Where were you when you went into labor?

[pinotgrig]

And how did your labor start?

[Brie]

In a hospital bed, both times. Two inductions, one ending in a sunroof exit.

[simpsongal]

Water broke in bed at 5am. I had to be induced later that morning.

[countthestars]

home both times (11pm, 8pm)

started as crampy contractions

[turtlegirl]

In the hospital. All 3 pregnancies ended with inductions.

#nothelpful

[undecidedowl]

DS1- In bed at home, my water started leaking but I wasn't positive. Contractions started at work.

DS2- In a hospital bed, by induction.

[pinotgrig]

In bed. I woke up at 4am with period-like cramps. I shrugged it off and rolled over until I woke up again at 6am. I remember thinking, "Blah - period time" until I remembered I was pregnant.

[meltoine]

First, at home. Water broke.

Second, at home. Contractions woke me up around 4am.

Third, at a Prenatal massage. Water broke when I got up to put my clothes on.

[glitzy07]

In my bed at home.

I was scheduled for an induction the next night, so we went on one last date before having a baby. We walked all through a classic car show and then went to dinner. Fell asleep when we got home and woke up with back pain that I initially assumed was just from all the walking. Within an hour it was clear they were contractions and my water broke all over my kitchen floor at 3:30am.

No labor with D. He never dropped and so I had to schedule a RCS.

[pinotgrig]

Jul 6, 2016 12:46:51 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Water broke in bed at 5am. I had to be induced later that morning.

How did your bed/mattress fare? H is super concerned about my water breaking in bed. Lol

CC: jenn248

[mskitkat]

Water broke in bed at 11 pm. I had to get cervidil to start contractions. My mattress was saved thanks to a waterproof mattress protector, thank you extreme paranoia.

[jenn248]

DD1 - At home, watching a really bad Matthew McConaughey movie. What I thought was Braxton Hicks got more regular and kind of painful, although I wasn't entirely sure it wasn't indigestion from too much Mexican food at dinner.

DD2 - At home, fast asleep. My water broke around 2 a.m. and woke me up. In retrospect, I am not sure how I ever doubted it was my water breaking, but at the time, I was afraid I'd just wet the bed.

[hetty]

At work when my contractions first started. Fortunately it was towards the end of the day so I only had two or three of them at work.

[jenn248]

Jul 6, 2016 12:49:06 GMT -5 pinotgrig said:

Jul 6, 2016 12:46:51 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Water broke in bed at 5am. I had to be induced later that morning.

How did your bed/mattress fare? H is super concerned about my water breaking in bed. Lol

Not simpsongal, but I had just put an XL puppy pee pad under my mattress pad two nights before my water broke, so mine fared pretty well  

[thebreakfastclub]

Attached to a bag of pitocin!

[matildasun]

I woke up in labor both times. The first was around 5:30 am and the second was 7:30.

[winemaker06]

Kid 1 - water broke at work, had to be induced 5 hours later
Kid 2 - crampy contractions started while in bed, then water broke in bed 1.5 hours later.
I had a lot of preterm contractions, but the real thing WAS recognizable!

[sunshine608]

In bed around 2am. I woke up and felt like I was having my peiord and then realized the reality. I went to the bathroom and TMI..

Since I had a scheduled c-section a few days away, I called first thing in the morning and as I was getting ready to go to the doc, my water broke.

[bcv513]

My water broke in the bathroom in the middle of the night. I thought I was still peeing for like five minutes

[lostarz]

At home, although they weren't super strong or close together. I ultimately went into "real" labor at my MILs house but we were there because they were only like 2 miles from the hospital. I labored there until contractions were closer together. They had to break my water at the hospital.

[bcv513]

Jul 6, 2016 12:49:06 GMT -5 pinotgrig said:

Jul 6, 2016 12:46:51 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Water broke in bed at 5am. I had to be induced later that morning.

How did your bed/mattress fare? H is super concerned about my water breaking in bed. Lol

CC: jenn248

I took the waterproof crib mattress cover and put it on my side of the bed

[pierogigirl]

DS1 - induction in the hospital. ETA: water broke at 4 cm.

DS2 - labor started at 10pm with me feeling "something" every 15 or so minutes. Got to the hospital after 1 at 6cm, so the "somethings" were definitely contractions. I had never felt them in early labor since it took many hours of pitocin to get the party started with DS1. ETA: water had to be broken at 9 cm because my cervix was swelling and I lost a cm.  He was born shortly after that.

[h]

1 - at home in bed; woke up at 5am with contractions

2 - started having irregular contractions at home on a Saturday morning; lasted throughout typical Saturday activities (bday party DS1 was invited to, park, etc.); eventually concluded it was real labor Sat night after dinner and went to the hospital in the wee hours on Sunday morning

3 - started having contractions at home early in the morning; went to an important all-day meeting for work and then my kids' science fair in the evening, timing contractions throughout the day; it was clear by the end of the day that I was in labor; went to the hospital at ~11pm and had a baby about an hour later

[brady2012]

My water broke while walking the dog before work in gray yoga pants, I would not recommend it. I am fairly certain my neighbors thought I wet my pants.

[Deleted]

O: Contractions slowly built over a day and half. Shit got real about 3 hours before he arrived.
R: Water broke at 7am (in bed). Shit didn't get real until about 8:30pm that night (30 min before he arrived).

[abs]

My water broke at home. But it was a slow leak so I didn't know. I thought I was just peeing on myself. So I went to Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house anyways and pigged out on food. Then we went to the hospital just in case and yeah...baby was born a few hours later.

[Deleted]

It was a Monday morning, and I heard a pop while I was peeing. Then I stood and felt a little gush of fluid. I called H to come home from work, and a few hours later we were at L&D. They confirmed it was amniotic fluid, but it was a very slow leak and I had no contractions. They sent me home until that night. When we got back, I was having only mild cramping, so they started pitocin to augment labor.

[dcn]

Ds1, at home in bed my water broke. H was smart and stripped the bed after I jumped up so all was fine!

Ds2 at home after the ob stripped my membranes. I just had contractions, the ob broke my water the next morning after not making much progress.

[blueberry10]

Home both times - 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., with crampy contractions (and puking for the first one).

[mrshandy]

DS - At home watching a movie
DD - Asleep at home

No water breaking just progressively worsening cramps