break water
Wave-blocking sea wall
To break water is to emerge from beneath the surface, as when a whale or dolphin rises: The pod broke water just off the bow.
The phrase also describes the rupture of the amniotic sac before childbirth: Her water broke at three in the morning.
A breakwater is a barrier protecting a harbor from waves.
amniotic fluid
Liquid protecting unborn offspring
- contractionsShortened word forms
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
midwife · dilation · cervix · due date · birthing · pregnancy · maternity · gestation · effacement · birth plan