i have been lurking on this site for about
the last year or so, but I haven't really
posted much.
I'm 36 1/2 weeks pregnant with my fourth
child. My daughter monet (pronounced
mo-nay) is 8, my son who we named sabian
would be 3, but we lost him due to a cord
accident at 37 weeks gestation, my next
son, named zander is 2 and now i'm
expectig yet another baby boy (our last
baby).
Anyways, here I as posting because last
night I started bleeding with some small
clots. I immediately called my ob who
said to come in to the hospital if the
bleeding intensified, otherwise lie down
and take it easy. The bleeding continued
and got slightly heavier, but not too much
worse, so we decided to get checked just
to be on the safe side considering our
past with our first son. I was hooked up
to the monitors and the baby looks great,
i'm 1 1/2 cm dilated and 50% effaced.
The nurse said that most likely I lost my
mucus plug. My question to you guys
(knowing that you obviously aren't dr's,
but needing advice from those who have
been through this) is whether any of you
had bleeding when you lost your plug.
How long did it take for those of you to
actually go into labor?
Thanks for any replies. I only went into
natural labor with my daughter and the
other two were inductions (same for this
baby so long as he doesn't decide to come
out before the 28th).
When I lost my mucous plug, itlooked like
just blood so went to the hospital to get
checked I was already 39 weeks pregnant
then, it was the saturday then that
following friday my water broke at 3am.
But it really depends some people can lost
there mucous plug and go weeks etc. I am
34 weeks pregnant with our 2nd child now.
Im not gonna get excited ifi lost my plug
though lol cuz every pregnancy is
different
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Posted: 11-18-06 13:19pm
Thanks for the reply. I know I shouldn't
get too excited, but I can't help thinking
that I could throeotically have my baby at
any point (or like you said not for a
while)!
Thankfully the bleeding has now stopped,
but I did notice a lot of mucus on the
toilet paper when I wiped. It's so weird
how the body reacts differently to every
pregnancy. If only they could all be
text book!
This morning I have been experiencing some
pain in my stomach, but definitely not
cramps, so I doubt this is labor starting.
Hopefully soon though.
I go to the dr again on monday for my non
stress test, ultrasound and also to see if
I have dilated any more. I'm hoping my
Dr. Will induce earlier than my scheduled
date (the 28th), but who really knows.
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