Mamas whose water broke - what was it like? Did you know it broke? Was there a lot or a little?

When I was 40 weeks I was 1cm dilated. When I was 40+6 I was only 2cm dilated but went into labour that day. I had early labour symptoms starting at 4:30am that day, just mild back aches & tightenings (non painful) that would come and go every 1-2 hours. Around 5 or 6pm that day I noticed it was getting closer together & more regular so I started timing them. Still non painful but very regular and within 2-8 minutes of each other (varying). Around 7:30pm my husband and I went for a walk, half way through I had a big contraction (first one that was somewhat painful & stopped me in my tracks) and then I felt a gush of liquid soak my panties. I wasn’t sure if it was my water but as we kept walking I kept feeling more come out, felt like I was getting soaked so we walked home. The contractions continued regularly and got progressively more intense. When we got home I sat down on the toilet and a gush came out as if I was peeing but I wasn’t. I continued leaking fluid for a few hours

Every time I got up to walk somewhere in the house it dripped out, I ended up having to get checked at my midwife clinic (got there around 9:30pm) and it was continuing to leak as I moved around at the clinic

It broke at 40+1 weeks and at my previous checkup (2 days before) I was 0cm dilated. It felt like a vaginal discharge when it came out, it completely wet my pants, then it stopped for 30min and after that it was like a fountain. I was wearing two pads going to the hospital and even so I arrived with completely wet pants. I had no contractions before, they started an hour after.

I didn’t want to be induced either, my midwife team and I were prepared to go past 41+3 with fetal monitoring & stress tests if I didn’t spontaneously go into labour, but I did. So hang in there 🤞🏻

Felt like a gush, I was laying in a hospital bed at the time, never saw the colour or anything as the nurses had me covered but they confirmed it was my water.

My water broke with both my girls. Once when I was sleeping it was enough to wake me up and a few weeks ago I stood up and felt a gush and I continued to leak every few mins after. For my first daughter I was told once your water breaks you continue to leak until birth.

My water broke in the middle of the night (40+4). I woke up and I felt like a bunch of moisture on my thigh and then I stood up and it kept coming down. There was no question to me that it was that. I went to the bathroom and put on a pad and it was soaked in about half an hour. Contractions were about 3 mins apart an hour after the water broke At 40w I was 1cm and when the midwife showed up to my house I was 5cm and delivered 3 hrs after my water broke.

Mine broke in the middle of the night when I got up to pee. The flow was never ending and had to wear an adult diaper. My husband who helped clean me up said it has a different consistency than pee or water, almost slippery.