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

[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!

[HotKim]

With all three of mine I've not had a show and had to have my membranes ruptured whilst in active labour.

But I think I may have just had a show tonight!!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

LOL my waters broke while i was trying to have an afternoon nap (after almost 12 hours of labour already!). Somehow i managed to be cautious about the possibility and saved our mattress by putting down about ten layers between me and the bed!

I didn't lose my plug until really late in labour - About an hour before Alex was born.

[melham74]

dont remeber with the first 3 but with my last was the day before I went into labour.

[2girlz]

I lost mine on a saturday and then was thrown into labour at 2am on the Wednesday morning when my waters came Niagara falling

[Jaycee]

I'm another one who doesn't remember losing it, my waters broke and i was in very active labour straight away (only had a 2 hour labour!) so i have no idea, i have been wondering about it though, guess i'll never know

[MrsBump]

With my DD i had a show, then my hindwaters break,
With DS1 nothing they broke my waters
With DS2 lost a bit of the show every now and then over 3 weeks they broke my waters
They have all been different, i wonder what this one will be like.. I keep dreaming that my waters are going to break in bed...

[*EJ*]

I didn't read all of the replys so don't know if someone had similar to me but i lost my plug the week before i went into labour. When i woke up with contractions they were constant and i eventually realised this was the real thing but my waters were broken at the hospital. It didn't just happen for me.