Tag: pregnancy

  • when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 3)

    when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 3)

    this is part 3 of this story. part 1. || part 2. By late Sunday evening, both my contractions and amniotic fluid leaking had stopped (without intervention/medication). I started guzzling water like crazy because I figured it wouldn’t hurt and could help replace some of the fluid I had just lost. I was discharged late…

  • when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 2)

    this is part 2 of this story. you’ll find part 1 here. When we arrived at the hospital room, one of the first things the nurse did was to listen to baby girl’s heartbeat. To our delight, it was strong. She strapped a device on me to monitor contractions, though at this point they were…

  • when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 1)

    when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 1)

    It all started on Sunday morning, May 1. But I think I need to start with the night before. On Saturday, my family drove a couple hours to meet up with family for the day. During the drive home, Jonathan and I were talking about a bunch of random things. I was telling him about…