onmyway_0x
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Bloody Show.
Posted: 05-22-07 16:34pm
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Sorry if this is a little tmi for you guys
I am just curious.
Today at work I went to the bathroom and
wiped and noticed thick mucousy bloody
stuff ... a lot of it. So I called the
maternity ward at my hospital and they
asked me a ton of questions and then
finally said they thought I was having
"bloody show" and that it had something to
do with my plug something ( I was a little
frazzled and panicing so I wasn't hearing
everything right i'm sure) that i'd be ok
, and It wasn't necessary for me to get a
rg shot (I'm rh- ) . They said to just
take it easy and if my water breaks or
things get worse  to call them and
then come in.
Now I was just wondering what having
bloody show means?
Is it an early sign of labour or is it
just something the body does in the last
few weeks? Maybe I'm dumb for not knowing
these things but this is my first time
around and im curious as to whats going
on.
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:23pm
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Hun, it sounds like you lost your mucus
plug. That's a good thing! It just means
your body is getting closer and closer to
going into labor!  .when you're
pregnant, your cervix gets "plugged" with
mucus to prevent infection and such (hence
the "mucus plug"), and when your cervix
starts to change the closer you get to
your due date, the plug comes out. How far
along are you again?
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:33pm
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I'm almost 35 weeks? Isnt that a little
early?
The nurse didn't say it was too early ,
but still ... shouldn't that happen in a
couple weeks?
If I ended up in labour in the next few
days or week or so, would the baby be ok?
I'm kinda scared.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:36pm
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35 weeks is a little early for labor. They
might try to stop it if you start having
contractions, or they might do a test to
see if the baby's lungs are mature.
Your mucus plug will grow back if you
don't go into labor try not to worry.
They would have told you to go to the
hospital if they were concerned.
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Ingi
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:37pm
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| onmyway_0x
wrote: | I'm almost 35 weeks? Isnt
that a little early?
The nurse didn't say it was too early ,
but still ... shouldn't that happen in a
couple weeks?
If I ended up in labour in the next few
days or week or so, would the baby be ok?
I'm kinda
scared. |
Relax. You can lose your mucous plug and
grow a new one. It only means you lost it.
It in no way means labor is coming right
now. Or even soon.
I know it can be scary. But, trust me, if
there was anything to be worried about ~
the nurse would have told you.
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:39pm
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i lost mine twice before going into labor
or either it all didnt come out the first
time. lol
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Ingi
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:48pm
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| BamaMommy
wrote: | | i lost mine twice before
going into labor or either it all didnt
come out the first time.
lol |
Haha! That is funny.
Mine was so awful and gross. It wasn't
like a wipe with some bloody show on it.
It was like I got blobbed! And it wouldn't
quit. It was a huge amount. Blech.
That was the first time. The second child
= there was no mucous plug that I noticed
at all.
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Posted: 05-22-07 17:57pm
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be glad you got something you can
deffiantly call your plug, all i got was
some stringy boogery stuff that i wasnt
(and still am not) sure if it was actualy
my plug (i think it was though)
and like everyone else said, the plug
doesnt mean too much
i think it means your cervix is changing,
thats all
~alicia~
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 05-22-07 18:03pm
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Thank's guys I feel a bit more relaxed
now!
Like I said, this is my first time, so I
don't really know what to expect!
Alicia- How are you feeling?
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Idony
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Posted: 05-22-07 18:07pm
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meh, sleepy
you? not much longer now, 5 more weeks
right? yay
~alicia~
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 05-22-07 18:25pm
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yep only five more!
haha I don't even know why im acting
excited your probably only hours away from
your girl!
get some sleep lady ...
and I hope you feel good!
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Idony
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Posted: 05-22-07 19:14pm
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your acting excited because you are, and
you have good reason
if your anything like me the next 2 weeks
will go by super fast then the last 2-3
weeks will drag on and on lol
~alicia~
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 05-22-07 20:23pm
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yeaa Everyone keep's saying that.
It really feels like the past 34 weeks
flew by , I feel like they went by WAY too
fast ... but I'm sure when I'm closer to
the end they'll really slow down and then
I'll be wanting them to go faster!
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Idony
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Posted: 05-22-07 21:11pm
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yep thats how its been for me too, it
seemed to go by so fast, then about a week
and a half or two weeks ago it seemed to
come to a complete stop bleh
~alicia~
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