How come only a few percent of womens water break naturally?

Question

How come only 5-10% of womens water break naturally? I am pregnant with my 4th and never experienced my water breaking on it's own. I even went to 42 weeks with one but my water didnt break until i was already in the hospital bed. But my friends water broke naturally at 38 weeks. How come some do and some dont? Just curious

Answer 1

I have no idea. I know that mine did though, thought i peed myself.  

Answer 2

The first one didn't break naturally and the second one did, after I was at the hospital, but it did break on its own. They all will eventually, but doctors often do it when things are at a stand still. If you wait it out, it will break on its own, but why not let a doctor do it and get on with it.  

Answer 3

Good question! Some women have only their hind or fore waters break so still need to have them broken. I guess it's just one of those things

Answer 4

Because it is broken by the doc before it has a chance to push the process of giving birth forward.  

Answer 5

i just asked my doctor that last week i am 38 weeks pregnant and they said the healthier the women is the harder it is for their water to break.  

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I had 4 and never naturally had my water break.     Probably more that fact the doctors want things to hurry along more than anything else.  100 years ago we would have had to wait.

Answer 8

ALL women's water WILL break at some point but in general the bag of waters is not supposed to break until you are dilated to 8 cm but once most women get admitted into the hospital the doctor breaks the bag of water to get things moving more quickly. however if allowed to progress naturally the water would break but doctors aren't big on waiting for things to happen naturally. it is actually possible to give birth with the water bag still in tact and it will break as the baby emerges.  the longer the water bag is left in tact the more symmetrical dilation is and there is less head molding because of the cushioning, also those labors are supposed to be less painful.

Answer 9

I dont know really. my water never broke naturally with either of my kids, the midwives had to break them when i was 8cm dialated. Just one of those things

Answer 10

That's not correct - 10% of women's membranes rupture PRIOR to the onset of labor. Once labor is underway, most women will rupture spontaneously at some point.

Artificial rupturing is often done to hasten labor, not because it is really necessary to do so.

The mechanisms of why the membranes rupture when they do is poorly understood despite all the research done in this area.