I was putting washing on the line when my waters broke. I was 41 + 1, but it was still quite a shock. I had given up all hope of going into labour naturally by then. Luckily, I had no mess to clear up cos I was in the garden! Lol.
I was due to have a sweep that afternoon at my surgery, but since my waters had broken, when I got there, the midwife sent me to hospital to get the possible meconium checked out that had appeared.
We went to hospital after doing a food shop & getting some dinner cooking. I certainly felt in no rush. We assumed we would be back in a couple of hours once they had checked me out. I had no expectation to be kept in hospital because I didn't realise I was already contracting and dilating by this stage.
However, things progressed fairly quickly and we got home the next day with our brand new baby girl.