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Re: water breaking

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:33:45 -0600 (CST)

At Thu, 8 Mar 2001, adrianna wrote: >
>if your water breaks at TERM (or close to it), do you have to call doc
>immediately (like in the middle of night) or can it wait till morning
>(assuming no blood, contractions...). I know you're supposed to call
>immediately if it's preterm, but I'm unclear about term.
>Thanks

If you bag of water breaks at any time, you should go directly to the hospital. You don't have to break any land speed records, but I wouldn't waste any time... Lynn 

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana


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