What happens if waters break at home but you have a c section planned

Hi all I’m just curious, if your waters break at home but you are planned for a c section, can you still have your c section, thanks

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I have a planned c section for the 11/11/24 and was told if I go into labour in the meantime, they assess you and either encourage natural birth or you go for an emergency c section

My baby was breach and on the day when I had an appointment to get my c section booked my waters broke at home. We went to the hospital straight away and I had section 6 hours later.

This happened to me!! My water broke but I didn’t have any contractions or anything. I called the hospital and they told me to come in and get assessed. I went in and had my baby by c section by 5:30pm!! 💙
All situations are different but definitely go in and get assessed is the number one thing to do I would say!

I got told that if I did go into labour before my C-section to go in right away at the first sign of labour and it would become an emergency one. They didn’t even mention doing a natural birth

Yeah you just go in straight away and they do it asap for you, just call up and make them aware you are coming in, happened to me with my first

You go to hospital, it’s not an emergency section though, it would be considered unplanned. Emergency is when there is a threat to life for you or baby.

Thanks all this is good
To know , I’m only 26 weeks pregnant and due to gd and on insulin and my sugars are still all over the place , so am opting for a c section as he was measuring big at my 20 week scan but never thought to ask about it hat if waters go at home, so thank you all for your replies it’s much appreciated it x

My waters went 3am the morning of my planned section, they just brought me forward from last to first but If needed they would of just took me in as “emergency but not rushed emergency”

oh wow was baby born breech

I would think they would encourage you to have a vaginally delivery if things are okay to go forward with that. If the babybis breached or something serious, you would have an emergency csection. Good luck!

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Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back