As a first time mom.. Will i really know when my water breaks?

Just curious. One of my fears is i wont know because a friend of mine had her water break 2 days prior and had now idea and ended up with a big infection. Just curious if it is as obvious as im thinking it will be. Im thinking it is gonna be like the hoover damn just broke open.

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My water broke and at first I wasn't quite sure but after a few trickles of liquid I knew it had to be. It doesn't gush like on tv, it's really just like a trickle of water but you know it's not pee!

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Well if you're like me there will be NO mistaking it. Once my water broke it gushed, and gushed, and gushed, and gushed.........you get the idea.

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steph -

i have this fear too - my mom told me with MY birth - my head was blocking the opening - so it was a very tiny trickle. She had a doc appointment the morning i was born and HE told her - um, Diane, your water broke!! She had no idea...

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Remember a majority of women don't even have their water break before they go into labor. You may not have to worry about this at all.

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My water didn't break, but when they broke it in the hospital for me, even with the numbing of the epidural I could definitely feel a distinct big gush.

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Mine was a big gush followed by a trickle all of the way to the hospital. Couldn't have possibly mistaken it for anything else.

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When my water broke I was not sure at first. When I was on the phone with the NP at my doc's office I realized it had to be what I thought it was....I needed to sit on a towel at the kitchen table to finish the phone conversation.

And on a funny side note... it was early Easter Sunday morning so I went to the hospital to be monitored. Nothing was happening so I was told to go home. My hubby went to go get the car and I was standing at the entrance... leaking... all the way down my legs onto the pavement.... and it was steaming because it was chilly out. I couldn't do anything but stand there and laugh...

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Mine never broke but I always had this irrational fear that it would break when I was in bed so I slept with a hospital chux pad under my sheet.

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My water broke big time. I felt the "pop" and it was a big gush. There was no doubt for me.

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Posted by CkGm

Remember a majority of women don't even have their water break before they go into labor. You may not have to worry about this at all.

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i think it depends on the person. some get it loike you seeon TV with a BIG gush... and others just feel like they wet their pants and others just feel a trickle of moisture. also, according to my pregancy book it is supposed to have a fishy odor, so that will be a clue too. i think once you're in the last month, you just need to watch carefully, but i tihnk with most people, they know and if you're not sure, you call the OB. try not to worry!