Her water didn't "break". It started leaking. I believe if it had broken all at once with a gush, she would have had to go straight to the hospital and probably labor would have started--but who knows for sure--that's an "if"--didn't happen that way. From what I read in various statements (doctors) her amniotic fluid leaked, and even when she got to the hospital labor had to be induced.
vaudine
With one of my kids, my water leaked all day. Went to the doctor, he did a test and told me I was mistaken. Later that evening my water broke and it gushed, had to be induced and still didn’t have him for another 17 hrs. My water broke with all three, never had the Dr. tell me to rush and the shortest labor was 9 hrs.