Lisa, my last birth I attended at the Royal Womens, the waters had broken at Weds pm after an accupucture session, she had the bubs on Friday and all was fine. So even you could run it past him if you could go out for a walk / lunch or even home after your waters have been broken, unless there are complications. In fact, don't ask, say, 'I'd like to go home if my waters are broken until the contractions are x mins apart.' Maybe you can make an agreement with him as to when you can come back in. But they may not let you full stop due to P_O_L_I_C_Y.