Bloody Show?

[Maruschke]

The bloody show and the mucuous plug are not the same thing!

The mucuos plug literally plugs up the cervix, and it can fall away weeks or hours before labour. Often it has a bloody tinge to it.

The bloody show is caused by the capileries (can't spell!) near the cervix breaking as painless tiny contractions start to dilate your cervix. This is an indication of early labour.

I lost my plug 2-3 weeks before labour started, and the bloody show 1-2 days before real labour (I had a very long pre-labour). I also had spotting after internals.

HTH

[Glamoreyez]

I have had irregular contractions since 32 weeks with threatened preterm labour.
I started having bloody shows from Thursday after I started having irregular contractions during the day... I too was 80% effaced and 2 cms dilated. However, I have been regularly contracting since Thursday afternoon with contractions every 4 to 5 mins and I haven't dilated anymore. Nearly 7 days. So it really doesn't mean anything.
From what the obs have said over the last week is that it doesn't mean you will go into labour in an hour or in 3 weeks. It will happen when your body is ready... A bloody show is a good sign that things are moving but not a definate sign that labour is soon. It could be weeks away...
Or you will be like me and have an extremely prolonged latent phase.

[hayles07]

The bloody show and the mucuous plug are not the same thing!

The mucuos plug literally plugs up the cervix, and it can fall away weeks or hours before labour. Often it has a bloody tinge to it.

The bloody show is caused by the capileries (can't spell!) near the cervix breaking as painless tiny contractions start to dilate your cervix. This is an indication of early labour.

I lost my plug 2-3 weeks before labour started, and the bloody show 1-2 days before real labour (I had a very long pre-labour). I also had spotting after internals.

HTH

I agree with the above. Mucous plug and a bloody show are completely different...

I lost my mucous plug in the weeks leading up to labour but I had a bloody show and contractions started an hour later and DS was born not too long after...

Good luck!

[BekZ]

DD1 bloody show 36 hours before labour, 5 days of pre labour.

DD2 bloody show 12 hours later labour started, no pre labour

Good luck hunny

[Early Kids]

Sounds like a show to me But as the others have stated it doesn't mean anything really.

I first started losing my plug at around 22 weeks, went into Threatned pre-term labour at 26 weeks, lost the rest of my plug at around 28 weeks (meanwhile contracting on and off since 26 weeks) I went into Spontaneous labour at 34+2 and had my bloody show during labour, Tristan was born at 34+3.

Both lots of plug I lost were blood streaked.

[*charmalea*]

i had a show 1st thing monday morning and had dd tuesday 11:30 pm ... so just a tad over 24 hrs

GL !!

[Fleur]

Well there you go.. I always thought they were the same

I never had either with any of my previous 3

So, is anything happening now Jessica? Can't be too far off in any case

[Fleur]

Sorry double post

[*The_Mrs.*]

Well for those that want an update...
Nothing.

I am starting to wonder if the blood mixed with my mucus plug was just from the pelvic exam I had the day before. Yet, I stopped bleeding that day and lost the plug the following. If you lose just your mucus plug it can still be two weeks I guess.

Yet, if you bleed from the cervical exam wouldn't it still be considered the bloody show?

So Confused.