Water breaking prep
Is anyone prepping for their water breaking? I'm a FTM and not sure if we should be covering our new mattress in plastic or something? Sorry if this is a silly question. I really have no idea!
As PP have said, I wouldn't worry about it. Being said, we've pretty much always kept a waterproof sheet on our bed between my husband sweating so much in his sleep and his occasional accidents in bed (he'll be in a dream within a dream and swear he actually woke up to go pee, until he sets himself). If it were to happen in bed, as unlikely as that would be, we're good.
My water broke at the beginning of labor with my first, on our carpet in the bedroom and I didn't even bother cleaning it up haha. Then i leaked some more in the bathroom...hallway...living room...in the car..You've got more on your mind than cleaning your waters! Plus, water breaking at the beginning of labor is so rare.
Mine didn't break with my first two, but did with my third. I was asleep on the couch and it woke me up, felt a pop and I jumped up, (may or may not have screamed a little.. haha) and ran to the bathroom. It didn't leak until I got to the tile floor, luckily. Probably because I ran so fast lol. Mine was a huge gush. The bathroom rug and my pants were soaked, and it just kept coming! ? I'm always terrified that it will break at work...
Out of my two previous pregnancies only with my first did my water break in bed. I woke to go to the bathroom early that morning and when I turned over I felt the pop but nothing came out. It wasn't until I actually got up, used the restroom and was on my back to my room did liquid actually start to trickle/stream down my leg. It wasn't a big gush of fluid all at once as soon as it broke.
Oh yes. My water broke overnight, waking me up. And its not like it's done after it breaks. I wasn't prepared as I was 10 days early, and actually convinced I was going to be overdue so still had to shower, pack a bag, I even did laundry (had no contractions). I eventually had to send my husband to the store at 5am with instructions to buy the biggest pads they had just so we could make it to the hospital. It just kept coming in gushes, soaking towels and my clothes. P.s. I was only dilated to 1/2-1 by the time we went.