I had some very small bright red blood spots about a week ago and my midwife said if you get blood loss bigger than a 20 cent coin, without mucous then it may need following up. Otherwise the spots possibly indicate your cervix dilating, and stopping is normal.

With my son my show was like a big blob of jelly with blood streaks and it was followed up by more and more coming out within an hour after it happened. I went into prelabour pretty much straight away, early labour about 3 hours later and birthed 20 hours after the show. I think shows usually happen anywhere up to about 2 weeks before birth?

Good luck!!!