Hi I'm 34 1/2 weeks and lost my mucus plug friday and was in the hospitial for contracting & being 2 centimeters dialted when I was exactly 34 weeks. I'm on strict bed rest and taking a generic form of bethrine and will be taken of at my 36 week mark.
But what I want to know is everyone's been telling me since I lost the mucus ball I can go any where from a week to 2 weeks from the day I lost it! Is this neccesarly true? OR Can I hold off having the baby till I'm 40 weeks??
2006-09-10 11:31:32 · 13 answers · asked by Alexikai 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I believe I lost mine around 34 weeks and I am 39 weeks and 1 cm dialated (as of last Tuesday) and still have not gone into labor...My due date is the 14th. You can loose your mucous plug anywhere from an hour to many weeks before you go into labor. Just stay calm and stress free. That will help you and the baby most! Don't worry too much about having your baby early...at least the baby is fully developed at this point. If you do have the baby some time soon he or she may have to be in the hospital a couple nights without you but will be just fine....my husbands cousin had her baby 5 weeks early and he weighed over 6lbs. He was kept in the hospital for 2 nights after she was discharged because he wasn't holding his own body heat..and at the point they were bottle feeding him. Now he is over 2 months old and healthy as can be and now won't even take a bottle he is breast feeding...and they say its hard for a baby to go from bottle to breast...so keep that in mind when you think about it!! If the baby comes early he or she will still be just fine!! Best of luck to you!! I hope everything goes well..also keep in mind a due date can be off by as much as 3 weeks so for all you know you could be 37 weeks already!!
2006-09-10 12:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passing a mucus plug is a sign that your cervix is dilating and your body is starting to prepare for birth. Labor could be hours, days, or even weeks away as the cervix gradually opens over time. So theoretically, you could hold off haveing the baby until you are closer to your due date. Just do as your Doctor says, stay in bed and keep taking the medication. Good luck
2006-09-10 11:36:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this isn't the answer you were looking for, but anything can happen. I think you could go until 40 weeks without your mucus plug, but it seems like the baby is ready to come and you might not be able to stop it. Good luck.
2006-09-10 11:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by girlonline64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can take days or weeks after the mucus plug breaks to go into labor. You might be fine and as long as you are having your child in a hospital.. things should be smooth even if your child is a little early.
Good luck!
2006-09-10 11:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by kvsmiller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it will never hold off that long you'll go within the next two weeks and if your water breaks definitely go immediately to the hospital because a lady was in the hospital with me whose water broke she didn't go and it caused brain damage to the baby good luck I hope it help you who ever told you that told you the truth its what I also have also heard
2006-09-10 11:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by yahoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi
this happend to me . the very same thing i was also given the same drugs and i went another 6 weeks before i had my very healthy 9 pound daughter , relax and stay in bed and rest follow the doctors orders and you will be fine
best wishes x
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2016-09-30 13:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You kep posting this question, so I'm guessing you're not getting the answer you want. Why don't you ask your doctor. S/he will know, no one on the inernet can give you a definitive answer. Seriously, just call the doctor already.
2006-09-10 11:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by legallyblond2day 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you can hold off but not likely for the entire 40. but as im sure you know no sex or baths! and you let us know if you really want to wait that long you will change your mind after being in that bed for that long!!!!
2006-09-10 11:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could even go full term yet,i did.its only there to help keep germs out.the amniotic sac will do the job instead,hope this makes you feel better and good luck.
2006-09-10 11:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by witchone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋