What is it that breaks the waters??? -

with my first, my waters didn't break until i was fully dilated, and into the pushing phase. i was sitting on the toilet at the time, had only just started pushing, and all of a sudden during a contraction there was a massive commotion in the toilet, and fluids squirting everywhere - my waters had broke under the force of the contraction, and had sprayed into the toilet like a high-pressure hose. myself and my DH got such a fright with the suddenness and the noisiness of it all, and my DH actually said to me "that baby isn't in the toilet is she?!" he thought she had come flying out there was such a commotion!! with my second baby the cheeky Ob broke my waters with a hook WITHOUT my permission because i was 7cms dilated when i arrived and he examined me, and he was heading off to do an emergency c-section in theatre and wanted me to deliver soon after he was finished that, and thought breaking my waters would speed the process up. it was a yucky feeling as i was on the bed at the time and it all just ran out of me!! anyway, i don't think it did much good, because it was still another 4 hours until my DS was born and the OB had to wait in his car in the carpark until i was ready - he he he!!!