Tag: water breaking
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Understanding Water Breaking During Pregnancy: What You Need to Know
At home insemination So, you’re probably wondering when and where your water will break, right? In movies, it seems to happen dramatically days or even weeks before the due date. But in reality, most women experience this event during the early stages of labor, and it’s usually not as theatrical as you might think. How…
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Heads Up: Your Water Can Break While You’re Peeing … or Snoozing
At home insemination If you think you might have just had an accident, hold on a second. You know that classic movie moment where the pregnant woman is in a high-stakes meeting and then, bam! Her water breaks? Or maybe you’ve seen her getting into a heated argument with her partner, and suddenly there’s a…
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Why Your Practitioner Might Need to Break Your Water During Labor and How It Works
At home insemination As your due date approaches, you may have questions about the labor process, including the moment your practitioner might need to break your water. This procedure, known as amniotomy, involves artificially rupturing the amniotic sac to help speed up labor. What is Amniotomy? Amniotomy refers to the intentional breaking of the amniotic…