Do you wear pad during late trimester?

I know I’ll be in a pad for weeks after birth so I refuse to wear one now at 38 weeks even though I’m concerned about water bag bursting at an inconvenient place 😆 anyway friends tell me it starts as a trickle and you have an hour or so until it starts to gush uncontrollably. My first 2 had water bag burst by Gynae so I have no first hand advice though.