This is a subject close to my heart at the moment being only 3 days off my due date. First time round they broke when I got up to go to the loo in the middle of the night. I sat down on the loo and felt a bit of a gush and to be honest I just thought my pelvic floor had finally given up. I didn't realise what it was straight away.

Got back into bed and still felt like I was leaking a bit so I got up again and put on a pad. Then I got my first contraction! I had very mild contractions and the waters continued to leak very slowly, like a dribble, all through the night. A pad was fine to contain it. It was only a little gush here and there, so small that I still wasn't absolutely sure that it was my waters leaking.

I am planning on driving around sitting on a folded up beach towel just in case ...I've heard that amniotic fluid can ruin the car upholstery!