When Did You Lose Your Show / Mucus Plug?

Xander-had it the day before, was induced the next day. Labour wasnt progressing on its own.
Declan-never saw it, was induced too.
Anneliese-Had it at 25w, at 30w contracted an infection due to having a bath with no plug. Had emergency c/s

I had mine during the first few hours or labour. I had no idea what it was and almost had a heart attack,lol

This is a great thread, even if a bit TMI in some parts...hehe!

Anyway, yesterday & this morning I've had what sounds similar to some others in here...the clear/yellowish goober like stuff coming out and I'm thinking that it must be my plug!!!! I'm 38.5 weeks along and have been having some crampy pains (but not regular) over the last week also... Does it sound like I'm getting close?!?! :)

Also, should you phone the hospital or OB when you loose the plug or just wait for labour? I have no clue?! Thanks!

Towards the end of pregnancy an increase in progesterone production results in more mucus - the sticky slippery /cloudy type. The show is more like EWCM and can have streaks of brown or red in it, so it may just be mucus.

Sherie I had no clue either! I lost mine around lunchtime and like you had had pains on and off for ages. About 12hours later I lost a gush of what I thought was more mucous, but now I'm aware it was my water breaking!:dunno: :eek: I had pain on and off for two days after that, but it wasn't bad enough for me to feel I needed to tell anyone, so I never thoguht to. I saw the ob on the thrid day and had heer late the next night - It can never hurt to ring and ask is the moral of the story! I had to have a thousand antibiotics because I had been in labour so long with little fluid for her.

I am 39 weeks pregnant and im pretty sure i had the show in the evening on the 6th of Novemeber, but still nothing has really happened... i have had contractions here and there but nothing solid...i have done the long fast walks and drank the tea... i was wondering if there was anyone on this forum who had a show but didnt go into labour until more than a week? or if it means anything?

Mustang

I had the show just before i went into Hospital i was in labour and i called the hospital to see if i should come in and they said yes! I went to the toilet and thats when i had the show, so i knew things were going to start soon and omg did they, luckily it the worst of it was in Hospital. I got to the hospital and they took care of me after 12 hrs of labour i had my beautiful little girl Tayneesha. I was 2 days off being 40 weeks pregnant when i had my show.

With Ashton I was in labour and had a bloody show about an hour before I went into the hospital. Arrived just before 8pm and Ashton was born at 1.36am.

Love

I had my show when I was about 5hours into labour, i went to the toilet & it plopped out!! It was red/pinky in colour. Nixon was born 10hrs later.

I had a 72 hour labour, and I *think* I saw mine on the second day. It's all a bit of a blur until I got to the hospital and the gas which was the day I had her!

In any event, there was no mistaking it. It was like a pinky colour and like was definately like ewcm, but I'd say thicker and I was surprised by how much of it there was.

During labour / Lost show with water being broken

I was loosing bits and pieces of my plug for about 2-3 weeks prior to labour, but lost the rest in a big chunk (about enough to fill a teaspoon) on Tuesday at 4pm and had contractions for several hours afterwards. Wednesday was a quiet day with no contractions at all but then 2am Thursday (today) my waters broke.

I had my SHOW on the day I was due to have my baby !!

... My daughter was born almost exactly 48hrs later :dance:

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Mine started while I was in hospital having contractions. My water broke some 24 hours before my mucous plug dislodged.

Never saw it. Could be still in there!

More than Once! LOL.

Ok, I will go with "During labour" because 3 of them were during labour. The other two were the day before - simply because labour is so damn long it went past midnight! LOL.

lol I need multiple votes too!

First, didn't lose had c/s.

Second, must've been when hossy broke waters? I was in labour but bub was in distress.

Third, this was EXACTLY 2 wks to the day before he was born. My best birthing experience too :D

Never....

I've only seen 2 other replies from people who didn't see theirs. Is this that unusual?
I'm assuming mine must have been so far into my labours I never noticed?...

ETA ok, I just checked the poll results... I guess it's not that unusual :lol:

I didn't see mine. The midwife pointed it out to me, but I really couldn't be bothered changing position to see it. :lol: Apparently it came out as a nice complete plug during stage 2.

Hi I'm 35weeks pregnant...I vomited this morning then after that I when to the loo for a pee but then I saw a thick white/yellow snotty discharge.:redface: I have no pain what so ever just allot of enery so I was wondering is this my show? :pray:


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DD1 - lost my plug over the arvo before labour started. I think I lost the last bit about 6 hours before my waters broke.
DD2 - lots of mucous the 2 or 3 days before, but it was different to DD1's.
DS - nothing. No warning at all! Was told I was having the show in labour, but never saw it.

I never actually saw a bloody show with any of them. DD1's was grey & blood streaked, but thats it.

Oosie - thats probably some of your plug hun :) Still could be a while yet (as you can see, 2 weeks or more), but your body is getting ready. Good luck :)

I had my show then labour started about 3 hours later. I gave birth 20 hours after the show. Not really sure what to vote for because it was less than a day before, but not during labour.

Never lost mine at all - DS was stuck in the birth canal for 5 days and I'm sure that if he wasn't I would have lost it during labour

With DS it came away over a couple of days so I never really saw a plug, just pretty much every time I went to the toilet there was a lot of mucous there. I went into labour about 2 days after that.

With DD I never saw it at all. My waters broke just before I started pushing so I assume it came out at some point then.

I'm actually quite disappointed, I wanted to get a look at it! Hoping I get to see it this time.

I lost mine on 27th April. It started in the morning, as a clear/colourless snot/semen and kept coming all day. The next morning it was brown and thick, I called the midwife to confirm it was normal to be really dark and she said you're OK. it kept coming until my baby was born 4 days later at 42 weeks 0 days on 1st May. So It came 4 days before and lasted until I gave birth, and changed colours many times. White- brown - red- white.

I avoided induction by a matter of hours!! If you're healthy and don't want to be induced...?

Say your prayers....have faith....WAIT!!!

Hope to have helped, Love Rachel, Luke, Elizabeth & Leah!!!

Mucho love from UK!!

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Little bits and pieces overvthe whole pregnancy. I dont remeber evervhaving a "show" although I assume it must have happened at some point?