Is this the loss of my mucous plug, or just heavy discharge?

[novadandypowder]

I'm so eager for his labour to kick off, I had dd at 37wks and am now 37+5 with db2.

For the last week I've been finding snotty discharge that started off the size of a pea, but is now much more. I didn't get this with dd, I just went straight into pinky show/loss of hind waters and instant labour.

Is this just regular heavy discharge? Or if it is the plug coming away will I still be waiting weeks for labour to start? I so want this baby out, although I'm having anxiety dreams about having to go through labour again - in fact I'm sh*t scared about it!

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

if it is like white jelly i think it has something to do with your plug but it does not mean labour imminent iyswim?
i had white jelly stuff for about 2 weeks before ds2 arrived.
i would say, on a slightly different note, be prepared for this one to come much quicker than the first did. i totally forgot and went straight into 2min contractions with ds2. it was all over within 4 hours.

once you do lse the plug, it wont be long i wouldnt think.


im sure someone will be along to correct me in due course!

[Hanifah]

hi, ive been getting same type mucousy discharge,getting more and more for the past 2weeks or so...then one day few days back had big blob of it, couple days later my waters leaked a bit...but no bloody show,im 40 wks 2moro so hopefully it is the start of something, they say its ur cervix effacing and getting ready&that mucous plug can cum away bit by bit so pls God, good luck!

[DumbledoresGirl]

IME, the show is very distinctive - literally a lump of jelly rather than anything that could be confused for discharge. But I guess all women are different.

Good luck!

[Hanifah]

so do u think u wud continue to get sticky discharge after the plug came away???I had one big lump of clear stuff that i thought couldnt be discharge(and now back2mucousy discharge)...but then maybe if i have a proper show ill see i was wrong!?!

[Mumpbump]

My show was like thick creamy snot (lovely!) so it could be that it's coming away gradually...

[DumbledoresGirl]

hanifah, yes that could have been it. IIRC my labour didn't start for about a week after I first had a show.

[wheresthevalium]

I know that this is waaay TMI, but mine came out after 3 hours of early labour in one go, and was like a monster lump of yellowy phlem

Sorry for grossing you out, thought it might be helpful

[Hanifah]

thanks guys,maybe im just used to a lot of discharge but it didnt gross me out when i found that blob the other day...maybe it wasnt the real thing yet...lol

[Piffle]

mumpbump you've given me hope that I'm getting there... TMI but gratefully read!
38+4

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

with ds1 i had lumps of pink or clear but streaked snotty jelly - lol

with ds2 i lost white jelly like thick stuff over a period of 1-2 weeks.

it was different both times for me.

[lulumama]

big lump of snot !! then a week of mucous ( clear ish ) then DD arrived on her due date!

discharge at this stage tends to be creamier and more liquidy, whereas the show has a more mucousy, snot like texture

[BandofMothers]

my plug with dd2 came in dribs and drabs until I vaccuumed the house top to bottom. Then got a Huge blob. Was not bloody tho. They aren't always. was about 3 days b4 labour began.
With dd1 had little bit and lost the better part of it during active labour at the hospital.