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J0DIE 
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 Topic: Bit of a TMI question....
Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:29am |
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hi, just wondering if anyone could help me out, but what exactly does a "show" look like? think i may have had a bit of a show yesterday afternoon followed by lots of BH some with lowerbelly and back pain. Was no blood just REALLY REALLY THICK kind of mucus.
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monster
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:32am |
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Thick, gooey mucus - clearish in colour, with a hint of pink (from what I can remember).
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Snickerdoodle
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:37am |
Sounds very "showy" to me.
I had 24 hours of lower back pains (very regular and increased in strength) then I got a very thick mucus with a tinge of red and brown blood.
Within 6 hours I was 4cm dilated and in full labour.
GOOD LUCK!
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:44am |
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I see you still have a few weeks to go so thought I would let you know that it is normal to have a show even a couple of weeks before labour starts, but I would contact your m/w just to let her now.
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J0DIE
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:45am |
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thanks, have a mw appointment this afternoon so see what she thinks. was clearish colour with a bit of very light brown wasn't that much, had 2 small amounts within an hour of each other tho.
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EthansMummy
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:56am |
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Yea that does sound like a show - from what i can remember... mine was like that.
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jack_&_charli
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 11:04am |
certainly sounds like a show....mine was clear, thick mucus, almost snot like didn't know it was there until i went to the toilet and it was enough to need 3 wipes to get it all. that was saturday morning, went into labour monday. but as cuppatea said, it can still be 2-3wks before anything happens.......let us know what your mw says
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J0DIE
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 11:09am |
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SNOT! Thats exactly how i was going to explain it!!!
Will let you know how i get on, feeling very uncomfortable
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 11:23am |
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snot - exactly... if you think of it as a mucus plug i think that explains it better than "show".
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:04pm |
I was going to say SNOT too The amount varies from person to person from a little bit to a huge amount. Mine was the huge amount, followed by waters breaking and then birth 3.5hrs later. But as the others have said it can still be a couple of weeks till anything happens.
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 5:04pm |
Yup that's it! It can be a variety of colours but I recall Briona's being like a thick latex glove 
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J0DIE
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Posted: 14 February 2008 at 1:26pm |
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well i saw my MD and told her about it and she said NOTHING! So guess i just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Bit of a TMI question....
