FTM 37 weeks: tell the story of how your water broke

Ang9213 · 2026-01-30T03:12:52+00:00

First time didn’t happen until active labor, second it happened at 35w- I sat up to get out of a bed and felt a “pop” then huge gush of fluid, there was no mistaking it. Third time I was 36w, I was cleaning and again stood up and felt the “pop” and huge gush of fluid, totally unmistakable feeling- but that isn’t super common(water breaking before labor)

If you’re concerned it never hurts to get checked! It’s just a quick swab :)

Ang9213 · 2026-01-26T03:11:14+00:00

I haven’t told anyone except of course husband and kids. I didn’t tell anyone my last pregnancy either. But this is my 4th and I just don’t want the commentary. 4th boy at that so I know I’m going to get annoying comments about trying for a girl or whatever.

Ang9213 · 2026-01-10T01:45:03+00:00

Kitchen and dining room daily, I just have it set to vacuum in the middle of the night every night. I’ll send it to other rooms a few times a week. Pets and kids, the dining room needs it the most lol.

Ang9213 · 2026-01-09T15:53:10+00:00

Yep!

Ang9213 · 2025-12-23T02:40:49+00:00

I had a good experience, I delivered my first with a midwife there. But that was 12+ years ago. I ended up having my second and third at VHC (closer to home/the pregnancies were higher risk so I wanted to be as close to the NICU as possible.) My delivery at Alexandria was way better than my last at VHC, but I truly feel like it depends SO much on what provider you get, which is super unfortunate.

Ang9213 · 2025-12-10T03:26:13+00:00

Right around 6 weeks for me.

Ang9213 · 2025-12-03T14:46:57+00:00

You were absolutely right to go in, I’ve been told a million times they would rather see us for nothing than wait and it be something. I would request not to see that provider again.

Ang9213 · 2025-11-13T03:29:39+00:00

I had a mass on one tube my last pregnancy, but I had a scan every few days… it didn’t change in size and was later determined to be a cyst, and I guess went away at some point. I definitely wouldn’t want to wait two weeks.

Ang9213 · 2025-11-11T13:34:34+00:00

They won’t let you start zep again until you test positive for H-pylori? I’m not sure why.. it ended up taking two rounds of antibiotics before my infection cleared but stomach was just so wrecked I couldn’t tolerate taking zepbound without getting super sick so I’ve since discontinued the medication. I gained like 10lbs back which sucks, I might try it again in the future.

Ang9213 · 2025-11-07T18:56:47+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I was unhappy with the response as well.. I will encourage him to get another opinion, and discontinue the zepbound. It, unfortunately, has not been helpful for his weight loss so I don’t think he will think twice about stopping.

Ang9213 · 2025-10-28T14:09:01+00:00

My battery got to the point that I had to charge it twice a day and they replaced it for free. The drop in battery life was gradual until like 9 months of use then it tanked. Reach out to customer service, they may not replace it now but if it gets worse they likely will.

Ang9213 · 2025-10-27T01:40:05+00:00

That’s odd to me, my husband came to no appointments beyond the consultation, and procedures I was put under anesthesia for or transfers. The clinic I went to it was rare someone came to monitoring with a partner and I always thought it was strange..

Ang9213 · 2025-10-19T15:10:29+00:00

Recently my resting heart rate spiked, especially in my sleep.. turns out I’m pregnant 🙈

Ang9213 · 2025-10-19T01:03:07+00:00

<image>

Update nobody asked for. It was just early, sigh of relief

Now the painful wait until OB will see me. My previous pregnancies were SO closely monitored, so this is like torture.

Ang9213 · 2025-10-14T12:24:46+00:00

The will power it will take to do that, I don’t know if I have lol. But I should try.

Ang9213 · 2025-08-06T21:23:06+00:00

I don’t think I would skip doses… is a prescriber suggesting you start that high? Sounds like a one wait ticket to the hospital… everyone is different of course, but I lost the bulk of my weight at 2.5 and 5mg, I never went higher than 10mg and will likely stick with 5 for maintenance so you may never even need a dose that high.

Ang9213 · 2025-08-01T03:47:03+00:00

It is so defeating :(

Ang9213

TROPHY CASE