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It varies from person to person. My wife had all 5 of our children within 20 minutes of her water breaking If your water breaks, ten you will have 2 days ti have your baby at the most because there are risks of infection after your water breaks!

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Your water can break at any time, it does not mean your labour has started.

If your water goes very early, before the baby is able to survive outside the uterus you will have to be very carefully monitored to ensure you do not get an infection. the tear in the bag may heal itself but if it does not you will probably be delivered assoon as the baby is mature enough. You will probably be given antibiotics while you are waiting.

Very occasionally the waters do not break until after the baby is born and the baby is born in the bag. This is called a 'caul' and is supposed to be lucky. the superstition says the baby will not die from drowning. Sailors used to buy the membranes as they believed the protection could be passed on.

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Sometimes the water breaks prematurely and you don't go into labor. This can be very dangerous as there is now a path for infection to get to the baby. If you think your waters have broken go to the hospital as if you haven't gone into labor within 18 hours you will need to be given antibiotics. Well whenever I went into labor, they had to break my water so I wouldn't really know. But what i am sure of is if it does break, you need to go to the doctor right away, they told me the baby should be delivered no later than 24 hours after the water breaks because of the danger it's putting the baby in.

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Whenever the baby is ready. Could be an hour could be 12.

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Once the membranes rupture it is not safe to stop labor because the amniotic fluid is what keeps the baby safe and when the membranes rupture it can start allowing bacteria in to the baby

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Up to 24 hours.

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