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I want to put out a PSA regarding water breakage during labor. It doesn't stop. It just keeps gushing. Your wheelchair will look like it just went through the car wash. so be ready to bring eight thousand towels with you in the car when you drive to the hospital. And don't wear blue sweatpants, wear black.
I REALLY wish someone had told me this. I had no idea. Maybe I'm dumb but I thought it was like in the movies-just a little gush and then off you go to the hospital. Most women I know said the same thing. So hopefully this helps someone. And hopefully you are not at the supermarket when it happens.
hahaha! I love that this is a PSA. but seriously thanks for the info... I never knew. D:
Seriously I changed my underwear and pants like 6 times before I realized it wasn't stopping. My UGGS were soaked, the seat of my car was soaked. It was SO ANNOYING.
Well this is good to know. I'm still confused at how Kourtney Kardashian got into the shower and did her makeup and blew out her hair before going to the hospital...
@MsBrooklynA: Her water didn't really break. LOL!
I just googled it because there is no way you could put on make up during that.
Interesting - I officially NEVER knew that! I thought it was a big gush and that was it! Hmm... will need to file this away for future reference when baby planning. FI and I aren't pregnant but we'll probably start TTC in about nine months or so. I'm a bit baby obsessed at the moment so I'm constantly trawling the nesting board and love when I come across new info I hadn't yet heard! :-)
@Ree723: Same here on the never knew it thing. I did hear on a different message board that if your water breaks on your bed and you gush on it, be prepared to buy a new mattress because the smell will never go away. I just heard this, we're not trying yet, but it was one of those, "oh, I didn't know that" sort of things.
I would like to clarify that I was NOT at the supermarket. I was at home in bed. It would just suck if you were at the supermarket.
@carrieknitscake: Oh thank goodness we registered for a waterproof mattress pad for our bed! I thought it was weird but my mom insisted that I would be glad I had it.... she cited future kids potentially spilling things on it as the reason but maybe she was really hinting at the water breaking reason! Ha, maybe I'll just buy a plastic sheet when it comes to that point in the pregnancy - good mattresses are expensive!
@flamingred: LOL, I totally thought you were at the supermarket based on your original post! Glad to hear you weren't! :-)
This is why I'm starting maternity leave 1wk before Baby Bear is due! I do not want it to happen in my classroom(if it breaks) and my students (Pre-K) will be thinking I wet my pants like they do sometimes.LOL
I had to put a pad on because my son pooped inside of me so along with my water was an ever gushing amount of green stuff. I still remember sitting on the toliet yelling at my husband to grab a pad while he ran around the house trying to pack my bag and get my stuff ready which I hadnt done yet lol.
They gave me pads in the delivery room but they were soaked every 15 minutes. Thank god my mom was there to change me! Lmao! It all came full circle. Also, after I got the epidural I couldn't feel the water leaking. so that was cool.
@flaming red-you paint a graphic picture. Lol Mine broke in bed too and my first thought was how am going to tell my husband that I peed the bed. But I guess most of mine soaked the bed because I didn't have hospital horror you did. Lol
But like shelbs, I had the green poo in mine too. And freaked out because the doctor told me it meant the baby was in distress. Everything was fine though. Hope the rest of your labor went well:)
Oh jeeze, did NOT know that. Thanks for the new (slightly disturbing) info.
Thanks for the info, not disturbing for me, just helpful! I told DH, who said "We'll get a waterproof sheet then, I am NOT sleeping on THAT."
And then...
"What if it gets everywhere when I'm driving to the hospital?" And he mused about that for the next hour, lol.
Ok, so sometimes it is a big gush and then the baby's head drops down to stop/slow it so you may have some hope! :) And if you're worried about your bed and you don't have a waterproof cover, you can buy those doggie piddle pads (for indoor housetraining) and put them between your sheet and mattress.
My water never broke, so I didn't have this experience, but we were prepared. I read a tip somewhere that you put a garbage bag down on the passenger seat and then cover it with several old towels in preparation for the drive. Otherwise the smell might be hard to get out of the car. Just thought I'd pass along that tip!
@Mrs. DG: Thanks! I'll pass it along to DH, that'll make him happy!
Wow. I don't plan on having children for a few years, but this has already gotten me worried thinking about the possibility of my water breaking in public.
And the baby can poop in you? And it comes out with everything else? Call me naive but I never really thought that was a possibility. My mind has been officially blown today.
For others who might not know, Jenny McCarthy has a book out called Belly Laughs, and its aim is to let people know hidden (ok, not hidden, but not widely-known) facts about pregnancy and labor. I haven't read it, but I remember when the book was released she spoke in an interview about how she had no idea she would lose her bowels/urinate during labor, no one told her so it was a surprise when it actually happened. I think I'm going to pick that book up when the time actually comes.
Maybe I should consider adoption...
Here's another weird one: My water broke THREE times in labor. I had no idea that was possible! I thought it would be one big gush, just like in the movies, and that would be that. Nope, not for me. Just goes to show you that everyone's different and every labor is different. Really, though, birth is just bizarre.
I'm with @reginaphalange (great name btw) - my mind is blown by this information. I feel like I need to tell FI's cousin who is set to have twins at any moment now!
@candicemcc: The Puppy Pads are a GREAT idea - thanks for the suggestion! We have a whole box of them because our dogs liked to chew them rather than pee on them. Now I know what I'll be sleeping on in a few weeks :) I'd be super sad to mess up our bed or my new car.
@reginaphalange: Yep they sure can poop. It's not super common but it's important to note so they don't inhale it when they're born (cause they can get an infection).
This is the first time I've been on the pregnancy boards, and I think I've learned enough to last me until I'm pregnant! Man.
Regarding the matress-I was in bed when my water broke. I wasn't asleep because I had been having contractions ALLL day (well, all month really). I JUMPED out of that motherfucker as soon as I felt the trickle. My matress and sheets were saved. I WISH I thought of the trash bag idea! that is a great one!
If you would like to hear any other weird things regarding labor/birth I am your woman. When you get an epidural it feels like your right leg is being electrocuted. Don't ask me why. And your epidural can FAIL. Please see my birth story if you would like to know more about that. Also, I think I crapped like three times when I was pushing. You won't care.
@flamingred:I thought she was like leaking in the kitchen though on the episode where she actually has the baby... wierd!
I actually just realized I am scaring some people probably. I don't know I feel like it would have been helpful for me to know these things, but being in the dark may have been even better. 
@.twist. The smell shouldn't be bad. I'd take the smell of amniotic fluid over urine any day. You know, if given the choice. :)
@flamingred My epidural was AWESOME, thank goodness. No freaky leg pain.
@reginaphalange (Also love your name) If you happen to dislike Jenny McCarthy, "A Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy" is also a good one.
WAIT..... so it keeps coming?????? I thought it just broke, wiped yourself off and off you were to the hospital?
funny side not the other day I was googling something about pregnancy/birth... and ACCIDENTALLY hit image on google.......... I was scarred. Maybe its better for me to be surprised haha.
@flamingred: Haha you're not scaring me, if that's what you were afraid of. I think this stuff is fascinating. I just feel like this post has taught me lots of little pregnancy funfacts in such a short amount of time! haha
@candicemcc: my epi was good too once it was in. But they had to try to get it twice and my leg really felt weird. The anesetisiologist (yes i totally know that is not spelled correctly) was like "okay, you are going to feel a buzz in your leg" and it was like BUUZZZZZZZ! lol! I think I screamed. Once he left though my 16 hours of labor were great. It failed at 8cm though. boo.
My water was broken by my midwife. It was a gush, and then a small gush every time I moved. I was in bed to be on the monitors while I was on pitocin. I can't imagine walking during it. Actually I got up to use the bathroom after it had broke and I slipped because more gushed out. Shoes/slippers with tread are a good idea too!
Good to know. Now, I'm going to prepare my car and bad for water breaking.
@TheFutureMcBride: you are due soon , right? I feel like you've been preggers forever! lol!
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