How long can water be broken without going to the hospital?

Google says 48 hours? Does this look like my water broke ?

I’m almost 36 weeks with my third baby… my second baby my water broke at 36 weeks but it was just a slow trickle over several days so I’m in high alert now being paranoid about it happening the same way again.

I’ve had a bad cough for the last 2-3 days and started peeing myself when I cough (that’s nothing new). Then today I realized even immediately after I completely empty my bladder, liquid still comes out when I cough. I’ve been changing pads every few hours thinking it was pee.

This picture (sorry tmi) was not even 10 minutes after I had totally emptied my bladder, but then I coughed and felt a small gush went to check and this is what my underwear looked like. No spotting or anything just mild cramps. Could this still be pee or am I just trying to be optimistic? (I’m hoping my water didn’t break)

I really don’t want to go get checked tonight bc my MIL was supposed to watch my two toddlers but it’s NYE and she’s not available tonight so I feel stuck until the morning 🤦🏻‍♀️

Should I just monitor the leaking over night and do kick counts to make sure I’m still getting good movement? I called my L&D but it just rang and rang no answer.

Update: I went last night and they said it wasn’t my water 🤦🏻‍♀️😆 so I guess I’m just peeing myself

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