What to do when water breaks?

I'm pregnant with my first. My midwife said to ring the hospital when my waters break just so they are aware but to wait until I'm having 3 contractions in 10 minutes and if that isn't happening withing 24 hours to go to hospital as monitoring will need to be done.

But it may be different depending in your trust

I did all kinds of things to keep me relaxed and happy, put on some music, nice scent, went for a shower, when the contractions started to ramp up a bit I was concentrating on breathing and moving etc.
But unfortunately even after 24hours my contractions weren’t close enough, even ‘painful enough’ so I had to go in. I was advised to do that after I passed the 24h mark

With my first my waters broke, you have to go in for them to monitor you and then if everything is okay (ie no meconium in waters) they will give you a choice whether you want to induce now or wait to go into natural labour within the next 24 hours, if you don’t go into labour naturally within 24 hours then they would like to induce you, but also remember everything is your choice. I would personally not risk it to not get induced if 24 hours have passed as the risk of infection and sepsis is high. But my contractions started and I laboured naturally. But you do need to go in for them to monitor your waters, make sure to wear a pad xx

My waters broke with my first and no contractions, I went in to be checked and also had protein in my urine at that point. When they did eventually start they were nowhere near close enough and my labour failed to progress without help. I gave birth 37.5 hours after breaking of waters and I ended up with sepsis.

If you’re staying at home make sure to measure your temperature regularly and ensure you feel well in yourself and babies movements haven’t changed x

My waters broke 10:25pm of the 9th and by 10:40 I already 3 strong contractions. Called triage immediately it broke and I was told to come in at once with a pad on. I was 5cm when I got to the hospital and I had baby just past 3am. So best advice is to call triage when it breaks so they have u on the clock and give u the next best advice