bag of waters

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Staff dilated her, causing “a bulging bag of waters”, but refused her request to break her water and begin delivery, the report says.

From The Guardian

For some women, the bag of waters breaks before labor begins or perhaps as the first sign of its beginning.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

The other symptoms which point to the actual commencement of labor are a frequent desire to empty the bowels and bladder, nausea and vomiting, which, in the early part of confinement, is a good sign; shiverings, unattended with any sensation of cold; and, finally, the rupture and discharge of the contents of the 'bag of waters.'

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg