Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) Patient Information Leaflet (987)
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Your baby lies in an amniotic sac of fluid or ‘waters’. Your waters normally break when you are 37-42 weeks pregnant, but for 2% of pregnancies this will happen before 37 weeks. This is called Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes (PPROM).