bag of waters
Example Sentences
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After full dilatation has been accomplished and the membranes can serve no further purpose, they rupture; as the midwife puts it, "the bag of waters breaks."
From The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris)
And now if the pains are returning every three to five minutes or if the bag of waters has broken, the patient should go to bed.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
That membrane forms a complete bag over the fetus; this bag becomes filled with liquid, so that the fetus floats freely in a bag of waters; this bag bursts only during childbirth.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
This is a rule that must not be broken, because of the danger of infection in those cases where the bag of waters may have broken early in the labor.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
About this time the bag of waters usually bursts, and, as a66 rule, this marks the beginning of the "second stage of labor."
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
