Do you always lose your mucus plug before your water breaks?

[fionas]

I have NO idea what happened to mine. Maybe it's still in there LOL - DD is 9 months old.

[Zee]

I lost mine a few mins before my waters broke...luckily for me I was in the labour room anyway LOL.

[danniellabella]

I lost my mucous plug on a Tuesday afternoon and freaked out coz I didn't realise what it was. I rang my mum in a panic and she told me that is was the plug. I was surprised coz I have also heard it referred to as the "bloody show" and that's what I expected, blood but there was none.

I had contractions after I lost the plug and for the rest of Tuesday I thought I might have been going into labour. Wednesday came and I had no contractions but then at 2am on Thursday morning my waters broke and 30mins later I was getting contractions and was in labour.

[Mumof2Girls]

I remember losing my plug the day before I had DD1, with the other 2 I don't remember actually losing it. My waters have always had to be broken manually as well.

[meow]

My waters didn't break (came out intact) but I did lose the plug (if it's the same thing as all the stringy muscous that came with the show?)

[~Belinda~]

I didn't lose much plug at all! Then ended up being induced anyway.

[jma]

My waters were broken by the midwife with my first in the heat of labour, so can't remember losing the plug.
My waters broke with my second after labour had started, then stopped for an hour or two then started again!! I can't remember seeing the plug though! I thought I had wet myself actually until my mum said "No honey, that's your waters!" It had never happened by itself before so I felt a little embarrassed!