[HappyNurse2005]

okay, so i've heard this mentioned a few times. sounds like a load of hoodly to me.

one patient, primip, had been ruptured for 20 hours or so. said something to the effect of she didn't want to go for 24 hours post AROM, b/c she didn't want a "dry birth".

one lady, a visitor of a laboring pt, said she was "in active labor for 10 days. my water broke on the 6th, i delivered on the 16th and it was a dry birth"

so educate me. b/c not a single birth i've seen in my year as a l&d nurse has been the least bit dry

[dawngloves]

There's no such thing.

[KellNY]

Originally Posted by dawngloves

There's no such thing.

Amen to that!

Invent one and you'll be rich.

It's an old wives tale.

Having said that, births with someone who PPROMed 8 weeks ago vs. someone with a normal AFI are noticably *less wet*. But dry?? Nah!

[jannah]

Never heard of such thing!

[Hopefull2009]

I've heard of a dry birth ever since I can remember. It's something used by "mountain folk" mostly.

I've also heard from nurses that it's a medical urban myth.

They do have something around here they call "middlesmirts". I'm sure someone older than me can correct me if I mis-spelled that.

"Middlesmirts" is when you have a bad ovulation which results in extreme pain, nausea, fever, but it goes away on it's own...and all you can do is lay there and suffer through it.

[dawngloves]

Originally Posted by Hopefull2009

I've heard of a dry birth ever since I can remember. It's something used by "mountain folk" mostly.

I've also heard from nurses that it's a medical urban myth.

They do have something around here they call "middlesmirts". I'm sure someone older than me can correct me if I mis-spelled that.

"Middlesmirts" is when you have a bad ovulation which results in extreme pain, nausea, fever, but it goes away on it's own...and all you can do is lay there and suffer through it.

It's mittelschmerz. and a very real medical occurance.It can last an hour or a couple of days. I get it on my right side probably from old appy adhesions, but I wouldn't say it's debilitating.It's more like, "Owie. My ovary!"

[GoLytely]

I've only heard the term "dry birth" refer to a baby that is born out of the water vs. birthing in a pool of water.

[KellNY]

Originally Posted by motorcycle mama

I've only heard the term "dry birth" refer to a baby that is born out of the water vs. birthing in a pool of water.

never ever heard of it used that way.

[cardiacRN2006]

Originally Posted by Hopefull2009

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They do have something around here they call "middlesmirts". I'm sure someone older than me can correct me if I mis-spelled that.

"Middlesmirts" is when you have a bad ovulation which results in extreme pain, nausea, fever, but it goes away on it's own...and all you can do is lay there and suffer through it.

Mittelschmerz isn't ovulation gone bad, lol. It's normal. For me, it means it's time to get busy, and it happens every single cycle. BTW, the 'fever' is from your temp rise after ovulation. It's how you would know you ovulate. It's from your 'hot' hormone, Progesterone.



http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregna...z_9jnz,00.html
A "dry birth" is what they used to call a birth in which the bag of waters (amniotic sac) breaks early in labor, as it does about ten percent of the time. It certainly is misnamed because even when this happens, the woman's body continues to make a fresh supply of amniotic fluid right up until the baby is born.

[Dalzac]

When my daughter gave birth 15 yrs ago she had originally gone in for an ultra sound she wasn't due quit yet but very sonn When they did the US she had no amniotic fluid at all and was rushed into surg for a ceaserean(?) So within 30 minutes they delivered. Why would that be an emergency?
I have heard of dry birth and thought that was what she had.
I have no experience in that field and haven't got a clue.