I was asked a strange question, that I was not sure of the answer.

[Rainbowreflect]

So of course since it was a strange question I figured I'd ask DUers.
How much water does a pregnant women lose when her water breaks?
When I had my son they broke the water at the hospital so I had no idea.

[Book Lover]

1. Gee, how much could it be?

I remember not just about soaking a regular maxi pad I had on (proactive - I did that when I was a few hours into labor), FWIW.

[Bunny]

2. Between 20-30 gallons.

:D

I don't really know, and I've had two kids!

[amerikat]

5. water weighs 8 lbs. per gallon.

so your talking about losing 160-240 lbs. Whoa!

[Spinzonner]

3. None

It's amniotic fluid

[n2mark]

4. Not sure

but with my daughter I gained almost 40 lbs, when I left the hospital I lost 45 lbs. Does this help you?

[n2mark]

7. Forgot to mention

six months after by daughters birth I lost a total of 60 lbs.

[RoeBear]

6. 2.2 pounds

but I don't know what that converts to in fluid ounces.

after reading reply #5 I can say that there is about a quart of amniotic fluid

[Spinzonner]

8. Fluid Ounce is a unit of volume, not weight

http://www.answers.com/fluid+ounce&r=67

[RoeBear]

9. I knew that

and yet there is a way to convert a known weight of a fluid to the number of fuid ounces.

[Spinzonner]

10. Not without specifying the density of the fluid

and its temperature and pressure may be significant in some cases

[AlienGirl]

11. A quart or so, but

If your water breaks early in labor, your body will continue to produce more amniotic fluid. (My water was broken at about 24 hours; I delivered at hour 42.)

Tucker