Where have you gone into labour?
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Topic: Where have you gone into labour?
Posted By: Leishamaree
Subject: Where have you gone into labour?
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:45am
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I keep having dreams about going into labour/waters breaking in wierd/awkward/public places (mall/petrol station/swimming pool etc)
Has anyone gone into labour somewhere 'different'? All of my friends seem to have started when they were at home/in bed etc - surely not everyone is that lucky? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   </a
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:51am
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hehe , with C I was at home , playing barbies with my sister
with Ty , I was in the car, had just been to the mw who told me we would book an induction , got into the car and the "oh f*ck , now I remember " contractions started , we were still able to go and have lunch with his parents , then go home and watch movies before I needed to go to the maternity unit tho At my friends funeral, one of her other friends went into labor, kept it to herself tho cos she didn't want the spotlight to be taken off my friend ... ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:58am
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I lost my show at my mums work, but waters broke later at home... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 11:13am
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I was just at home, but my friend's waters broke in a cafe in town and they called an ambulance for her. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 11:40am
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I am boring and at the hospital both times. Andrew's broke after I had been told to go to sleep and we will start again tomorrow morning with the induction. Josh's were broken by my MW. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 11:41am
Forgot to add I always thought I would go into labour at Denny's at the Welly mums meet ups! As that was around my due date, but nope she came a week early 
My MIL went into labour outside Kircaldies and Stains in Wellington (a big department store), her waters broke in the door way lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 12:24pm
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#1 - at the hospital (was induced)
#2 - laboured at home.. then I remember laying on the bed and telling DH that I needed to pee.. he helped me off the bed and woooossshh! waters broke and she was born an hour later! #3 - at home. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 12:36pm
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My waters broke while I was in bed asleep. Very boring!
But I know what you mean about the dreams leading up to it all though. I had all sorts of weird dreams about going into labour and not being able to find DH or my friend going into labour and I had to carry her to the hospital
Oh and the "best" one - I didn't show up at work coz I was in labour but I was more worried about work than the baby ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 12:53pm
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my waters broke in the shower which was lucky
my cousin is due at the moment and my mum keeps incouraging her to sit on one of the couches she wants recovered everytime she visits hahaha -------------   
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 12:55pm
| I'm another boring one, at hospital, went into labour at home though. I did have all sorts of dreams like it happening in the 4square. I seemed to have that one alot |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 12:59pm
| Labour started in the day at home with #1, and while I was asleep with #2. Both times I was well in to labour before my waters broke- the mw broke my waters whwn I was 6cm with #1, with #2 I was 10 cm dilated and pushing him out at home when my waters broke! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 2:07pm
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I had my waters broken at hospital, but I started getting regular contractions when I was in the supermarket, by the time we got to the carpark I was leaning over the trolley have them 4mins apart!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: princesspumpkin
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 2:53pm
He he..my waters broke spectacularly when I was having dinner at DH's bosses house!! Halfway through the main course, and a gigantic whoosh all over their fancy dining room chair & the floor  . DH & his boss both started running around, all flustered, I went to the bathroom, took off my jeans (which I'd been wearing under a dresss anyhow), came back with a towel shoved between my legs & insisted that I really needed to eat dessert & the baby wasn't likely to come in the next ten minutes  .
That all happened at 8pm, it turned out we didn't get to meet DS until 5pm the next day, so plenty of time to eat my lemon meringue pie! |
Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 2:54pm
My contractions started at while I was at work. Waters broke while I was pushing (4 days later!!). My mum's waters broke when pg with my sister, at the Easter Show!! Dad and their friends formed a circle around her so she could walk to the car without anyone seeing her wet pants  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 3:10pm
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I went into labour at home in bed - very boring! My waters broke while I was in hospital almost 24 hours later. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Imogen
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 4:05pm
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My waters starting leaking when I was at the mall doing some Christmas shopping....got myself home pretty quickly and the gush came as I was bringing everything inside thankgoodness. ------------- Proud mummy to two beautiful little girls and a precious little boy <3 |
Posted By: Anonymous55
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 5:09pm
AWSOME STORY!! Good on you for not leaving that lemon meringue to someone else! 
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serendipity wrote:Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 7:23pm
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haha. that is hilarious about being at your bosses place. im really paranoid of the same thing because with #1 i stayed at uni till i was 7 days OD and i was always freaked out my waters would break in a giant lecture theatre or in one of my science labs, im still at uni but am leaving on my due date this time but still paranoid
back to the origional question though. i was induced with gel which didnt do a hell of a lot, then my waters broke that night sitting on my hospital bed and next morning he was born ------------- 
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Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 7:38pm
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I was boring as well. Contractions started at home at 7pm, waters started leaking at the hospital at about 8am the next day, and then the MW broke them some hours later. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 7:51pm
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Went into labour at 2am so was in bed at home. Midwife broke my waters at the hospital many, many hours later.
I had recurring dreams all throughout pregnancy however, that my waters were guna break with a huge gush in the middle of pak n save! Thank goodness that didn't happen cause I had an abnormally large amount of fluid come out when MW broke waters! lol That could have been embarrassing! -------------  
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 8:28pm
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#1 - I noticed a show at home when I woke up. Contractions started at work at 9:30am and I was escorted from the building at 12pm. #2 - I had a show at 3am and contractions started at 4am so I was in bed. I was also 4 days overdue and my mw had done an internal the day before and found I was already 4cms dilated and 50% effaced so we didn't stray too far from home knowing that baby would probably make his appearance soon. -------------  
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:26pm
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Number 1 and 2 I had my waters broken by midwife. Number 3 she went to break and swears they broke on their own which mw was pleased with as it didn't break her record. Me on the other hand think she hooked them and broke them without realising it as the other two never broke on their own. iygwim. So very boring and predictable.
As for dreams I had the same recurring dream that I was giving birth to tarzan swinging thru the trees with me running below saying I'm not monkey and can't swing can you please come down. I think it is cause my DH as a child looked very monkey ish with a crew cut and sticky out ears. It freaked me. Turns out I have beautiful non-monkey children who are fine with walking rather than swinging thru the trees lol. |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 11:06pm
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
Kiwi that made me laugh out loud "im not monkey ! " lol ! lovesit ! -------------
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 7:29am
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hahaha kiwi thats so funny ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 7:49am
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I was boring too...at home in bed (3.30am), and then they kept coming for a wee while, so the floor between the bedroom and the bathroom wore it as well...
kiwi - your story made me LOL heheh |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 8:08am
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Mines boring too, broken at hospital.
A lady I know was going to her coffee group and when she got out the car they broke (leaking rather than gushing) she still went in for her coffee with the gals and called her partner who ended up coming and picking her up even though she told him not to. From memory bubs came pretty quick too so was lucky he did! -------------   
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 11:19pm
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Pretty boring here too. Went for Bowen as I was 8 days overdue and ready to try anything. Started feel uncomfy there. Got home and the discomfort turned into 2 minute apart contractions. Waters broke in bath at the hospital approx 4 hrs later. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 7:38am
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Both were at about 11pm / midnight at home after I had been in bed for a couple of hours. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:49am
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Yes i was very boring too , Waters broke at home when i got up out of bed to turn the light off . Altho they did happen to break at midnight on the dot (literally on the dot ) of my due date which was quite random . had Amelia at 1.25pm in the afternoon the next day so for a first bubz it wasnt a hugely long labour . ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 3:17pm
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We're not sure when mine broke. MW was sure they were still there at 5.30 one night then 6.30am they weren't DD's head had come down and blocked the fluid, so when her head came out I felt it all then ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 3:27pm
I was in bed. Contractions woke me at 3am Tues, spent that day home, Wed 130pm I had MW appt so went to that then was in proper labour by 3pm hosp at 1230am waters broken at 115am baby born at 330pm thursday 
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 7:38pm
| Hey how do you know if they break in the bath. I am genuinely curious. Do you still feel it? Since there wouldn't be much of a visual thing. |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:09pm
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My midwife is also a photographer and she was taking my preggy photos and my waters broke all over her studio floors while I was only in my undies and wrapped in some organza material...will never forget it lol -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:58pm
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Did she take a photo ? lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:08pm
My waters were broken by the midwife in hospital BUT I did happen to go into labour dead on Midnight on New Years Eve, Had gotten into bed about 11:30 fell asleep about 11:50 got woken up by someone setting off fireworks right outside my bedroom window to celebrate the new year and felt my first contraction... wasn't sure that it was definitely labour though! She was born 4:27pm later that day  ------------- 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:12pm
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My waters broke at midnight of the day I was supposed to be induced - just as I was waddling back to bed
With Janaya I woke up several times in the night with pains...meh, really boring! |
Posted By: princesspumpkin
Date Posted: 16 May 2010 at 10:20am
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Ha ha, awesome modelling session, Brenna .
Kiwi2 - just before mine went, I felt a weird pop in my belly! I don't know that anyone else could hear it, but I sure did...Wish I'd known to stand up & move when I heard/felt it so I didn't wreck the bosses flash kitchen chair though 
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 16 May 2010 at 8:56pm
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Hi - I'm the one who's waters broke in the bath. I think the plug must have gone with it because there were little bits of stuff floating around, nothing gross though. I felt a release of pressure and a slight popping feeling. Hard to explain - I was on the gas pretty hard by then! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 16 May 2010 at 10:05pm
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Is it possible to hold on to your waters.....??
I was totally busting to go to the toilet driving to the hospital, it was so uncomfortable. As soon as I got to the toilet and sat down let go and there went my waters. Second time I was in bed although didn't realise for a few minutes. I somehow managed to make it to the bathroom before it all came gushing out. Nothing exciting though, I was far too nervous to tempt it. My waters never broke until just before transition both times. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 8:57pm
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had first contraction and waters break at home in bed with Bailey - delivered him 3 1/2 hours later
contractions at home then waters poped when pushing Aidan - in hospital born within minutes of waters breaking (10 hour labour with meds trying to stop it since he was so prem) well apart from the 3 preterm labour scares I had on the day I no prior contractions, they broke my waters and she was born within the hour |
Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 9:48pm
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Waters broke in bed at home. Contractions started 15 mins later. Mac was born 6.5 hours later. BOOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGG!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 7:00am
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mine broke in the bath at the hospital with a huge contraction and a big thud which i think was james head enganging so you deff feel it ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 7:20am
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DS1 was 2 weeks late & I went in to labour at home at 12.30am on the day I was to be induced. We went to the hospital at 9.30am with me in the back seat hanging over the front seat timing my contractions, half way there my waters broke & DH was able to pull over so I could get out...so there is a tree by the road where I stood & every now & then when out that way we would past it & laugh about that morning.
I was in hospital with DS2 a few weeks before he was born & he was delivered early & they broke them while I was in delivery & it was a real gush. I don't recall with DS3 but I was in hospital for an induction that turned into an emergency c/sect |
Posted By: nicandtyler
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 10:58am
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i had just decided to finally go to bed at midnight on saturday night after staying up watching movies (was a week before due date) lay down got comfortable, well as comfortable as you can get at 39 weeks pregnant, and got the worst cramps which turned into horrible contractions, so called my mum who luckily is a midwife and went to the hospital had DS 6 hours later, but waters didnt break until just before he came out, my midwife was acutally just about to break them but they broke on their own, a huge gush! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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