Comments on: Signs of labor? 39 weeks pregnant and the bloody show or mucus plug arrived today

By: Tammyharrington76

Tammyharrington76 — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:12:40 +0000

Loved this post!!! Been loosing the plug now for 4 days and been getting contractions for 19 hours.. BUT NO BABY!! In fact the contractions get going.. then just stop I soon can’t take it.. but your story reminded me how each one of our stories are so different. I just need to be patient and listen to my body. But these contractions surely get intense.. I just wish my water would break already!! So now tonight I’m gonna eat the spiciest food I can find and try to have sex through these contractions… need to call my midwife and make sure that it’s safe to do while having irregular contractions. Thanks so much for sharing your story!!! Best of luck wiht your new baby!

By: Overdue momma

Overdue momma — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:15:18 +0000

Let me tell you reading this sure did make my day, i am almost a week overdue and have been going crazy wondering when this baby will come. But reading this took my mind off of things and made me laugh. I never saw my mucus plug so i can only imagine what it would look like. My sister lost hers 2 weeks prior to labour so i am hoping for your sake its sooner than that.
Good luck to you with baby T This is my third so i am jsut anxious to be able to move around again.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:12:55 +0000

I just stumbled upon this site while I was looking on google to find out what is going on with me… I’m 39 weeks today, my doctor did a cervical sweep on the 31st and I have been cramping ever since.
Today I think I lost my bloody show after over a hour of cramping, I can’t wait for this baby to arrive!
Thanks for the laugh guys, i read both sides and you guys are great!

By: FUNNYAS HELL

FUNNYAS HELL — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:47:43 +0000

Your is wonderful!

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:47:18 +0000

So, I’m 28 weeks pregnant and feeling like I should be 34 weeks by now. I really enjoy reading pregnancy blogs and seeing what everyone else is going through! I have to say, though, this one is my favorite by far!!! It has been awhile since I’ve laughed so hard I cried, so thank you guys for that. HAHA! If only everyone could be so amusing…

By: becca

becca — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:07:41 +0000

hysterical! i’ve not been pregnant yet, but i sure do love reading this. hopefully i’ll be able to freak my fiance out one day soon like this

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:13:46 +0000

Just to share with you, I didn’t experience any mucus plug falling out or anything mucu-y and bloody chunks of don’t-know-what or any bloody show. My water bag just literally burst (I swear I heard the ‘pop’ sound!) when I was at home squatting to urinate. Immediately after the ‘pop’ sound, a gush of water came out into the toilet bowl. I myself panicked! But later I calmed down as hubby quickly rushed me to the hospital. I was wearing the menstruation pad (to absorb the amniotic fluid) the whole time during the journey to the hospital. But of course hubby put on the rubber mat layered with rags on the car seat. But funnily though, I didn’t feel any contraction pain until about 5 hours after the ‘pop’ sound. Then when it was time for labour, it was a hell long and painful time – painful as in waiting for the cervix to open up bigger, so during the waiting time, the doctor inserts the speculum and then her finger to feel the cervix (that’s the painful process!). However, the dilation remained at 4 cm for many hours (I think it remained at 4 cm for 4-5 hours long!) until finally the doctor decided to do caesarean on me becos it was already 12 hours since my water bag broke which can put the baby at risk for infection. So after signing some agreement letter, I was whisked off to the operating room and I recalled being conscious when the surgery was performed until finally I heard my baby crying and I said to myself,”Whew! It’s all over now!” I requested from the doctor to see my baby just before they take him for a quick bath becos I really, really wanted to see him covered with mucus and blood, but unfortunately the doctor didn’t entertain my request! Ah…never mind…..

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:26 +0000

@teresa, oh no! Where did your plug go? That is terrible! Those damn plugs can be worse than car keys sometimes, right? Just falling out without you ever noticing. Did you look in between the couch cushions? Under the refrigerator? In your husband’s back pocket in his jeans that went through the wash?

And they’re not made too well now-a-days either. Jane’s fell out in pieces. You’d think that with quality control they’d make better plugs… especially how much pregnancy costs now-a-days, too! For the money we’ve paid, I was hoping Jane’s plug would be plated in gold so we could sell it on eBay and make up some of the costs!

@Helen… oh yes, we do tell ALL. This post is yet another great example as to why we keep this blog a secret from all friends and family! LOL

By: teresa

teresa — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:25:34 +0000

i will be 39 weeks on Thursday but i had a doctor app’t today. I am now about 3cm dilated and about 50% effaced. I asked about my mucous plug because i haven’t seen it and she said she just feels the baby’s head so it isn’t up there anymore! damn sneaky plug!

She said maybe next week they would strip the membranes.

By: Leanna

Leanna — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:19:08 +0000

I was just researching the stripping of the membranes, and came across this forum post. I thought it was really interesting, and guessed that it might be interesting to you, too!

“With my first pregnancy, my doctor stripped my membranes, because I had been 1 cm for a month. Well it hurt a little. A few hours later I had the worse irregular contractions. I finally knew what contractions felt like that day! The next day, I walked and walked and walked around the mall. When I got home my mucus plug had came out. The day after that, my water broke. So off to the hospital I went. And I was still 1 cm! Now I don’t know if stripping my membranes had any affect on my mucus plug coming out or my water breaking, but everything just happen days apart from each other.”

There’s a wee bit more, too…You can read on here: http://www.pregnancy-info.net/forums/Labor_Questions/Stripping_of_the_membranes_/