water breaking
Amniotic sac ruptures
Water breaking refers to the rupture of the amniotic sac during pregnancy, releasing the fluid that surrounds the fetus.
This typically signals the onset of labor: Her water broke at 3 a.m. and they rushed to the hospital.
Despite dramatic depictions in movies, the release is often a slow trickle rather than a sudden gush.
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- labor painsChildbirth's physical distress
- amnioticOf the embryo's sac
- fluidSubstance that flows
- gushFlow out forcefully
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- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- labor signscontractions, mucus plug, dilation, effacement, active labor
- labor inductionoxytocin, prostaglandins, augmentation, balloon catheter, mifepristone
birth timeline
water breakingconception
Formation of an idea
implantation · first trimester · early pregnancy · quickening
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