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does everyone have a show/lose their plug?

24 replies

mckenzie · 28/02/2005 18:54

Can labour start without having a show? I'm sure i should know the answer to this question but at 40 weeks + I'm being a bit thick about everything it seems!

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SeaShells · 28/02/2005 18:55

I didn't with DS but did with DD.

SeaShells · 28/02/2005 18:55

Sorry in other words yes

SeaShells · 28/02/2005 18:57

That's yes labour started for me without a show/plug, not yes everyone has a show/plug!

God, think I'll just shut up now

leahbump · 28/02/2005 18:58

I had a show just prior to contractions starting!!

serenity · 28/02/2005 18:59

Only had a show with DD, didn't with the previous two so...

Yes, you can go into labour without having a show.

HappyMumof2 · 28/02/2005 19:00

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coppertop · 28/02/2005 19:08

I didn't have a show either time. Both were induced labours and the first sign that anything was happening was when the waters broke.

pedilia · 28/02/2005 19:11

i didn't have a show and neither did my waters break with either one of mine.

princesspeahead · 28/02/2005 19:12

no - three babies, no shows! (all 10 days late as well so I was assiduously looking for the bloody plugs for about 3 weeks each time, pshaw)

emmatmg · 28/02/2005 19:14

Ditto PPh.
3 babies and no shows 2 were 6 days late, 1 was 2 days late.

SeaShells · 28/02/2005 19:15

My waters didn't break either time, I was ever so worried about that happening, in the middle of the supermarket or something!

Surfermum · 28/02/2005 19:15

I didn't have a show until I was 6cm. My waters didn't break either, they had to do it for me.

HappyMumof2 · 28/02/2005 19:18

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Cod · 28/02/2005 19:19

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Cod · 28/02/2005 19:19

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prunegirl · 28/02/2005 19:22

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Cod · 28/02/2005 19:23

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pupuce · 28/02/2005 19:24

yes definitely it can.

dizzymama · 28/02/2005 19:29

I didn't have a show and my waters didn't break, even after they tried to break them...twice! Perhaps I had no water???!!!! That can't be possible can it?!

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mckenzie · 28/02/2005 20:24

thanks very much for all the replies. Believe it or not, I've even forgotten what the contractions felt like with DS (and he's only 3 and a half). Mother Nature's way of making sure you're not put off from having more children I suppose is to make sure you forget all the pain of the first.

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expatinscotland · 28/02/2005 20:26

I never had a show. It was only when I was in established labour that things started leaking out (TMI and YUK!, I know).

Gobbledigook · 28/02/2005 20:43

No, I didn't have any with ds2 but bucketloads with ds3 - nice

Frizbe · 28/02/2005 20:46

Had a show at 6cm dilated! followed by the midwife breaking my waters when fully dilated ready to push!

mummylonglegs · 28/02/2005 20:46

My labour started with my waters breaking and so I didn't have a 'show'.

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