How long after your water breaks 'should' baby be born?

So just like the topic says......

If your water breaks on your own, or it's broken for you .... how long do you have to safely deliver your baby? What is too long? and why? Anyone in the know?

I'm also not talking about a small leak in the bag, but full out broken! lol

ive heard 24 hours

It depends on when it breaks in pregnancy and if you are in a hospital setting. Or if there are any other problems. Generally i think its supposed to be 24hrs but it really depends on the circumstances.

I think 24 hours. Otherwise you can have the risk of infection .
Unless you tested positive for Group B Strep. Then they want you to have the baby sooner..... (I believe)

Quoting Kass.:“ So just like the topic says...... If your water breaks on your own, or it's broken for you .... how ... [snip!] ... What is too long? and why? Anyone in the know? I'm also not talking about a small leak in the bag, but full out broken! lol”

24 hours. Anything over that and you risk infection.

Quoting ~:Ashley{18 weeks}:~:“ 24 hours. Anything over that and you risk infection.”

 

it's not too long becasue since your water is the baby's amniotic flluid, it's crucial to his/her life. watiting too long will kill the baby. its best to get to a hospital and if you are in the hospital, they should monitor the baby's heartrate in case she/he's not coming and they need to preform an emergency c section

24 hours. because of infection if it goes any longer.

Quoting ♥wit*knee♥:“ I think 24 hours. Otherwise you can have the risk of infection . Unless you tested positive for Group B Strep. Then they want you to have the baby sooner..... (I believe)”

actually...they probably would stall you long enough to get an IV of antibiotics in. because if you don't get it, the baby could be very sick after its born.

Quoting Rainbow NotSoBrite★:“ it's not too long becasue since your water is the baby's amniotic flluid, it's crucial to his/her life. ... [snip!] ... hospital, they should monitor the baby's heartrate in case she/he's not coming and they need to preform an emergency c section”

The baby can die? I never heard that.

dr's want the baby out within 24 hours to prevent infection, but in some cases they will try to keep the baby in longer as long as the fuild isn't two low (but those are extrem premiee cases)

Ok, this is why I asked - I only heard after the fact that it was 24 hours. My water broke for my daughter at 7am on a Friday morning, and she wasn't born until 1am on Sunday. I was 36 weeks. I got to the hospital around 9am and they kept me there the whole time, but I wasn't progressing enough, as she couldn't fit through my pelvis eventhough she was small. So that's 42 hours!

Quoting Kass.:“ Ok, this is why I asked - I only heard after the fact that it was 24 hours. My water broke for my daughter ... [snip!] ... time, but I wasn't progressing enough, as she couldn't fit through my pelvis eventhough she was small. So that's 42 hours!”

they probably started I V anitbiotics at some piont, but being 36 weeks no they wouldn't want to rush as long as she was doing ok

My water broke at 2 am on wed, and I had him via emergency c-section at 120 pm thurs. I was on an iv the entire time because I had group b strep

my Dr said they had to have ny son within 18 hours when my water broke...I'm sure they put antibiotics in the Iv because you were only 36 weeks and they wanted to wait...