Where were you?

With my first child I was in the hospital having a stress test. They couldn't get any contractions to check the baby's response so they were going to give me some meds to make me contract a little. Before doing so they did an ultra sound to check the baby's age and position. The meds had the potential to trigger full labor and they wanted to be sure the baby was mature enough and in birth position first. They found it was mature enough but breach so planned to have me stay over night and have a c-section in the morning. I was scared. I had never had to stay on the hospital for anything and the thought of surgery.... my anxiety triggered labor and within couple of hours I started having contractions and felt like I had to pee next thing the bed was flooded. I was in too much pain to care. With my second I went in for my usual final visit and stress test only to find I was in labor, dilated about 2cm, and had been slowly leaking amniotic fluid. As for embarrassment... I think God made the right choice when he gave women the ability to bear children. Men could never handle the personal embarrassment we go through to bring life into the world. lol

With my first child I never knew when my water broke because I had already had an epidural. I thank god I wasn't at home when my water broke. For my second child I was already in the hospital having contactions. The nurse told me to stand up and walk around to help deal with the pain and poof my water broke. Even though I was in the hospital I was still embarassed. I never got to get an epidural that time.

Hi Humbug, I have never had it happen as I am prebooked well in advance to have a GA caesarian because of a pelvic injury which means they can get in but can't get out LOL. Your poor mum, on a bus, how embarrassing. I am sure there will be many more people sharing embarrassing moments like this with you. Have fun with the discussion. Ellie :D

I also had my water broke by the nurse in the hospital. I went into labor around 2 in the morning and got to the hospital at 6 am. Then around 10 they broke my water because I had dialated to an 8 and it hadn't broke on its own yet. Then I had my son at 12:28 pm. The best day of my life!