Mucous plug vs. discharge
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Topic: Mucous plug vs. discharge
Posted By: fire_engine
Subject: Mucous plug vs. discharge
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 5:43pm
With a topic heading like that, there's no point saying TMI  ...
How do you tell the difference? Can you? I know the MP sometimes (but not always) has blood in it. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:15pm
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MP is normally real clumpy and jelly like. its hard to miss. even if it comes away in small peices it is normally more chunky ------------- 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:26pm
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Mine was really thick and jelly like and brown blood streaked.
It also started coming away a week before I finally went into labour. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:38pm
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I only saw mine with Ben's labour. It was like a largish marble in size and relatively round in shape, it was bloody as well. It had a definately shape IYKWIM as opposed to discharge that doesn't. I had mine at 9pm and Ben was born at 2.33am the next morning ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:58pm
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Mine looks very similar but as mentioned above it was quite thicker and a bit lumpier or umm not as smooth in texture iygwim!
Mine didn't have any brown colouring or blood, though my mw said most do if it's the whole thing but when my waters broke 4 hours later they were a pinky colour and this was my 'show'. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 8:15pm
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Hmmmm. It was a big clump (about 3 old 50c coins) and seemed thicker than normal discharge (though normal discharge has changed a bit since starting EPO). It's happened twice since my S&S. No blood.
Ah well, doesn't really mean anything anyway - I'm just curious! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 9:02pm
With my first my MP was like a huge ball of snot when you have a bad cold 
With my second it was just like jelly blobs every now and then in the few days up to having her, didnt realise at the time but thinking back i am sure it was my MP. -------------  
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Posted By: tessie
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 9:57pm
| Like little bits of snot. That said mine was coming out for over a week and I never realized what it was. I actually thought it was just normal pregnancy discharge. |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 12:06am
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Yep mine too. Big clumps of snot and it sometimes had brown blood streaks through it. I started loosing my plug 10 days before Jackson was born. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Marengo
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 10:18am
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oh no.. ive had a bit of snotty stuff for the last week or so.. i didnt really know what it was.. but have had bad bh this week too ..
eek now i'm worried! might txt the midwife and see what she says.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 5:23pm
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Like I had blown my nose in my pants! I had it for coming away for 24 hours 5 days before finally going into labour and it was only the last little bit that had any blood streaking so I wasnt sure until then it was my plug.
I then had a massive glob of it a few hours into labour that looked more like the blood streaked stuff you read about. Its freaking gross! -------------   
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 5:54pm
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I'm now pretty sure it is - it's been fairly constant today and is either jelly or snot-like Haven't had anything like this before in the PG.
All a good sign that this time, my body is acknowledging there is a baby in there that needs to come out at some point in the near/medium future. Won't read too much into it ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 5:56pm
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Oh I was 38+6 when mine started -------------
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 6:10pm
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Lalala ... weegee's told me it's arriving on the 10th, so I have to keep my legs crossed till then ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 6:24pm
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I was 38 + 6 weeks when mine came away too but it was only a little bit so thought nothing of it and the rest came the next day and DD came 39 + 1. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 7:45pm
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Mine was jelly like and blood streaked, it came away around 8am and I went into labour at approx 8.30 that night! All the best for your labour and birth, exciting!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 7:46pm
And I was 40+6  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 30 October 2010 at 3:50pm
I hope i never meet my mucus plug 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 30 October 2010 at 10:29pm
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I don't know what the heck it was I got with Tyler, but whatever it was, there was a lot of it, and it was gross.
With C however I got my show after id been in active labour with the no mistaking them contractions for hours, went to the toilet, had my show and thought "oh , how nice of you to show up" ------------- 
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Posted By: Lillybetts
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 3:09pm
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Hmmm I'm having a very similar thing to Flissty. I was just brushing it off as signs of early thrush? But now you got me thinking.. But I'm only 36 weeks and 2 days. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 4:11pm
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LMAO- yup it is disgusting -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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bowie wrote:Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 6:15pm
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Lol, thanks for bumping this Emmecat, i was looking for it. What colour is this thing anyway? Cuz the book i'm reading would suggest its a "clear jelly-like substance" so its a colourless ball of snot?
Errr....thats not a gross question at all
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 6:28pm
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Varies. After the 1st S&S, it was fairly clear. The one over the weekend was slightly coloured - beige-ish? ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 7:35pm
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urgh I would make a hopeless nurse/doctor lol. mine was gross, huge blob of snot lokking stuff yuck if I hadn't of been in so much pain I would've spewed hehe. Oh cos mine came out same time labour started, just after my waters gushed everywhere...all very dramatic! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 12:08am
lol Karen 
Your mucous plug is usually clear/cream, similar to EWCM. Sometimes it can have blood streaks through it. If you see bright red blood (usually closer to birth itself) then its your bloody show. ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 7:26am
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Mine was pinky tinged very attractive lol ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Lillybetts
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 1:19pm
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Does the MP have any odor? Or is it odor free? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 2:50pm
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^^ Good question...
And it can come out in bits over a few days, you say? |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 3:18pm
Yup, and it can regenerate and then come out again. Gotta love this PG business, don't you?! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Lillybetts
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 4:06pm
So it can smell?? I totally got the impression it was oder-less ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 11:58pm
Yep, it generally smells like semen ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: Lillybetts
Date Posted: 17 November 2010 at 7:34am
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^^ ok great thanks :) ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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