I'm 34 weeks and had a glob of mucus come from my vagina and there is just a tiny bit left coming out, is this really the mucus plug because there was no blood!? and if so can I hold off having the baby until I'm 40 weeks? I'm on medication because I'm 2 centimeters dialated and was contracting but was put on a pill to stop contracting and will be taken off in 2 weeks. So really if this is the mucus plug I lost I can hold off having my baby until 40 weeks right?
Also my left breast is leaking a little fluid here and there what is it!?!?!!?!?!!!?
2006-09-08 16:27:51 · 12 answers · asked by Alexikai 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
At 2cm you probably already lost your mucous plug. I usually lose my plug at around 30 weeks and then slowly dilate over the course of 7 weeks at which point I am then about 8cm and 80% effaced. So yes you can still go to term but also remember that you will have increased fluids as "the day" approaches. Also you will be considered term once you hit 36/37 weeks and you can have a healthy baby at that point. You do not have to go to 40 weeks. most of my 6 were all born at 37 weeks and all weighed around 9 pounds or more so 40 weeks is not the norm for everyone.
As for the breast leakage, it is colostrum; aka milk. Your breasts are getting ready for baby and have started making milk; colostrum since you first became pregnant. I leaked the most with my first 3 but with my last 3 I don't leak anymore.
2006-09-08 17:41:33 · answer #1 · answered by slingnmom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am 39 weeks right now and I believe I lost my mucus plug at 36 weeks...I am just now beginning to dialate and contract. Mine also had no blood in it. And the fluid it colostrum...it is normal. I have been leaking since I was 5 months along. Mine has just gotten worse as I near the birth. I have had to use nursing pads. Your perfectly normal!!!
2006-09-08 16:38:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, absolutely possible. It's probably your mucus plug, since you're dilating. The baby is considered term at 37 weeks, and since you're on meds you'll surely make it til then. You baby will be fine. Losing the mucus plug does not mean that you will have the baby immediately. Don't worry about it, just relax.... the stress isn't good for you.
Your breast is leaking colostrum. It's the milk that the breasts make when the baby is first born, and sometimes before it's born. Don't worry.
Congrats on your pregnancy! :)
2006-09-08 16:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my mucus plug wasnt bloody either, and yes jus bcuz ur mucus plug came out dont mean ur water is gonna break. it could take weeks..... and the fluid is the vitamins that come b4 the milk
2006-09-08 16:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by iloveroybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was most likely the plug and you can relax cause it may take a few more weeks till you go into labor. The fluid is normal-you are getting ready to lactate.
2006-09-08 16:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
you should contact your doctor about the plug, and its not always bloody. The fluid is breast milk, you can buy cotton reusable or disposable breast pads at walmart.
2006-09-08 16:31:30 · answer #6 · answered by silent*scream 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is the foulest question I have ever read on the answers board. Try and disguise your question a little better, to protect the young and innocent please. Like maybe "question about my mucus plug?" and then go into detail in the question. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
2006-09-08 16:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
Whoa! Call you OB doctor right away!
2006-09-08 16:34:15 · answer #8 · answered by danaluana 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are you asking this here?
See a Doctor.
2006-09-08 16:29:28 · answer #9 · answered by Bill M 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
time to have baby!!!!! Congrats!!!!
2006-09-08 16:29:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋