Once your waters have broken they do like to give you 48 hours max.... make sure that you don't have a bath, and try to refuse the internal exam while you aren't contracting. And don't stick anything up there - all are increasing the risk of infection. You don't have the bacteria G something or other do you? (I can never remember the name of it!!) If you do then they will want you to get the baby out!!

If you really don't want to be induced and pushed to have this baby within the timelimit just stand your ground. Agree to daily monitoring (with no IE) but nothing more. Of course they will try to convince you that you are putting the baby at risk, but as long as you are staying clean that isn't necessarily so. Stay home as long as you possibly can.

As for the gush - nothing you can do about it. Your waters are constantly replenishing (even when you aren't leaking) so while your waters remain broken and the baby remains unborn you will get lots of gushes. Your face hands and feet are likely to fill up with all the excess fluid too but there is no harm in all of this. Just uncomfortable! I remember it all so well....

Goodluck with it all, I really hope you get to see your Ob or that the one you do see is equally non-interventionist! I can't wait to hear the result... so exciting!