i have a brown and slight pinkish discharge as ive read what to expect book i think its my mucu plug but i still dont have contractions but im spotting littlle by little. i felt like my baby is pushing so hard downward please help i dont want to go to the doctor just yet coz im not having any contractions
2006-12-29 17:42:28 · 11 answers · asked by SweetandCuddlyRai 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
For your own peace of mind, call your doctor and tell him exactly what you have stated here. I have had 3 children and from what I remember, is that you can lose the plug and not have contractions begin for a couple of weeks. If you are bleeding, you need to contact the doctor right away. Better to be safe than sorry. I wish you a happy and healthy baby. Take care of yourself. God bless.
2006-12-29 17:49:07 · answer #1 · answered by LMnandez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mucus plug usually looks like a thick blob of stringy clear/white mucus with streaks of red blood, only occasionally just pinkish tinged. Brownish is usually a sign of old blood.
The mucus plug is produced in the cervix. Some women loose it all at once, while others loose it a little at a time. It is a sign your cervix is thinning out, maybe dilating some. (Keep in mind some women don't loose their mucus plug until they are completely dilated and ready to push out their baby!)
Many women who loose their mucus plug will go into labor within 24 - 48 hours. This is most likely if there are definite streaks of blood mixed with the mucus. If you don't go into labor within 24 - 48 hours the cervix will re-make the plug. Then it could be another 2 or 3 weeks until labor begins.
It doesn't sound like you need to go to the doctor or hospital. Wait until you are having good strong contractions. Otherwise you are likely to get induced which has a high incidence of leading to a cesarean.
Claudine Crews CPM, LM
2006-12-29 18:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by claudineintexas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will not usually have contractions immediately after loosing the mucus plug. But that baby is coming soon (within a couple of days)! Good luck!
2006-12-29 17:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by What, what, what?? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
assuming you are full term, and everything is OK with the pregnancy, the slight spotting is not all that out of the usual. If you have a "gush" of water and or feel like you peed on your self it is a sign that your water broke. My wife never lost her "mucus plug" till her water broke. If the spotting gets worse go to the ER.
2006-12-29 17:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by Roll_Tide! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The plug can be lost at any point, and sometimes the water can not break until they do it for you, and the REAL contractions hit harder and faster once the water breaks. Most women loose the plug and not even know it or see it...
2006-12-29 17:45:40 · answer #5 · answered by I Am Blessed 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just wait it out tonight...if you start having contractions or lose your water...then go to the ER...otherwise call your doctor tomarrow and let them know you lost your mucus plug...women have been known to walk around for a month without thier mucus plug...just wait it out...if you have an emergancy then go to the ER if not...call doc tomarrow
2006-12-29 17:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by supersssweety 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If your water hasn't broken you're alright. Believe me, as a mother of two, I know and have been there, done that.
You will KNOW when you're ready. Water breaking is very noticeable.
Unless you start having contractions (yeeeoooow!) or your water breaks, you're okay not to go to the hospital yet.
2006-12-29 17:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can loose the plug any time from 36 weeks, and still have a full term baby. it is your cervix thinning....
i had my mucus plug before established labour, but my baby was born 10 hours later
2006-12-29 17:44:48 · answer #8 · answered by huney_mumi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
after i lost my mucus that was it i was in labor and had contrctions happened with both my kid's just wait it out belive me you'll know
2006-12-30 14:11:55 · answer #9 · answered by Babydoll 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like baby is on the way.
2006-12-29 17:45:37 · answer #10 · answered by zassy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋