will my water break on its own?

Question

I am on my 3rd pregnancy and my last two babies were induced ..my first the doctors had to break my water,with my second my water broke on its own but after many many contractions and after having epidural so i nevr felt it break and minutes later i gave birth...is there a chance my water will break on its own this time around? is there anything that i can do to help it come on its own,or will i prolly have to be induced once again? btw,im only 3 months but im just curious for when the time does come.

Answer 1

Waters naturally break 15% of the time. I've had two labors...the first did not and the second did. I say no way to predict...sorry!

Answer 2

There is no way for sure to know when (or if!) your water will break. Why did the doctor "have" to break your water with your first? Did he really "have" to do it or was he being impatient and trying to hurry you along? The reason many women have AROM done is that the caregivers (and mom) aren't patient enough to just WAIT for it to happen!

Actually, the longer you can labor with your bag intact the better. This will make labor more comfortable for you by providing a bit of a cushion for your cervix. AND there is less chance of infection to you and baby.

With my first, I labored unmed with my bag intact for about 16 hours at which point I consented to AROM. This ended up being a good choice as it kicked me right into transition. 45 mins later I was pushing and 45 mins later he was born.

With my second, I arrived at the birth center with my bag still intact and ready to push. I pushed for a short while and then my MW did AROM during the pushing stage. Turns out that was probably a bad choice this time around as it brought her down in a bad position. She was harder to push out even though she was almost a half pound smaller than my first! It took 12 mins of pushing after my water was broken.

With my third I had a home waterbirth. My bag of water broke on it's own while I was in the tub pushing her out. She was born seconds later.

AND.....it's FINE for them to be born "in the caul" meaning that the bag of water never breaks! It's considered good luck!

Answer 3

More then likely, no. Only 10% of pregnancies have their water break on its own.

I had it happen twice. Thankfully it did not break when I was in preterm labor with my twins. We held them off and the ob broke it during a scheduled c section.

Answer 4

mine never broke.
it was weird that morning my mom told me that my baby wont be coming out for a long time because she didnt drop, but the traffic was really bad so me and my boyfriend turned around and went home and waited for the traffic to clear up. (we were going to work) about 9:00am i started having contractions so he brought me to the hospital, by the time we got there (9:15am) i was 2cm dialated by 9:30am i was fully dialated.
the nurses broke my water.
i didnt get an epidural, there was no time.
everybody i know there water didnt break on their own. the doctor/nurse had to break it

Answer 5

Since your water didn't break on its own the first two times, it is likely it won't break again. Not very many women's waters will break on their own anyway. But, you never know!

Answer 6

manually breaking your water isn't solid and might reason an infection to you and the newborn. intercourse is spectacular throughout the time of pregs. yet only be careful. you are able to flow into exertions. I had a solid by down the night before my water broke. would be unable to tell if it grew to become into the intercourse or it grew to become into only time for her to get right here.

Answer 7

Walking helps your water break.

Answer 8

Chances are, no. The majority of the time, a doctor has to break your water for you.