water breaks

idiom

US
used to describe what happens when fluid suddenly comes from a pregnant woman's body because her baby will be born soon
Her water broke early.

Examples of water breaks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ clinical guidelines for managing pre-labor rupture of membranes, in which a patient’s water breaks before labor begins, state that women should be offered options, including ending the pregnancy. Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024 Last year, after the hottest summer in Florida’s history, advocates pushed Miami-Dade to pass protections for outdoor workers, including mandatory shaded water breaks on hot days. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024 Cook had suffered a preterm premature rupture of membranes, when water breaks and amniotic fluid is lost before the fetus is viable. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023 In the middle of a biblical deluge and after her (ahem) water breaks, Comer’s unnamed character heads to a hospital that is struggling to get by with emergency generators and an overtaxed fleet of ambulances. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024 What’s Next: Rules on water breaks remain, for now. J. David Goodman, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023 Like Kristen Anaya, Derick Cook's wife Anya Cook suffered preterm premature rupture of membranes, when a pregnant woman’s water breaks and the amniotic fluid is lost before the fetus is viable. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2023 What happened to Cook's pregnancy is not an uncommon complication; the doctor diagnosed her with PPROM -- preterm premature rupture of membranes -- when a pregnant woman's water breaks before the pregnancy is viable. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023 When her water breaks and her home starts flooding at the same time, did the belly prosthetic do half the work for you during that harrowing sequence? Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023

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“Water breaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20breaks. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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