One of the possible signs of labour is breaking your waters - actually this happens less often that you might think. Here I discuss what happens next and what advice we are or are not giving women on their options if the waters break before contractions start.

Want to know more?
https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/giving-birth/what-expect-when-your-waters-break
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005302.pub3/full
Prelabour rupture of membranes: induce or wait? - Evidently Cochrane
Recommendations | Inducing labour | Guidance | NICE
https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.14821
https://neonatalsepsiscalculator.kaiserpermanente.org/
You may also wish to revisit Episode 66 Group B strep.

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