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Childbirth

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What does a show look like? (TMI alert)

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Haylstones · 15/02/2008 16:00

Does it look like green snot? (sorry, I know it's disgusting). I've just found a little bit and am leaking slightly (but could just be discharge, I'm not sure). Also been having quite a lot of Braxton Hicks today (well all week really). This is baby number 2 (EDD in 9 days) but with dd first sign of labour was when waters broke int he night...
Any advice much appareciated!

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LadyOfWaffle · 15/02/2008 16:04

Hmmm... mine looked like a spoonful of jelly, half yellow (like vaseline) half bloody. Did you get alot, or a "wipe" ?

chiefcookandbottlewasher · 15/02/2008 16:07

i once read someone on here who said 'it looks like a giant has sneezed'! That always stuck in my mind and i found it to be strangely accurate when i went into labour

FourPlusOne · 15/02/2008 16:07

Yes, same sort of thing as LadyOfWaffle. Mine 'appeared' about 24 hours before baby came on both occasions. Maybe you'll have your baby soon!

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Haylstones · 15/02/2008 16:09

Hmmm, I got a wipe really. Had a pad on today and it was pretty 'full', greeny yellow colour. No blood or anyhting.
DD is at a friend's so I've just phoned dh to finish early so he can drive me to pick her up...just in case! We've got to go to an amateur production of Snow White tonight!

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Haylstones · 15/02/2008 16:11

I know baby is really far down as had check on Wednesday- getting lots of pressure 'down below' and have had a few BH that have really made me wince. Could just be sihful thinking though, am fed up being pg

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FrayedKnot · 15/02/2008 16:11

Mine looked like LOW described - a big blob of clearish jelly, streaked with red bits -
waters didn;t break until 36 hours later tho

mom2latinoboys · 15/02/2008 16:12

With ds2 I had a show 2 weeks before he came, but once I had a bloody show he was born less than 24 hours after.

violeta · 15/02/2008 16:17

I think that if it is green, then you should get it checked out? It may be worth ringing your midwife about this, perhaps?

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Haylstones · 15/02/2008 16:19

Yes, maybe. I think I will wait a bit longer, collect dh and see what happens

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derah · 15/02/2008 19:03

"Alien slime", that's all I could think when mine appeared! Can't remember how long before DD's arrival it was though.

Sketchi · 19/02/2008 21:46

Well I didn't have the show until about 5 mis before I started puching my DD out and I had been in labour for 16 hours.

Just in bath in my labour suite and had a mother of all mighty god contractions, wanted to push there and then so decided to get out. As I was getting out of bath blood spurted down my leg (at this point I panicked as I forgot about the show and my water shadn't broken) - midwife came rushing in and just said not to worry that it was indeed 'the show'.

Just blood (like period blood).

JossStick · 19/02/2008 21:53

Mine looked like a creme brulee of yellow & blood on my knickers.............Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

KatieJB · 19/02/2008 22:07

Yep. Had period like pain and a big lump of clear ish but blood tinged snot stuff. Small though, smaller than i had imagined, about 10p size,

YUK sorry

MelissaM · 26/02/2008 13:43

Mine appeared about 4 wks before dd arrived! And just kept coming! It was like snot but with quite a bit of blood too. There was loads, but some people just get a little I think.

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