Mucous Plug

[Rhi315]

Has anyone on here began to lose their mucous plug?? I think I'm losing mine but I'm not certain. We had sex yesterday afternoon, and this morning when I wiped there was a clear/white snot like string that came out =/ (sorry if TMI) but it happened twice this morning, and I can't tell if it's semen or part of my mucous plug. Can semen even stay in you for that long when it has no where to go? (since my cervix is obviously sealed.) lol. I can't remember if this happens whenever we have sex or if I'm just picking at every detail now bc I want the baby out.. haha. Help meeeee!

[angela418]

Mine was blood tinged and looked like a gigantic ball of snot.  I lost it in two parts in one day the week before I was induced.  Some people gradually lose little pieces over the course of several weeks, but it can re-build itself.  They also call it a "bloody show" because of the blood streaks.  I forget the actual difference between "mucus plug" and "bloody show" - who knows the answer to that w/out me having to look it up? ;-)

[Manderella2]

So what does this mucos plug look like?

[Rhi315]

Yeah, I asked my Dr. to check me today, and I'm still closed =/. I know that being dilated doesn't mean labor will begin soon, but I feel like, any bit of dilation you can get in before labor begins the better off you are, or shorter your labor will be. I go back weekly now, yay =] these few weeks are going to FLY by. I just know it.

[Manderella2]

Hahaha yeah kinda gross I know...  but thats good to know that it doesnt really matter just like dialating... Are there any real signs labor is soon?? Hahaha

[angela418]

Yep, Rhi315 is right - just because you lose your mucus plug, or some of it, doesn't mean labor is immediate.  It can re-build itself or it may just be another few weeks before labor starts.  I lost mine in two big nasty snotty reddish chunks (TMI) on a Friday and was induced the following Thursday, 6 days later.  I was induced at 40 weeks 4 days.  Who knows when my labor would have actually started, but I'm guessing not much longer after that since I was already 40 weeks.  In your case, you have a couple weeks yet, so yours might rebuild itself and you may lose it again.  But, now that you're full term (37 weeks by some charts - 38 weeks by others), if you do go in to labor, your baby will be healthy and ready to take on the world! :-)  

[Rhi315]

@Maderella2 hahahaha omg. the way you said that make me LOL literally.

and i don't even know if that's what it was or not. So I'm going to try to stop picking at every little detail and let whatever happens, happen whenever it wants to.

@tjmenez10- My OB told me that losing your mucous plug means absolutely nothing at all. That some women freak out bc they lose them really early, but they can regenerate. I know people who have lost theirs and didnt go into labor for 4 weeks.