Is it true (or is it sometimes true) that (sorry TMI)

[fannyannie]

vaginal discharge can increase..........as you're approaching labour??? (See did warn you there'd be TMI )

Just I've noticed the last few days or so that I seem to have more discharge than normal, doesn't smell, I'm not sore or itchy and it's clear/white so don't think it's an infection of any description.

Just been googling (as one does when faced with these questions ) and quite a few websites say that vaginal discharge can increase as labour approaches.......

[rantinghousewife]

Yes, I've found that, and you sometimes get a pinky discharge when your 'plug' comes out.

[fannyannie]

didn't have it with the DS's - but then I had sponataneous rupture of the membranes with both of them - and a CS with DS1 (no labour at all) and was induced with DS2.........so it's all a bit new to me .

Infact even though they gave me 3 days to go into labour when my waters broke with DS2 my cervix didn't change at all LOL.

[sniff]

yes I think thats true in some cases

good luck if your on your way

[fannyannie]

I presume then - like if you have a show, that it can still be a week (or more) before anything actually happens.............(she says hopefully given that DS2 is still VERY spotty with the chickenpox LOL).

[mummytosteven]

I think more discharge is normal in general in late PG, I don't think it's a symptom that you are about to go into labour in the very very near future.

[PizPizPiz]

I've had increasingly heavier discharges since about the middle of the 2nd trimester. I'm 35 weeks now and still get them. So it's not necessarily a sign of labour, or my dd2 is really taking her time