I'm 38 wks. 2 days. 2 cm dilated, cervix is still kind of thick as of 2 days ago. Last night in the shower 2 strands of white/yellow mucus like stuff came out, was that my mucus plug or part of it? And should that mean my labor is starting (being as I'm dilated and so far)? Plus, I've had contrax on and off, upset stomach (on & off), loose bowels (tmi-sorry), etc. Please any help would be great. This is my 2nd pregnancy but with my 1st I was induced and had nothing prior to the induction. Thanks. ↓
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Name: Anna | Date: Jun 11th, 2004 3:19 PM
wow, I'm in the same boat. I was induced last time and this is #2. It does sound like the mucus plug, but it doesn't mean labor is coming anytime soon. Mine started dislodging at 37 w and I'm not 39 w. It doesn't mean you won't go soon tho! I've also had false starts with loose bm and stomach. My doctor said that there's no predicted the big moment but all of the weeks my body is certainly gearing up. Sadly, we just have to wait it out! I guess the real thing is the extremely painful contractions that come with baby. GOOD LUCK! ↑
Name: Clare | Date: Jul 9th, 2004 4:40 AM
Thank you ladies! This is my first pregnancy and at 38w I was starting to wonder what was happening to me. I've been having loss of mucus for the last few days, had loose bowels over the last week and backache. I thought it was just me and I was poorly. Although I know this is no definate sign that labour will iminently start, its quite reassuring to know other people have the same symptoms. Good luck ladies, hope all goes well for a quick and easy birth. ↑
Name: becca | Date: Jul 10th, 2004 11:42 PM
well i guess you actually helped me out a lot! i've had all the same signs but my due date is TODAY and i just lost my mucus plug last night although mine was a dark dark brown. i'm patiently awaiting the arrival of my first though it feels like forever! good luck on you pregnancies! hopefully i'll meet my little one tonight or tomorrow!!!! ↑
Name: Jen | Date: Jul 13th, 2004 2:25 PM
I am there with you! I am at 38 1/2 weeks, dealing with the loose bowels, backache, contrax, and mucus. YUK, huh? This morning I even had a small amount of a thin milky fluid. I thought I had sprung a leak! This is my 3rd baby, and I still don't know what to think about when it's going to happen! There are just as many false alarms and anxieties as the first time around. You ladies hang in there... They always say "Oh, you'll know..." YEAH, WHATEVER!! ↑
Name: sharon | Date: Sep 17th, 2004 9:10 PM
i am so glad to see these comments. I am 38 wks with my second and i am as baffled this time as i was last time. i had the long strand of ickies today along with days of (what i think are) contractions, but just njot regular enough. i cant take this uncertainty much longer! ↑
Name: Jennifer | Date: Sep 22nd, 2004 9:58 AM
I am in the same situation, but I haven't lost my mucus plug yet. I had a membrane sweeping done yesterday just wondering if anyone has had that done? ↑
Name: krista | Date: Sep 22nd, 2004 4:10 PM
I've had the sweep before with my first one. It doesn't feel too comfortable. Hopefully it works for you as well. ↑
Name: kellie | Date: Sep 23rd, 2004 8:18 AM
it is alright you are pretty safe right now you could go into labor soon or not...i was 38 weeks with my second and 3 cm dialated and 80 % effaced walked around like that till 40 weeks and still had to be induced...so just time those contractions and hopefully you wont have to be induced again...Good luck ↑
Name: Tanya | Date: Sep 27th, 2004 7:59 AM
Im 33 weeks, and i lost my mucus plug last week and im still ok, hoping to go atleast 4 more weeks, contractions here and there but nothing real i dont think at this point.. good luck ladies... ↑
Name: coco | Date: Apr 7th, 2005 5:07 AM
well im 39 wks and ive lost my mucus plug followed by really bad contractions and a terrible back ack that seems to never leave just getsa stronger so i dont know what to tell you i wanna know myself if im in true or false labour ↑
Name: Maribel Marrero Smith | Date: Apr 21st, 2005 3:01 AM
I'm only 27 weeks and today my mucus plug has came out. It was a clear like gel guke. What it really look's like and feels like is the sticky blob toy you can purchace at the 25 cent gum ball machine the one kids swing around and stick to the wall. This is my 2nd pregnacy the first time my mucus plug came out was durring intercourse w/ my husband only that time the plug was much more bigger and foamy because of all the body fluids. Being only 27 weeks I hope that this dosen't mean an early labor for me. My first pregnacy my mucus plug came out 2 weeks prior to me giving birth. ↑
Name: Elle | Date: Apr 22nd, 2005 12:34 AM
Hi, I am 32 weeks pregnant and 2 days ago I had a strange light brown discharge. It looked like the sort of thing I get just before the period. No blood though, no pain. I have kicks but nothing prolonged or regular. My stomach has been a source of all kinds of trouble for the last 10 years, so I don't count constipation combined with upset stomach. Now I am worried about what happened. Is this mucus plug coming out or something is wrong with me? ↑
Name: chantelle | Date: Apr 22nd, 2005 4:45 PM
i'm also 38wks 2days 2cm dilated i lost my mucus plug 2 wks ago and had 2 blood shows still losing mucus it went through stages from brown like colour to bloody now white i have been getting contactions but not the real thing back ach lose bowels ect this is my second child but i had no idea it would all be so different i didn't have the blood shows with my first so i thought i would have gone into full labour not long after but that didn't happen the doctors keep saying it shouldn't be long now but they said that 2 wks ago so they just tell you that to shut u up they have just as much as an idea as you as to when full labour is going to start. ↑
Name: ni ni | Date: Apr 23rd, 2005 9:03 PM
i'am not that far yet but i have 2 children and that sounds like your mucas plug,it doesn't necessarily mean that you are in labor but you are getting extremly close ↑
Name: Sarah | Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:32 PM
I am only 28 weeks along but today had a string of jelly mucus come out about the size of a quarter....like most this is my 2nd pregnancy as well and for some reason I can't remember what my mucus plug looked like from my first pregnancy.....So I am wondering as well... I do feel a little bit more at ease now knowing I am not the only one going insane wondering....Thanks ↑
Name: awaiting my bundle | Date: May 19th, 2005 1:15 AM
I am 40t weeks today and had my cervex scrapped andf streched . I just know have lost what seems to be my mucas plug. When will labour really start? ↑
Name: kathy | Date: May 23rd, 2005 8:28 PM
will i just lose my mucus plug and i have been having upset stomach and loose bowels this is my 3rd but the other two i was induced. when will labor start? ↑
Name: Clueless | Date: May 23rd, 2005 8:42 PM
I am in the same predictament as you two. I am nearly 39 weeks and I just lost what I know must be the rest of my mucous plug because i am seeing streaks of blood. My contractions are very close together but not tight at all. I mean not even close to severe like with my first. I am so confused and I am not sure what to do and i dont want to go prancing in to l & d over nothing. ↑
Name: kate | Date: May 24th, 2005 6:37 PM
I'm only 17 weeks and had a big clear glob of jelly like discharge. I've never had anything like that before and I'm just wondering if this is part of my mucus plug or what? Or if it's something to be concered about. Of course I will ask my doc. about it. ↑
Name: JH | Date: Jul 25th, 2005 9:55 PM
Hi all, Great to see so many women with the same comments. It's really reassurring. I'm now just over 41 weeks and have an induction scheduled to start on the 27th to bring the baby on hopefully the 28th. I have been feeling a bit queezy for a couple of days, have had backaches for the first time throughout the pregnancy, a mild headache and lost my mucus plug this morning. I thought that was a sign of it starting but reading your comments maybe not..I just hope baby decides to make an appearance before the induction! Good luck to you all! ↑
Name: Anna | Date: Jul 27th, 2005 5:31 PM
Hi I am 7 months pregnant and have had the same problem i am worried i will be contacting the docxtor soon if you find out anything i would be gratefule if you could let me know cheers.
ANNA ↑
Name: jen | Date: Aug 5th, 2005 11:01 PM
im 40 weeks pregnant and 4cm and im haveing yellow color discharge is that from dilating more? ↑
I'm 37 weeks and 2 cm dilated, cervix is soft as of 6 days. How far am I from starting going into labour? ↑
Name: Tara | Date: Sep 20th, 2005 5:43 PM
I'm 33 weeks even though i've not lost my mucus plug yet i've had alot of gooey like discharge i had asked my Dr. and he said it's normal to have a gooey discharge at times but it's not my plug he said when i lose it i'll know. ↑
Name: April | Date: Sep 25th, 2005 10:01 PM
Wow I am also 38 weeks, 2 days and I think I lost some of my mucus plug a little while ago. It was not as much as I expected, but is sure wasn't the same as the discharge I have been experiencing all trimester. I read that alot of you are in week 20-something and think that you have lost your mucus plug. I really think that it might just be that you are experiencing heavy discharge and you are not used to it. The plug is way different from discharge because it is a bigger clump and a snotty/jelly texture. You might not even notice it when it comes because mine was on the toilet paper when I wiped and I could have easily missed it if I didn't check. ↑
Name: Andrea | Date: Oct 4th, 2005 9:24 PM
Take the time to ask your doctor all of these questions! Don't expect qualified answers from online strangers... ↑
Name: victoria | Date: Dec 5th, 2005 10:21 PM
hello, i just found out i am pregnant on thanksgiving day. my doc thought i was about 5 weeks but i am only about 2 weeks, i started having light bleeding which led in to a browinsh color and it stopped after 4 days. but today i had alot of yellowish/orangish mucus, not like discharge, i was wondering if any of you ladies had been through this in your early weeks of pregnancy. thanks ↑
Name: Rachel.R | Date: Dec 6th, 2005 12:32 AM
To Victoria- I didnt think you could find out that early... like 2 weeks?? It goes from your last period. Women normally conceive about 10 days after there last period.. Trust what your doc says. ↑
Name: April Tarango | Date: Dec 7th, 2005 11:24 PM
I had the baby two days after losing my mucus plug. My water broke in public and boy was I surprised! ↑
Name: Cassandra | Date: Dec 12th, 2005 6:13 PM
With my first child I was 2cm dilated for three weeks before I went into labor. I was playing a board game with some friends, felt an urge to go to the bathroom,and when I got to the bathroom I was unable to pee, but I noticed a thick mucussy type substance on my underwear. I came out and informed my friend of what I saw, she asked if I was having contractions, I said "yes" but had determined they were noraml braxton-hicks because there was no pain. We called my practitiioner when we discovered my "braxton-hicks" were two to five minutes apart, consistantly, for half an hour and she said I may have lost my mucous plug and asked me to come into the hospital.....9 hrs later I had a beautiful baby girl. ↑
