09/29/2025
Now what?????
On TV, water breaking is always depicted by a big splash, usually out in public, with hard contractions beginning immediately. The woman is rushed to the hospital where a baby quickly comes out.
In real life, that scenario is pretty rare. More often, clients call and are experiencing a little leaking. They think they may have peed themselves, or it could be the water. Even when they are pretty sure their water broke, many times contractions do not follow.
When your water breaks though, you do have decisions to make as to the course of how you want to proceed with your care. Talking to your provider before you have fluid leaking from your body, is the way to go.