Sep 10

"…Your Water Is Gone!"

“Your water has broken and we need to do a cesarean section. Believe me, you don’t want to experience a dry birth since your water is gone”. -OB

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Kat had this to say, Sep 12, 2009 @ 9:42 pm (Quote)

Yeah, I mean, it’s not like the fluid regenerates or anything. That’s just crazy talk.

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Jessica had this to say, Sep 14, 2009 @ 12:21 pm (Quote)

BAHAHAHAHAHA! Where did this OB go to school? LOL!

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Lisa had this to say, Sep 17, 2009 @ 1:55 pm (Quote)

Wow. Guess I shoul’ve had cesareans for my last 2 then. Funny how things were so dry I was still leaking 88 hours after my water broke & there was a huge gush of liquid right behind my baby

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Bron had this to say, Sep 22, 2009 @ 2:26 pm (Quote)

How sad that my mum said this (she trained in the 50s) and they haven’t actually updated their ‘knowledge’.

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Azucar had this to say, Sep 28, 2009 @ 7:37 am (Quote)

I’m sorry, but this is what happens when OBs do correspondence medical school. I mean, clearly, this could not have been an actual medical doctor, just one playing one on TV.

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Rachele had this to say, Oct 6, 2009 @ 11:22 pm (Quote)

Wow, my waters were broken for nearly 50 hours before my baby was born, and it was anything but dry! Constant leaking, lol.

An OB would have c-sectioned me for sure. I had broken waters at 36 weeks and NO labor for over 2 days. Baby and I were in perfect condition, so we just waited for her, and she finally made her appearance!

Ladies, get a GOOD MIDWIFE!

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Kat had this to say, Oct 7, 2009 @ 9:34 am (Quote)

Rachele, I have a friend whose water broke at 32 weeks. She was admitted to the hospital and given treatments to help the baby’s lungs in case labor could not be stopped. He was born *3 weeks* later.

Yet other women are told they “must” have a c-section a couple hours after their waters break. Things that make you go “Hmmm…”

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Heather had this to say, Nov 16, 2009 @ 1:58 pm (Quote)

My water was broken for 40 hours before my second baby was born. I had an easy four hour labor because we just waited for labor to begin. “Dry birth” my A**. It was anything but dry. Good thing she was born at home.

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Sheva had this to say, Nov 16, 2009 @ 3:15 pm (Quote)

My friend’s water broke at 22 weeks, and the OB recommended terminating. But she stayed in bed, leaking for 8 weeks before the baby was born. He’s fine now, although the beginning was a little rough because he was 10 weeks early.
My point – he’s fine. And after 8 weeks of little to no fluids – like I explain to people – he was getting a shower, not a bath.