what does water breaking look like during pregnancy?
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When your water breaks you might experience a sensation of wetness in your vagina or on your perineum, an intermittent or constant leaking of small amounts of watery fluid from your vagina, or a more obvious gush of clear or pale yellow fluid.
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At 12 to 16 weeks If you miscarry now you might notice water coming out of your vagina first, followed by some bleeding and clots. The baby will be tiny and fully formed. If you see the baby it might be outside the sac by now. It might also be attached to the umbilical cord and the placenta.
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During the natural process of labor, the water breaks when the baby's head puts pressure on the amniotic sac, causing it to rupture. Women will notice either a gush or a trickle of water coming out of the vagina.
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There are no proven safe ways for a woman to break her water at home. It can be dangerous if the water breaks before natural labor begins or before the baby is fully developed. During the natural process of labor, the water breaks when the baby's head puts pressure on the amniotic sac, causing it to rupture.
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Why (and How) Doctors Might Break Your Water (Some OBs will go ahead and break your water at 3 or 4 centimeters.) The reasoning behind this: “Artificial rupture of membranes” (popping a hole in the amniotic sac) will usually jumpstart labor by getting serious contractions underway.
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The main concern of your water breaking early is infection for both you or your baby. While more and more research is showing that longer windows of time may be safe, it's true that there is a standard of 24 hours in many medical settings.
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At 12 to 16 weeks If you miscarry now you might notice water coming out of your vagina first, followed by some bleeding and clots. The baby will be tiny and fully formed. If you see the baby it might be outside the sac by now.
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Mild abdominal cramps. Vaginal spotting or light bleeding. Preterm rupture of membranes — in a gush or a continuous trickle of fluid after the membrane around the baby breaks or tears. A change in type of vaginal discharge — watery, mucus-like or bloody.
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It often starts and stops, and may be watery and dark brown in colour. Some women mistake this bleeding for a regular period and don't realise they're pregnant.
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["Lower belly. A woman's pregnancy bump may look like it is sitting lower when the baby drops.", 'Pelvic pressure pain. ... ', 'Pelvic pain. ... ', 'Easier breathing. ... ', 'Hemorrhoids. ... ', 'More discharge. ... ', 'Frequent need to urinate. ... ', 'Back pain.']
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['Cervix softens and opens to about three or four centimetres.', "Baby's head comes down in pelvis.", 'You have diarrhea.', 'You have "show" (slightly pink, vaginal mucus).', 'Your water (amniotic sac) leaks or ruptures.']
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During the natural process of labor, the water breaks when the baby's head puts pressure on the amniotic sac, causing it to rupture. Women will notice either a gush or a trickle of water coming out of the vagina. Many doctors say that women must give birth within 12–24 hours of the water breaking.
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['Your water breaking.', 'The placenta peeling away from the inner wall of the uterus — either partially or completely — before delivery (placental abruption)', 'Certain health conditions in the mother, such as chronic high blood pressure.']
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Amniotic fluid is clear and a pale straw colour. Sometimes it's difficult to tell amniotic fluid from urine. When your waters break, the water may be a little bloodstained to begin with.
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The water should be clear, but may have bits of 'show' in it. This may be small clumps of jelly like substance and may have streaks of blood. Normal amniotic fluid does not have a very strong smell. You should change your sanitary pad at least every 4 hours.
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Amniotic fluid is clear. Something that may help you be able to discern whether or not your water has broken is being aware of what the amniotic fluid (the technical term for your waters!) actually looks like. If your water has broken, it will be odorless and be clear in color.
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What Does Amniotic Fluid Look and Smell Like? Another way to tell if your water broke is to observe the look and smell of the fluid. If it's clear, pale yellow, or tinged with blood and smells slightly sweet, that's amniotic fluid. Urine tends to be darker yellow and smells like ammonia.