waters

[trixipaws]

whats this i'v heard about "hind waters" and "first waters"- is there more than one? i thought u just had one waters!

 

[Tangerinedream]

ive always wondered this too

 

[*saulino*]

Hi

Well from my experience my waters broke a day before i was induced and when i was in labour they said they had to break my waters again as only im guessing the bigger one broke so yes i believe there is too which is why it can either gush out or just trickle.
Anyone who knows different please correct me
Katrina

 

[kellie80]

Only my hind waters broke with my 1st child and I wasn't much more than a trickle. Everytime I stood up a small trickle would run down my leg. I left mine a couple of days cos I wasn't sure what it was and eventully went into get checked out and it was my waters so I was lucky I didn't get an infection. My waters went propally about 8cm and there was a big difference. With my 3rd child my waters broke and I could definatly tell. Although they didn't gush it was a LOT more. i would put on a maternity pad and it would be soaked through In minutes.

 

[Nicola]

The 'fore-waters' are the large volume of fluids in front of the baby's head or a leak of the 'hind-waters' which is the smaller amount of fluid behind the baby's head which people usually experience when they feel a slight trickle/leaking etc - hind-waters are not usually an indication of an immediate onset of contractions as there still won't be enough pressure on the cervix to cause labour.

 

[Nicola]

Oh and just to say the hind-waters (fluid behind baby's head) is what is measured if you have a nucal fold scan done at 12 weeks to give an indication of things like down's syndrome or the similar but genetically worse edwards syndrome etc.