Waters breaking in inconvenient places??

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Has anyone had their waters break in a really crappy place? I'm nearly 37 weeks now and after my works broke spectacularly with my son (at home luckily), I now have a fear of going out anywhere alone in case it happens in the supermarket or something! Tell me your stories (and how you handled it!) 😁

Mine never broke! With my first I had them broke when I was already in active labour and my youngest was born en caul!

My boy was transverse (sideways) so his head wasn't blocking the exit. This meant when my water went, it WENT and carried on flowing freely. Thankfully I was at home but even on my way in to hospital it was pouring through two pads, my trousers and leaving a trial up the corridors. I never knew there would be so much. Thank god it wasn't in Asda so it'd be a giant slip n slide!

My hind waters went in bed but the rest went all over the midwife when she examined me 🙈
My friends went in the town centre car park, I’m worried about something like that. Working up until 38 weeks so worried they’re going to go in work

@ShowOfHands that is lovely! Your mother sounds lovely and how nice of the shop!!

On DD1 mine broke on the toilet before anything else happened. Apparently it's very rare for waters going to be your first symptom of labour. VERY convenient location.

I am now 39+4. I went walking around Tesco yesterday hoping that if my waters went in the biscuit aisle I would get a voucher 😆😆

Anyone have any tips about how to encourage your waters to break/ labour to start? Fed up here.

Mine went just like in a film. Big fish and immediately followed by strong contractions.

She was 2 months early but it was just like Hollywood.

Mine broke in Costa Coffee. Thankfully not loads but I had to stop at every coffee shop, MacDonald's etc on way back to my car to sort myself out!

Big gush!

Mine went as I was waiting to be induced at hospital (the labour ward was full at the time). With my nephew, she was on the train! And my other SIL has quick labours and she nearly gave birth in the hospital corridor.
I read an article once that said a large proportion of women give birth in the hospital car park, it's due to triage staff telling women to stay home and relax before rushing up to the hospital to wait around.

Broken by midwife at the hospital both times at 6cm. Just as well because both times I gave birth within 40 mins!

@SqidgeBum

On DD1 mine broke on the toilet before anything else happened. Apparently it's very rare for waters going to be your first symptom of labour. VERY convenient location.

I am now 39+4. I went walking around Tesco yesterday hoping that if my waters went in the biscuit aisle I would get a voucher 😆😆

Anyone have any tips about how to encourage your waters to break/ labour to start? Fed up here.

It's not really very rare. Waters break first for between 15% and 20% of women so around 1 in 5.

Nowt you can do to start labour sadly. It will happen when baby is ready. Good luck!

Name change for this as it’s outing. Mine broke on the Northern Line on the way home from work (34 weeks).

@ThereSheBlows wow! How did the commuters react?

In a very British way - no reaction at all.

To be fair, it was winter and I had a big coat on, and was sitting down, so they may not have noticed (unless they were standing behind me on the escalator in which case the dripping must have been obvious). Somewhere on a Northern line train there is a seat soaked in ancient amniotic fluid. Sorry Londoners.

My SIL’s broke in the car on the way to hospital. In all the excitement, my brother forgot that his wife’s waters had gone in the car until he got back in it hours later to go home after the baby was born . Apparently it stank (Meconium). They eventually had to get the seat replaced as no amount of valeting could get rid of the stain or the smell.

With my first it was seconds before his head came out and with the second it was in the toilet, it was like I knew it was going to happen! It's not one big fish but lots of smaller gushes.

Mine didn’t but I lived in fear they might. My midwife advised me to carry a jar of pickled onions with me in late pregnancy and hurl it on the floor if the worst case scenario happened in a shop. I am not entirely convinced she was joking.

Apparently M&S used to hand out £25 vouchers if it happened, which was quite a bit twenty five years ago.

Mine was a gush at home but not a big one . If I was in public nobody would have noticed. I heard somewhere that it’s incredible rare for waters to break in public as a big gush like you see in the movies . I’m 37 weeks pregnant now with baby number 2 and it does cross my mind every once and while when in public . I think it would be a funny story to tell if it did happen ! You could start wearing maternity pads when out in public if you are worried !!!

If my waters break this time anything like they did last time, a maternity pad won't cut it, it was like a bucket was tipped over 😆 I was soaked in seconds, including a lovely new pair of boots I was wearing!

Love hearing everyone's stories, not too many dramatic/public ones so hopefully it does mean that it isn't too common!

Mine gushed out like in films. Luckily I had just got up from the sofa and gone into the kitchen when they went. Had no warning that labour was imminent before waters going.
I was so paranoid about them going in a public place that I barely left the house for about 2 weeks before she turned up.