I had my first internal today at the Obstetrician. (Very excited to be 1cm dilated already, and a softened cervix.) She did a sweep she said which apparently should help "kickstart" this bub!! Here's hoping!! Anyway, she said I would have a *TMI* gloppy, pink tinged d/c because of the KY Jelly and the blood on my cervix. I was expecting this.
When I have gotten home and gone to the ladies, there was d/c, but it was a really brown d/c, not at all like she was explaining. It was almost like old blood. Has anyone else had this?
(I'm 37weeks, 4 days with a big bub on board by the way, if that make any difference)
I had a S&S done yesterday afternoon- that afternoon I had a bit of discharge, but it was just like short stringy bits of mucous and they were quite darkly coloured- like old blood. This morning in the shower a long stringy blob came out, which was also darkly coloured (as much as I could take note of before it quickly disappeared down the drain!), and a bit more dark coloured discharge today.
I had the same thing on Tuesday.
Tuesday night I had small amounts of old blood and quite a bit of uncomfortableness in the general area.
Wednesday nothing.
Today, has big globs of mucous, stained with small amounts of old blood. I'm trying to figure out if that constitutes a "bloody show" or whether it's just losing the plug, and whether that means anything!
I'm glad i'm not the only one. I noticed earlier that I had a sticky mucousy clump when I wiped. It seems to have stopped now though. I'm so ready for this bubba to come out, so I'm not sure if I'm making more of it then I should!!
hi, i had my 1st internal with DD at 10am and had her the next day at 8am! Not that this is going to happen to you (or maybe it will). I was 38wks and also noticed a little bit of bleeding but was not worried until i had cramps later that evening, then they got closer and closer - well you know the rest. My internal did bring on my labour. Good luck to you. So exciting and so much to look forward to.
Earth99 I have no idea either, but if you're worried about it I would definitely be giving your midwife/ob/hospital a call to ask. DF made me call our maternity ward at 3am the other morning because he was worried that the period-like pain I'd been feeling wasn't normal...I wasn't worried because it was there before but just to put his mind at rest I gave them a call.
from memory my mucous plug was not clear at all... it had a yellow tinge to it with red blood streaks. (if you google mucous plug you should see 3 pics that come up.. might be worth having a lookie!)
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