I'd been in bed all weekend with the flu and when I woke up, I blew my nose and felt a big pop and my waters gushed eeeeeverywhere all over my bed. I thought I was peeing myself so I tried to use my pelvic floor muscles to stop the flow and it didnt work, so I ran to the toilet (naked, as i'd had hot flushes, with my hands between my legs trying to stop the water). I realized as I was sitting that this wasn't urine because it was clear and slimey. I called for my then partner (DDs dad), and he replied "Leave me alone, I'm playing video games!" LOL! Eventually he came and I told him my waters had broken and he was uber excited.

That was at about 2am. Nothing was happening 12 hours later so I went into hospital (they wanted me to deliver within 24 hours of my waters breaking) and it wasn't until later that evening, around 5pm that my contractions started.

I'm so surprised to see that most women had their waters breaking as their first sign of labour! I always heard it was uncommon.

Oh, and we had to replace the matress :P