I did nothing. Frankly, I was sort of hoping it would break all over our mattress because I hated it and was looking for an excuse to upgrade to a king anyway. It did not.
I should probably buy a waterproof pad since mine broke in bed last time and we have a memory foam mattress now which would likely be ruined by the level of gushing that happened with DS1.
I have to share my water breaking story because it was so weird. I was 38 weeks even (would have been induced at 39 due to GD) and it was H's birthday. I had just had an appointment and showed zero signs of being close. No dilation, not a single contraction. I woke up and was just DONE. Neither of us wanted to go to work that day, and we laid in bed and said to the baby, "It's Daddy's birthday and we realllly don't want to go to work. Could you do us a favor and be born today? But you'll have to act fast because we need to get ready for work now."
Five minutes later, my water broke in the bathroom.
I hope he is still this good of a listener when he's two.
Post by autumnfire on Sept 28, 2015 8:24:40 GMT -5
I didn't do anything really. We did have a waterproof mattress but that was there well before getting pregnant.
Water broke at home 45 hrs into labor. The first initial break wasn't nearly as bad as all the gushing that happened in the car. I had H put a trash bag on the seat and floor as well as a towel. Went into the hosptial and still continued to gush. I felt embarrassed standing in the door way of the emergency room still because it just wouldn't stop (this was after a 50 minute drive). My husband found it amusing . My Dr said it would only be a cups worth of water. I called complete BS on that lol. DD though was way up high so there was a ton of fluid.
I did nothing to prepare for a possible water break at an unexpected time. With both kids it broke while laboring at the hospital. I did have a friend whose water broke at work, but that only happened to one out of a bunch of women I know.
I did nothing to prepare. At my 40 week appointment with DS, my OB swept my membranes without asking :-< I didn't know she's done that, so my water broke seemly randomly at my parent's house a few hours later. It was a big gush, soaked my underwear and pants. So I don't see how a towel would have helped. It seems really unlikely that your water would break early in labor in the first place, AND while sitting down KWIM. And for me a menstrual pad would NOT have cut it. Not even close. I had to shove a (clean) dish towel down my pants on the drive to the hospital.
Post by shamrockshake on Sept 28, 2015 8:39:16 GMT -5
We had a waterproof pad on our bed. With dd2 my water broke in a spectacular, movie scene like fashion, ALLLLLLL over our living room floor. It would have ruined the couch or mattress, so while it's rare it does happen, better safe than sorry
Post by whitemerlot on Sept 28, 2015 8:39:27 GMT -5
I used a waterproof mattress cover, and still do. I had a towel in the car and pads with me. My water broke when I got out of bed. It was a slow trickle that was contained by a pad until I warn into the hospital. I delivered 38 hours later. I was 40 weeks, 5 days.
We put down a waterproof mattress pad. That was it. As said, the chances of your water breaking is actually pretty low.
My water did break in bed but I was waking up and I felt it the moment it happened so I jumped out of bed immediately. Where ever the tear was, as long as I was upright, it didn't leak. When I got to the hospital and they layed me down - THEN I had the gusher!
I had a towel on my carseat and a mattress pad on my side of the bed. With my first my water broke in the hospital in active labour. With my third, they had to break it because I was stuck at 8-9 cm for like two hours, then bam, I had a baby. But with my second, my water randomly broke while I was sleeping, and then I had to get induced with Pitocin because no contractions happened for several hours. I was glad my mattress was protected
I didn't do anything. It broke in bed and we have wood floors so I was able to clean up the drips on the way to the bathroom. Once I sat down it really gushed and I grabbed a towel and waddles back to the room to tell DH we needed to leave. I did have a towel in the car to sit on which was good.
I didn't. I also didn't pack my bag until I was in active labor with ds, so I'm not a role model on birth preparations. With my last two births, my water broke at home and neither time was any sort of dramatic gush, so a pad was sufficient after the fact.
I didn't do anything, but was also 3 weeks early, so I was not prepared in any way. My water broke at work when I was standing up from squating down to pick up some broken glass. I'm pretty sure it was just contained to my pants, but I didn't check the floor before rushing to the bathroom.
Post by redpenmama on Sept 28, 2015 9:53:57 GMT -5
I didn't prepare. Water didn't break til right before I pushed with my first. With my second, I was sitting on our brand new, like 1-month-old couch next to DD and felt a sharp pain in my stomach and instinctively stood up, only for my water to break all over the floor. So, I probably should've been sitting on a pad or something but lucked out.
I meant to put a shower curtain and old sheets on the mattress but never got around to it. I was induced at on my due date and they broke it in the hospital.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Sept 28, 2015 10:25:47 GMT -5
I had not prepared anything. I am not that much of a neatfreak. Plus, my water ended up breaking in the ER while waiting for my husband (Who was the patient and NOT me, at that hour anyway) to be discharged for gastroenteritis.
I didn't do anything special. Thankfully when my water broke (MOTN when I got up to pee) I had a short waddle to the bathroom plus my pants soaked up enough of the initial gush to not make a mess. I had J fetch me a towel and dry underwear while I sat on the toilet and called the OB office.
I put a waterproof cover on my bed, but judging by the number of drinks I have spilled on my bed through the years, I figured it was a sound decision.
My water did break as the first sign of labor. It broke when I stood up. Not that much came out and it totally stopped coming out. Evidently DS's head corked it until a midwife checked me at the hospital.
Post by Velar Fricative on Sept 28, 2015 10:52:48 GMT -5
Starting at around 37 weeks, I began sleeping on a pee pad because one of DH's colleagues told him that his wife's water broke in bed and they had to replace the mattress. I did not want to replace our mattress! I also took the pad along in the car.
It was clearly ridiculous to do this since I was induced at 41.5 weeks with no progress until then. I suppose next time I should just not use a pee pad and then my water will break spontaneously?
I put a towel in the car in case it broke while I was out and/or to sit on during the drive to the hospital. The first time mine broke in bed. I jumped up so fast that barely a drop got on the bed. This time I was 10 cm and the doctor asked the nurse to get the hook to break my water and then said "nevermind" as my water broke.
This is exactly what happened to me. My H thought I was crazy when I was putting down trash bags and towels under the sheets just a few days earlier.
Post by humpforfree on Sept 28, 2015 11:07:17 GMT -5
I did nothing. And based on my history of low fluid, it wouldn't have mattered if my water broke anywhere besides the hospital anyway. Lol. They broke it during labor and were like "huh, it really WAS low fluid, wasn't it?"