When your waters break

**Hokey Pokey** · 04-07-2008 11:03

This is going to sound so stupid coming from someone who is having her 4th lol.. but... when your waters break is it possible to have a smaller gush and then nothing? Can babies heads block the fluid if they are very low down?
Or does the fluid always either continue to trickle out till gone, or come away in a huge noticeable gush?

**Seekrit** · 04-07-2008 11:07

Yes.

When I was in early labour I started vomitting and 'wet myself' (as you do when you vomit) I went to the loo to finish vomitting in a safer place (previously was hovering over the sink) and noticed a small amount of blood, but felt a lot of moisture, freaking out that I was bleeding everywhere (ends up it wasn't blood.. just over active imagination) went to the hospital.
I did that lay down check, and nope, nothing.. fair enough.. I had just wet myself.. I insisted that I wanted to stay at the hospital and they humoured me.
a few hours later I begged a midwife to let me go to birth suites, and when I de-undied the midwife ran off with my pad (

) came back and said... "I've just shown your pad to the other midwives (

) and we've all decided that there's waters in there!" she did an internal and confirmed that my waters must've broken earlier this morning but Cobey's head was blocking the rest of it.
It wasn't pooling earlier in the morning, but probably due to me insisting on walking and the rest a bit more came out, into the pad, which gave the midwife a clue!

Does that make sense? After that she broke the rest of my waters and Cobey was born an hour and 22 minutes later.

Good luck

DQ · 04-07-2008 11:10

Ooooh how exciting, does that mean you have had a "leak" or something

**Hokey Pokey** · 04-07-2008 11:11

Yep makes sense, thanks Nikki

With my others, #1 they broke in one gush no mistaking it, 2 was the same and my third was a mild gush in my undies in bed one night and for the next few hours it continued to flow (awfully messy that was!)

If bubs is blocking most of it, can it reseal it renew itself like when you have a small leak?

**Hokey Pokey** · 04-07-2008 11:13

Originally Posted by DramaQueen

Ooooh how exciting, does that mean you have had a "leak" or something

Not too sure hey, woke around 1am to strong cramping and then felt warm fluid fill my undies... sat up to see if more came away like it did with my 3rd but nothing

Continued to cramp which kept me up all night/morning but no more.
No more cramping either, but alot of pressure on my cervix that I can barely walk..

**onemummmy** · 04-07-2008 11:17

ooh it sounds like it may be!

Does it smell like semen? Everyone reckons it does lol I dont even know what semen smells like

**Hokey Pokey** · 04-07-2008 11:18

Can't say I have ever smelt semen either lol but it had a weird smell to it....

**onemummmy** · 04-07-2008 11:20

lol *cough* is ur hubby home?

**Hokey Pokey** · 04-07-2008 11:21

Nope he's at work. I didn't wake him either when it happened as no more came away so wasn't sure what the go was, got up had panadol etc.. told him in the morning... but nothing since!