In my first pregnancy my membranes ruptured (with a big gush) at 35 weeks (I had a previous bleed at 33 weeks but did not seem to be related). I went into the hospital and was seen by an OB and it was agreed that I would go home and wait to see if labour started spontaneously and see my regular OB (who was on holidays) in 48 hours. I went in to see my OB after 48 hours, I had no signs of labour, my cervix was unripe and certainly was not dialating but I did have some further bleeding and my baby's head was sitting very low. We decided to wait as I was only 35 weeks and agreed that the risks of prematurity outweighed the risks of infection and took a course of antibiodics. Fluid continued to leak in gushs but I had an ultrasound and monitoring and my baby was happy so we waited... On the 11 day I decided to have an induction as there was still no signs of labour and I was now just on 37 weeks. I had a healthy baby on the 12th day after my membranes ruptured, vaginally with no other interventions.

In my second pregnancy my membranes ruptured naturally a few minutes before my baby was born. I had a posterior labour (planned home waterbirth) and my baby turned naturally being born in an anterior position. Very different experience.