I was forever sitting on towels and blankets etc at home and in the car, but it never occured to me to do that outside of home Anyway when my water broke I had a sharp pain and 2 'pops', scared the crap outta me so I got outta bed and bammo it started pouring out! Just when I thought it was finished it kept coming. I'd sit or lie and it would stop and the when I stood it started again. So it didnt matter what i had under me it was soaking through