Bloody Show?

[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.

[Maruschke]

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

So Confused.

Sorry Jessica, but I don't think you have had your show. It is normal to have bleeding after an internal because there is so much extra blood flow there, the cervix becomes sensitive. It is equally normal to have blood in the mucuous plug. Some women can loose their plug at 34 weeks and still go overdue, unfortunately it is not a good indicator of when labour will start.

The bloody show is fresh red blood, and it isn't very heavy.

It can't be long now though, at most 5 weeks!