Comments on: Signs of labor during pregnancy: Bowel movements, cramping, and spotting, oh my!

By: Carico

Carico — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:31:24 +0000

I am in your boat now so I thought I would take a look at what you had to say. It is funny how many sites I have been to looking for signs that it will be coming soon.

By: teresa

teresa — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:02:41 +0000

i am 38 weeks as of today, 7/16/09. this is my 4th pregnancy but my 5th kid–I had twin boys last pregnancy. The twins were induced. My first internal exam was 7/6 and was told i was 1cm dilated, baby in -1station, and about 25% effaced. i was excited and excitement soon evaporated as the days passed and nothing happened–no mucous plug, no contractions. At my app’t this past monday no big changes but the dr. said my cervix was ‘ripened’. We told her we were trying to hold out until the next monday because my husband starts his vacation then and she told us not to have sex.
Again excitement which has gone down as the days have passed. Everytime i go to the bathroom I look for some ‘bloody show’ to no avail. everytime i feel my uterus harden at all i think, “is this it?” I lost my plug 4 days before i had my 2nd son and my water broke 3 days after the plug came out.

tarzan: which is more terrible: bloody show or mucous plug or ripened cervix?

i am trying to find things to busy my mind so i don’t just obsess about this but nothing is doing the job.

nice to read about someone in the same boat!

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:21:51 +0000

Ahhhhh! OK, let’s come together and remove the word ‘mucus plug’ from our vocabulary. It’s such a terrible word that gives me some disgusting mental images.

From now on I’ll be calling it the ‘internal cork’ because once that pops out, you’re one step closer to celebrating! The image of a cork popping off a bottle of champagne is a much more pleasant image than a gob of snot that @mommymichelle6 said above. That goes right in line with my mental image of a mucus plug! LOL!

By: Gilz

Gilz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:53:46 +0000

Yip. It goes like this : soft poop, spotting, constant back ache, diarrhea, mucus plug poppin out, slight cramping…all early early signs of labour (in that order)

By: mommymichelle6

mommymichelle6 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:28:56 +0000

Jane–sounds like you have an awesome attitude about the whole thing. And you are right, I’ve found that NOTHING speeds up the inevitable. It happens when it’s supposed to happen.

DRAT.

To Tarzan–mucous plug always looked to me like snot. Maybe thinking of that will be more helpful? I’ve passed that a full 2 weeks before labor too.

Good luck. Excited for you that it’s almost time to meet your son.

By: megan

megan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:10:12 +0000

i lost my mucus plug after an internal and i STILL had to be induced!

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:43:51 +0000

@Lee…. That whole mucus plug thing weirds me out! I know Jane and she’ll want me to look at it. I can’t imagine what it looks like – and honestly not looking forward to seeing it! I wish they figured out a better name for it – maybe it’s the name that weirds me out. Mucus plug – just sounds horrible.

I think it should be called a “baby stopper” or maybe an “internal cork” or something. That would be something that I would be OK with looking at!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:46:29 +0000

Thanks for the TMI– seriously. Women really need to talk about this stuff. I JUST learned today in a birthing class that the poop stuff is normal–the baby’s head is moving closer to your cervix and, in the process, is pressing down on your rectum, giving you a sense of urgency. So it’s all good!

By: Jessi

Jessi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:44:09 +0000

Oh how exciting! It’s so close now!

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:45:29 +0000

Just wait till that Mucus plug unplugs! Thanks for the twitter follow! Love you site…so, what’s gonna happen after his boys have swum out?? Will you continue with updates on being new mommy??