed down my labor for 3 days and my leak resealed its self (I did'nt even know it could do that at the time) then they could'nt slow it down any more and let me go into labor my water did not break. I was fully dialated and ready to push and it still had not broke, when I started to push it broke on it's own, but I thought they probably should have broke my water before that! with baby #2 when I got to the hospital I was already 7cm dialated and my water had not broke, I got stuck at a 7 for a while, so then the Dr broke my water and I delivered within an hour. with baby #3 I wanted to be induced since I had already been dialated to 3 1/2 cm for a month, when I went in for the induction I asked the Dr if we could just break my water and let me walk to get things started, instead of starting my on pitocin right away, he agreed and broke my water and I walked had him 5 hours later with no pitocin needed. this time when I have the baby I plan to ask them to break my water right away since it really seems to speed things up for me! Good luck! I know how hard those last few days of waiting can be my first 2 were early, so i did'nt have to wait, but the last one seemed to take forever and I was induced 4 days early!