Having a "show"? now what??

[Jakabella]

Good Afternoon All,

So I had my OB appointment today and she did an internal and baby is fully engaged but cervix was not yet dialated - now I get home and I have some dark brown blood - is this the "show"?
Do I need to call the midwifes or anything now or do I just wait and see what happens??

Cheers In Advance!

Kate

[Lulu]

The baby is going to come out.

Oh, you knew that? LOL!

Um, you can have a show about 2 weeks before birth, nothing really to be done, just wait until the cntx start.

Go for a walk if you feel nervous, won't be long now!

[SamiH]

Show is usually a bit mucousy and globby with mixed blood etc.

Brown blood - she might have dislodged some old blood perhaps that has just come out - or it could be prefacing your show!

Either way, not long now - but you don't need to call anyone yet. It still could be days.

[Tanya]

Tis very common to have a small amount of blood after an internal. If you start to bleed red blood (that you need a pad for) then you will need to go to hossy...

What you have discribed is nothing to worry about

[Jakabella]

Thanks Lulu, Sami & Tanya!
Can you tell Im a first timer!! hehehe
Ok I should have thought about the OB maybe losening some things up! DOH!
Thanks again and I will just keep and eye on it.

Kate

[Tobily]

Yep I would say that is more from the OB poking around - not a show.

If it's a show there is not only blood, but mucous etc as well.

[danniellabella]

I had what I thought was a show a few days before my actual show. If your show is anything like what mine was, you'll certainly know. I freaked out coz it was a massive chunck of mucus (TMI), about the size of a golf ball from memory. I rang my mum when it happened coz I didn't know what was going on at the time. I'd heard about the show but didn't know what to expect. But it wont be long.
Also, for me, I had contractions for the whole day when I had my show, then the following day I was fine, then in the middle of the night my waters broke and I went into proper labour.

I had no blood in my show either which is why I didn't realise that's what it was.

[hj1981]

Hahahaha yep u would definatly know if it was ur show - i really freaked out too! its horrible! and mine was pretty big also - came out just after my waters broke - good thing that i was already at hospital cause i had a big panic attack!

Good luck with everything - hope it all happens soon for u - and my piece of advice - is try and enjoy it as much as u can cause it will be over before u know it - wish someone had of told me that - cause now i have regrets!

[satya]

A show would have fresh blood not old blood in it. Mine came out all day in small amounts so it won't necessarily be a big chunk like some of the posters have experienced.