TMI - tell me about the infamous mucus plug

[heygrey]

so... what exactly am i looking for? size, colour, consistency?

i think i just saw the beginning of mine. and i realize this can go on forever and have zero implications of impending labour. i'm just... curious. 

[Deleted]

I lost mine with J at 36 weeks, had him at 38w1d. It looked like a giant yellowish clump of mucus.

This time it has been coming out since last Sunday. I had a few big clumps again but its beem more of a consistent thing. I think its because this time it came out as part of the ptl.

[starlily]

It's like the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity - you'll know it when you see it. 

[havarti]

If the Jolly Green Giant had a bad cold...

[biogirl21]

Since I had J at 37 weeks I wasn't really on the lookout for it, but I feel like I recall seeing some mucus-y stuff but nothing significant. It looked a lot like EWCM from the TTC days and there was never a lot.

[littlemisschatty]

Ok if you really want to know..... it was a little blob, and very sticky looking. It was light pink (little blood?) and only one piece came out. I went into natural labor about 5 days later, and had a really light spotting that morning.

[starlily]

Feb 24, 2014 19:24:43 GMT -5 swizz said:

Feb 24, 2014 19:11:30 GMT -5 starlily said:

It's like the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity - you'll know it when you see it. 

This, lol. Mine looked like an insane amount of EWCM, though was never very bloody at all.

The blood came later when there was NO doubt I was in legit labor.

I had very timeable contractions within a few hours of losing the beginning of my MP, but I know that's not always the case.

Mine reminded me of nasal snot and started coming out at 33ish weeks. I went into labor around 7-10 days later. Oh man it was so gross.

[heygrey]

Feb 24, 2014 19:30:23 GMT -5 starlily said:

Mine reminded me of nasal snot and started coming out at 33ish weeks. I went into labor around 7-10 days later. Oh man it was so gross.

this is helpful. 

it looked like greenish snot. i haven't seen anything like it thus far and i'm a habitual tp checker. 

i've been cramping on and off for the last couple hours. i know, i know. i shouldn't get my hopes up. but i'm just so ready to be done here. 

[oceanstbride]

Mucuous-y and then almost chunkier a day or two later (sorry, I know that's gross). I started losing mine the weekend before DS was born and in the early am that he was born, had the bloody show. Good luck!!

[geek96]

The day I went into labor my water had not broken. I was about 12 hours in when I called the nurse because I felt something wet and thought it was my water breaking. Nope an entire blob of mucus. DH said it was the freakiest thing he ever saw.

[bunch]

I never really lost one. With dd2 there was slime for a few days, but nothing definitive by any means.

[mae141]

Big blob, yellowish in color. I went into labor that evening.

[Deleted]

I never saw mine. But good luck!

[dbsk8dance]

I lost mine the day my water broke. It was mucousy and had blood. I had lots of pressure that night then the mucus plug and then 6 hours later, water.

Good luck!!

[longtimenopost]

A bloody booger.

[curbsideprophet]

Cramping could be a good sign! Good luck.

[Cricket0619]

Mine was like ewcm on crack. I lost some of mine at 1 a.m. And my water broke 10 hours later.

[h]

Like a giant glob of EWCM. I lost mine 7-14 days before each birth. But blood meant real labor for me every time.

[browneyedgirl9]

Feb 24, 2014 19:11:30 GMT -5 starlily said:

It's like the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity - you'll know it when you see it. 

This! Lol. I lost mine the night i went into labor. And lost it in one large piece. So gross! It was like a huge snot about the size if a golf ball and bloody. You will know it when you see it.

[Deleted]

Feb 24, 2014 19:11:30 GMT -5 starlily said:

It's like the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity - you'll know it when you see it. 

This is awesome.

Mine was just like this with DD1--super obvious, absolutely no mistaking what it was. With DD2 it was more like an increased amount of EWCM for several days. Actually I didn't even know what it was until someone else's post on here tipped me off.

[simpsongal]

If you're really brave google "mucus plug" and pull up images. Probably NSFW.

I lost my plus and had a bloody show around 39 weeks - I had J at 41 weeks.