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mucus plug

I just hit 38 weeks and about 7am this morning i lost my mucus plug. This is my first child so i was wondering how long after do you normally go into labor??
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Hey everyone is different but I lost my plug over 2 days and 2 hours after I lost the 2nd batch I started having contractions and had him 14 hours later which was this mornin
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7745094 tn?1396429352
I lost mine 2weeks ago, Im now 39weeks and still nothing :)
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7358510 tn?1427032173
Ive been loosing it in bits since 20w
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7754230 tn?1408540347
I'm a ftm, how do u know when you lose your mucus plug?
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I lost mine last Saturday so its been a week and iv heard they can grow back so I dont know
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Thank you guys
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8572167 tn?1398761519
Labor could be days or weeks away
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You might got 3  to 4 days to u go in to labor...mines came out nd 3 days later i had my son.. good luck
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8526246 tn?1405601876
It could be the same day or days from when you lose it. Up to maybe weeks.  
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