If you experience the following, your waters may have broken: a popping sensation followed by a gush or trickle of fluid. an unusual amount of dampness in your underwear that doesn't smell like urine. uncontrollable leaking of small or large amounts of fluid from the vagina that doesn't smell like urine.

Can an active baby break your water?

“It's essentially the amniotic sac releasing amniotic fluid through a tear,” explains Kaylie Groenhout, childbirth educator and cofounder of Doulas of Northern Virginia. “Membranes can rupture spontaneously at any point: before labor begins; during early labor, active labor, transition, pushing; or not at all.”

Can your water break without you knowing?

Most often, your water won't break until you're well into labor (it happens prior to the onset of labor only about 8% to 10% of the time).1 Still, the fear is real that you won't know the difference between amniotic fluid and urine.