Interesting. My waters never broke so in the end I let them be ruptured (I'd been 10cm for ages but with no urge to push) but it still took about 3 or 4 hours after that for Caty to be born. Still had no urge to push, but it was a relief that my belly wasn't so tight if that makes sense. But next time if it happens again I wont be letting them be ruptured. Lol, I was too scared to push with them intact as I thought it might hurt (errrr how stupid) and didnt' know I could birth with my waters unbroken (roll eyes now). I thought labour was a step 1, 2 then 3 procedure!

In hindsight, my midwives probably just didnt' want to be drenched with my waters when I was pushing (fair enough!).