bag of waters
Example Sentences
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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 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
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)
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.
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.
