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

[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.