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.