bag of waters
Example Sentences
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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.
For some women, the bag of waters breaks before labor begins or perhaps as the first sign of its beginning.
From Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 by United States. Office of Civil Defense
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)
The bag of waters in which the baby is enclosed throughout the pregnancy may have broken at the beginning of labor, before or during the first stage.
From Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 by United States. Office of Civil Defense
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.
