Water breaking is the rupturing of the amniotic sac; the amniotic fluid is what nourishes and protects the baby. If you ignore it, you put yourself and your baby at risk. Hopefully your new SIL will explain to your brother how pregnancy and childbirth works 🙄

Um, wtaf? How is this even an issue? As a previous commenter has said, once your water has broken your baby's protective environment has gone and they need to be born. Also, you have no way of knowing how long your labour will last - some women have incredibly fast deliveries. What would your brother have done had you ended up delivering at his wedding?? You tried to plan but unfortunately babies a) can't read memos and b) don't have secretaries to organise their schedules (that'd be nice, huh?). New wife sounds much more sensible - hopefully she chews him out.

Brother is an idiot.

Ask your brother to schedule some explosive diarrhea, see how he reacts. When it comes to the human body, nothing can really be planned 100% of the time. You have nothing to feel bad about. He's probably one of those who thinks a woman can hold in period blood flow too.

I feel a little sad that you even feel the need to ask if you were in the wrong here. You must know that you aren't. The health and well being of you and your child takes precedence over any other event. Your brother sounds ignorant and self-centered.

The brother clearly doesn't understand the inherent unpredictability of when babies are born. There's about a 5% chance of a person giving birth on the baby's due date. The majority of babies are born in a 3 week period (the 2 weeks before, and the week after). ______ The safest thing to do it say to the guest that you understand babies come when they are ready, and do not schedule their arrival to fit with wedding dates.

WTGDF. Boy going to learn a huge lesson one day about water breaking...

This is not the OP's fault. It's the baby's fault. And as everyone knows, it is *impossible* to reason with a baby.

You and your brother have the right to feel disappointed. But in no world does he have the right to blame you. You gave birth, you can't hold it in as if it were pee! You're NTA and you deserve an apology

Sounds like you dont have a brother anymore to me prolly best to cut communication now and save yourself the heart ache later on on the positive side you have a new better sibling (SIL)

Why is this "original content" on BP? Post on Reddit's r/aita and BP can just steal the content later like they always do. You can't even ask "am I the A*****e" without BP censoring it.

I can't believe this could be true! If so, then people have become very self centered and selfish. Of course you had to kiss the wedding, why should there even be a question whether you were justified. Unbelievable. Your brother is TA, and a narcissist!

Your water broke. You WERE in childbirth. Just because it took some time for the contractions to come, doesn't mean you could do whatever. Your brother is an idiot. Beside, due date is not a timetable. A week before due date is too close to plan anything...

NTA - how could you even think you are? How in the hell does your brother not realise how pregnancy/labour works? I understand being upset you weren't able to make it, but these things aren't really plannable (unless you've a pre-booked c-section). Your little bro needs to get reading before his very new wife falls pregant

And if she'd attended the wedding, her brother would be complaining that [natural] responses to labour pains were a distraction for him, his bride and their guests.

Tell bro to go pack sand.

I got jackets older than your brother. He's a kid who was stressed before his wedding day and said something dumb. If hes usually a good brother to you, let this go for your own peace. And congrats on your baby!