I wish I had thought of the shower curtain for the bed. We have a lovely yellowish stain on our matress now from my waters breaking with DD. You should have seen the look the removalists gave to us when they moved the mattress. It was like ummmmmm who has a bladder problem, I was quick to explain it was my waters, don't think they liked that much better, lol.
I couldn't imagine how embarrassed I would have been if it was in public, mine broke with a huge gush.
I went with a mattress protector, which I kept on for the first few months also as newborn bubs tend to make a bit of a mess too and it is really delicious to spend time in bed cuddling, feeding an just hanging out bonding with bub.
It was not something I considered before the arrival of DD, I only considered waters breaking as my reason for protecting my mattress, but I was so glad I had it on when DD did an almighty spew that first time!
We had a few towels on the mattress in the appropriate area and I always carried a towel with me when I went out in the last few weeks. There was one in the car from about 36wks on. I also carried spare undies and skirt/trousers JIC.
I had an incontinence pad on later in pg with DD2. My waters didn't break by themselves though, but and incontnence pad can hadle sudden bursts of liquid.
A good mattress protector is handy anyway for milk/blood leaks afterwards anyway and a number of other things. I was lucky cause I was out of bed by the time my broke. They gushed so badly I couldn't really go back to sleep anyway and after wetting through a packet of pads and 2 towels just sat on the loo and stood over the shower! Not sure if you can buy blue plastic sheets to put on the seat or under sheet like they use for oldies in nursing homes etc.
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