At 10 cm a few minutes later,
midwife broke my waters, and the urge to push came over me.
It was a long night of painful back labor, but on Tuesday, December 29, 2015,
my midwife broke my water and that's when little Amelia's journey began.
At 9:00 a.m.,
my midwife broke my water.
The midwives broke my waters for me, and I moved into my final phase of labor.
Not exact matches
Then our
midwife offered to
break my
water.
If you experience your
water breaking before the start of labor, call your
midwife or doctor to discuss your symptoms.
My
midwife Missy and her student Lila Rose thought it would be a good idea to check me and see if they could
break my
water.
When they clocked 20 hours since my
water broke and I was still only 6 cm, the attending physician recommended a C - section and our
midwife, who had accompanied us to the hospital agreed.
I was told to come to Mount Carmel hospital at 8 am on the morning which I did, I was examined and was told I was 2 cm dilated so I had started labour naturally, my consultant
broke my
waters this time though it was explained to me exactly what was going on by the most wonderful
midwife in the world, Karen..
Even as I yelled to the
midwife as she frantically set up the birth tub, «My
water broke and I'm bleeding» she yelled back «It's normal!»
When my
water broke and I was nervous, she was the first person I called (even before my
midwife).
I had the antibiotic on standby, and planned with my
midwife that I would wait for another risk factor to turn up before they would be administered - ie go into labour before 37wks (didn't)
waters broken for more than 18hours before birth (with my little rocket?
Once your
waters have
broken, your
midwife may ask your permission to attach a clip attached to a wire to the first baby's head to get a more accurate measure of their heartbeat.
The problem I see is that direct entry
midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the
breaking of her
water, or illicit use of medications).
In most cases, your doctor or
midwife will
break your
water when the baby emerges, if it hasn't popped on its own already.
Finally about 8:30, the
midwife said, «I can
break your
water and you'll go quicker but maybe more painful.
Your «bag of
waters» can
break spontaneously or your doctor or
midwife can rupture the membranes any time before or during labor.
We communicated with the
midwives over the next couple of hours, and when my
water broke at two in the morning, we headed to the center.
If you have any concerns about your
water breaking, we urge you to contact your doctor or
midwife.
Planning a
midwife - assisted home birth, Naseman and her family calmly reacted when her
water broke at 39 weeks during her nightly foot rub ritual with her husband.
Soon after the
midwife left for the night, Adam's
water broke and she noticed there was meconium in it.
My
midwife mentioned this to me at my postpartum visit and said that she and the assistant
midwife had noticed the odd shape even from when they
broke my
water.
(My second child was a homebirth, and my third child was supposed to be a homebirth as well before my
water broke so early and I had to transfer out of my
midwife's care.)
I called Nancy, my
midwife, and explained to her that my
water had
broken and I was having strong, irregular contractions.
The
midwife came in and confirmed that my
water «was definitely
broken» and told us to head to the hospital ASAP.
We checked in with our
midwife all day, and she said that as long as my
water had still not
broken, we could stay home until contractions got closer together.
The
midwife told me to tell her if my
water broke, and left to get a drink of
water.
My labor didn't leave the «prodromal» stage until I hit a 6 and my
midwife decided to
break my
water to get my contractions consistent.