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As labor begins, the muscular wall of the uterus begins to contract as the cervix relaxes and expands. As a portion of the amniotic sac surrounding the baby is pushed into the opening, it bursts under the pressure, releasing amniotic fluid.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAnswer
Hormones are released which tell the waters to break and tells the muscles to start contracting (contractions) so the baby can be born
(though sometimes after the water has been broken it may take weeks or months to actually have the baby (especially if you are preterm).
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It would certainly not take months or weeks for the baby to be born after the waters have broken (as the previous answerer has said) because there is a much higher risk of infection after the waters have broken because the baby is not so protected, and so the mother would be induced
The pressure of a contraction.
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∙ 15y agoIt happens when a pregnant woman is about to have her baby, the fluid sac that surrounds the unborn baby breaks and the fluids come out - hence "The water broke"
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