2007-12-09 11:00:57 · 8 answers · asked by Lisa B 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
You can lose your plug up to two weeks prior to labor beginning, or it can occur as late as just before your water breaks. Losing your plug however is a very good sign that you're in the last stages of pregnancy, so make sure you have all your last-minute arrangements made....it could be any day! Good luck!!
2007-12-09 11:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but it does mean that things should be getting underway sometime in the next two weeks. The cervix softens and opens slightly right before delivery, as things get into the final stretch, and the mucous plug is loosened by the thinner vaginal secretions being produced. What you will be looking for is really what is called Bloody Show, where the blood gets mixed in with the remnants of the mucous. That usually doesn't happen until labor begins. While losing the plug isn't a good indicator that labor is emminent, it does mean you are in the last stretch of pregnancy.
2007-12-09 11:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by The mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when you start to dilate, you can lose the mucus plug. Many women lose their plug weeks before going into labor. I had lost mine and was dilated 5 weeks before labor started. Wishing you all the best!
2007-12-09 11:07:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it usually does. But it dilation doesn't always result in labour. I was 1-2 cm for weeks and eventually needed to be induced. I lost my mucus plug the day before I was induced. I was 42 weeks then. But if I wasn't so far along I may have gone into labour myself. Anyhow congratulations sounds like your baby might be ready to make his/her arrival. :)
2007-12-09 11:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by Alexanders and Katherines mama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greater desirable call your wellness care expert. dropping your mucus plug is a demonstration of the top of being pregnant - some women people stay pregnant for weeks whilst they have lost theirs. this might additionally recommend the commencing up of hard paintings for you. If i exchange into you, i might keep away from being brought about. It makes hard paintings greater painful.
2016-10-10 22:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by owen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it only means that the time is coming near, the plug usually comes away near to labour but it can be a day or two yet. my first(im male), her plug dropped 24hrs prior to start of labour, the 2nd and 3rd were quicker
2007-12-09 11:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by chris m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you lose that you better call 911 because the baby is coming soon
2007-12-09 11:08:06 · answer #7 · answered by froggylonglegs2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES or deliver
2007-12-09 11:03:06 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋