bag of waters

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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)

And now if the pains are returning every three to five minutes or if the bag of waters has broken, the patient should go to bed.

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

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)

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 fœtus, preceded by the bag of waters, then descends through the vagina or birth canal until it comes to the external opening of the vagina.

From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Lowry, Edith B. (Edith Belle)