Waters have broken - me again

Ive been told i’ll be contacted within 12 hours to go to hospital for them to check things over as ive got no contractions or anything. My chosen hospital is also full which means i’d have to go further away if i do start contractions now. How long after your waters breaking did your contractions start? This is my second baby but waters never broke with my first

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Mine started 20 hours after (proper contractions) but I had mild ones beforehand. You should insist on getting an examination if your waters had broken.

I had zero signs of labour pre-waters breaking, but contractions started for me pretty much as soon as they did, and built to be intense and regular after about 3 hours. My overall labour was abnormally fast though!

Happened with my first. Went in straight away to be checked over. Was told I had 24 hours for spontaneous labour to start or would be induced due to the risk of infection. Didn't start so as planned I was induced the following day

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