We also offer antenatal courses which are a great way to find out more about birth, labour and life with a new baby. Our support line offers practical and emotional support with feeding your baby and general enquiries for parents, members and volunteers: 03. However, if it’s accompanied by more blood loss, or if the plug itself is very bloody, then give the midwife or antenatal ward a call to ask for advice. The cervix is a canal of tissue that joins the vagina and the. You don’t normally need to tell your midwife about it. The plug is a collection of mucus that is jelly-like fluid. Or it could be in smaller pieces which come away over several hours or more. It could be in one single piece, like a blob of gel. When you are losing the mucus plug, You’ll notice it on your underwear or on toilet paper after going to the loo. You’ll see it as a jelly-like substance, which might be clear or slightly pink or streaked with a small amount of blood. While release of your mucus plug followed by a bloody show is a sign of impending labor, timing varies from woman to woman. You might be asked ‘have you had a show?’ if the midwife is assessing you in early labour. Contractions Contractions, or uterine muscle spasms, that occur less than 10 minutes apart are usually a sign that labor. The plug coming away is known as ‘having a show’. 'If your mucus plug is very bloody, do give your midwife a call.' What is 'a show' in pregnancy? It loosens and comes away fully any time near the end of your pregnancy, from between about two weeks to a few hours before you begin contractions (although some women may never notice it at all). He didnt give me a percent but im guessing i was pretty close to be 100 as the exam didnt hurt nor did my GBS swab and the fact that he said if my contractions came. Well I went to the doc on Monday for my 36 week appointment and was 3 cm and thinned out. This ‘plug’ acts as an additional barrier, protecting your baby from bacteria. Losing mucus plug while already dilated to 3 cm. During pregnancy, your cervix is ‘sealed’ by a plug of mucus, which normally stays in place until the start, or close to the start, of labour.

Mucus plug came out