bag of waters
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About this time the bag of waters usually bursts, and, as a66 rule, this marks the beginning of the "second stage of labor."
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
That membrane forms a complete bag over the fetus; this bag becomes filled with liquid, so that the fetus floats freely in a bag of waters; this bag bursts only during childbirth.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
After full dilatation has been accomplished and the membranes can serve no further purpose, they rupture; as the midwife puts it, "the bag of waters breaks."
From The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris)
The bag of waters in which the baby is enclosed throughout the pregnancy may have broken at the beginning of labor, before or during the first stage.
From Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 by United States. Office of Civil Defense
Wood reports a case in which there was expulsion of a bag of waters before the rupture of the membranes.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
