bag of waters
Example Sentences
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The bag of waters helps dilate the parts much easier than the fœtus could do it alone.
From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Lowry, Edith B. (Edith Belle)
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.
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.
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.
The fœtus, preceded by the bag of waters, then descends through the vagina or birth canal until it comes to the external opening of the vagina.
From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Lowry, Edith B. (Edith Belle)
