What Happens When Water Break During Pregnancy?

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Your experience of delivering a baby may be
different from your friends, relatives, or
neighbours. You must have also heard a lot about
water break during pregnancy. Since this is a
really uncomfortable situation for you, you might
feel panicky or nervous.
Do You Know What a Water Break Is?
During pregnancy, the fluid-filled amniotic sac
keeps the baby inside you safe and cushioned. At
the beginning of labour, when the membrane
ruptures, that is known as water break during
pregnancy (One must not confuse it with losing
the mucous plug). Having said that, when youre
getting ready for the delivery of your baby, your
water breaks and leaks or goes out through the
cervix and vagina. This usually occurs when
youve reached the 39th week of your pregnancy.
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Can Your Water Break Early?

• However, if the water breaks before your
  contraction begins, that is, before reaching the
  37th week of your pregnancy, it is known as
  pre-labour rupture of membranes (PROM). But PROM
  is a rare occurrence. Moreover, you might be at a
  high risk of PROM when
• You dont get enough nutrition
• You are pregnant with twins 
• You have too much amniotic fluid 
• You bleed in your second and third trimester
• You may have an infection in your womb
• Your cervical length may be short

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How Does It Feel When Water Breaks?
The water-breaking signs might appear different
for each one of you. But, how will you be able to
tell whether your water has broken?

• While some of you may feel a fluid trickling down
  uncontrollably, others may feel dampness in the
  innerwear. Such dampness may look like you might
  have peed or have had a vaginal discharge. But
  there is a thin line between urine and amniotic
  fluid. Urine is pungent-smelling while amniotic
  fluid is odourless, colourless or pale-yellow
  liquid.
• There is constant leakage 
• You might feel a slow drip
• The leakage may start and stop 

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What To Do When Water Break During Pregnancy?
While for some of you, labour may start soon
after the water has broken, for others, you may
experience some delay in water breaking. However,
if, somehow, you dont feel any signs of
contractions, after your water has broken which
may be due to the early stages of labour, or mild
contractions you neednt worry at all. You can
deal with it either naturally or medically. As
far as the natural treatments are concerned, you
can walk slowly, take some rest, and do some
relaxing activities.
On the flip side, to deal with your water break
medically, your healthcare provider may suggest
you be at home and wait and see whether
contractions start. Your healthcare provider may
even suggest a visit to the hospital after you
experience the water-breaking symptoms.
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Water breaking can be both challenging and
exciting. After all, very soon your baby will
arrive and your whole world will revolve around
him/her. Accept the challenge with a smile.
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reaks-during-pregnancy/