hi guys, i'm 37 weeks pregnant, and my doctor has told me that i could prolly go at any time. a couple days ago i started to get this really gross snotty discharge (just a little at a time and only about once a day), and it's been happening since about wednesday. is it possible to lose your mucous plug over time? i've heard it's possible but i figured i'd ask you all. thank you all :)
2007-03-16 04:52:27 · 11 answers · asked by Caitlin K 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
My first pregnancy, I never saw it! My second one, I lost it about four weeks prior to labor, and it was one big ... thing. The third one, I lost just a little over a period of time, so I would say it's perfectly normal.
2007-03-16 04:55:40 · answer #1 · answered by bina64davis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm also 37 weeks (CONGRATS... We're ALMOST to the finish line!!) I have been loosing a little bit here and there for the past two weeks. I asked my dr about it and she said once you start to dilate you start to loose it but your body has the ability to reform it? I never heard that before, but who am i to argue with the dr! So yes, you can loose it over time and unfortunately, i don't think it means you'll have the baby tomorrow. It just means you are dilating. Good luck!
2007-03-16 12:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by Druicy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my first two, I never saw it, I will have to see with this one. It sounds right though. The mucous plug is just that mucous, it isn't a cork, there is no reason to assume that it will be shed all at once. Congrats, baby's coming soon now!
2007-03-16 12:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course it is and trust me i talk from experience. When i was about 39 weeks pregnant from my first son i went to my prenatal visit and they did what my doctor called irritating the cervix to jump start labor. After that my doctor said that i was probably going to see heavy or mucousy discharge and not to alarm myself but that was completely normal. So after that i did start noticing the discharge and it didn't come in one day it was ongoing for like about three or four days then my water broke then my son was born. So i would not fret about this or be nervous is just your body's way of saying you are going to meet your beautiful baby soon! congratulations and good luck!
Damaris
2007-03-16 12:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by *Loving my two boys* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes thats normal. My plug was all wierd. Bloody and just wierd. After I lost it it didnt stop comming till I delivered. I reccomend you get your bags pack it will be any day now. Good luck. (my best advise is, get the Epidural)
2007-03-16 12:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by BOOTS! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can lose it over time, im 40w3d pregnant, and just started losing mine, but mine is alot of mucus, and it is kinda dark red, really nasty, and it wont stop...good luck
by the way, i think your's just may be a reagular mucus discharge, which i heard you get before
2007-03-16 12:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by ruspecialenuf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i believe it is your mucous plug first and then your water could break at any time now....but see what some other folks have to say...
2007-03-16 11:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by peaches78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine came out about 4 weeks prior to giving birth...its normal,but i only saw it with my 1st child not the other 2
it is gross but it should stop
2007-03-16 12:01:24 · answer #8 · answered by tigermoondog 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you normally notice it as you wipe, it is mucus so its sticky and doesnt just pour out. you can go into labor any time. mak elove to your partner and youll have teh baby tomorrow. i did. goo dluck and congrats
2007-03-16 11:56:29 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs.Vick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OH yes for sure!!! it happened to me around the same time... yup pack your bag !!!
2007-03-16 11:57:07 · answer #10 · answered by mschievous163 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋