The doctor broke my water and several hours later I began contractions.
Induction of pregnant women is common, and having
a doctor break your water isn't as discomforting as it sounds.
Later, I couldn't help but wonder, What if I'd never let
the doctor break my water or had the epidural?
Not exact matches
My
water was
broken for me at 12:30 and my MOTHER delivered the baby at 2:30 because the
doctor (and nurses) were not in the room when he decided to make his entrance.
Once your
water has
broken, most
doctors will insist on delivery within 24 hours.
My
water broke on its own (again no nurse or
doctor in room) about 45 seconds later there was her head!
If you experience your
water breaking before the start of labor, call your midwife or
doctor to discuss your symptoms.
Two and a half hours after starting Pitocin, Cheryl is only 3 centimeters dilated, so her
doctor decides it's time to
break her
water to speed things up.
Once the
water is
broken, the
doctor will check the color of the fluid to ensure that it's clear.
Since my
water had
broken at home, I was instructed by the on - call
doctor to come right into the hospital.
I called my
doctor, Dr. C, to give him an update and after going over our options in lengthy detail Eric and I decided to go in to the hospital to get confirmation that my
water had
broken.
However, once your
water breaks, your baby can be more vulnerable to infection via your vagina, so, within 24 hours of your
water breaking, if you haven't gone into labor, your
doctor will most probably give you something to induce labor.
Call your
doctor if you feel like you're slowly leaking fluid, or if your
water breaks in a big gush.
The
doctor might tell you he has to
break your
water since labor is moving too slowly.
Rather than wait for nature to take its course,
doctors will typically manually rupture your membranes to
break your
water.
A self - described laid back person, Andrea handled her
water breaking gracefully, despite being on her way to a
doctor's appointment.
When I was expecting my first son, his fluid levels got so low that I never would have had a big
water breaking event (as per my
doctor.)
Doctors should not try to induce labor unless there's a good medical reason — for example, if a woman's membranes rupture (her «
water breaks») and labor doesn't start on its own, if she has complications such as pre-eclampsia, or if she is a week or more past her due date.
Moreover, I understood my contractions well and my labor bag was well prepared when my
water broke so it took us just 10 minutes to reach our
doctor.
In most cases, your
doctor or midwife will
break your
water when the baby emerges, if it hasn't popped on its own already.
Ninety minutes after the
doctors broke Mejeur's
water, baby Ashley arrived, all healthy and alert.
(I called my
doctor and he said come in to confirm that my
water had
broken.
Your «bag of
waters» can
break spontaneously or your
doctor or midwife can rupture the membranes any time before or during labor.
Some
doctors also worry about the risk of infection once your
water has
broken.
More and more women are deciding that they want to take back control of their bodies during the labor process and do not want to be subjected to unnecessary procedures (i.e., episiotomy, enemas,
breaking of
water, etc.) Far too often
doctors are performing these and other procedures and giving women pitocin to speed up the labor process to suit the
doctor's own schedule, not the mother's or baby's schedule.
If you have any concerns about your
water breaking, we urge you to contact your
doctor or midwife.
After your
water breaks, your
doctor will limit the number of vaginal exams performed because of the potential for infection.
When my
doctor suggested
breaking my
water 12 hours into my labor to «get things going,» I agreed.
«Call the
doctor when contractions are five minutes apart or if your
water breaks,» we had been told.
My labor progressed very well, and quickly, (4 cm @ 6 am, 9 cm and pushing @ 9 am) and so because I was ready to push, but my
waters hadn't
broken yet so the nurse tried and couldn't and the
doctor had to come in and do it with his tool.
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If your
water did not
break naturally, your
doctor should have been prepared to perform an emergency cesarean section