bag of waters

Example Sentences

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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.

The bag of waters helps dilate the parts much easier than the fœtus could do it alone.

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

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.

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)

As noted above, the first subjective symptom may be the rupture of the bag of waters, and it is imperative to prepare at once for the labor.

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