bag of waters

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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)

This is a rule that must not be broken, because of the danger of infection in those cases where the bag of waters may have broken early in the labor.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

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

The bag of waters is the sac of membranes in which the child is inclosed.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

For some women, the bag of waters breaks before labor begins or perhaps as the first sign of its beginning.

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