Really disgusting question... sorry TMI!

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Hiya ladies,

Now before i ask my question i must warn you it's rather disgusting and very embarrassing for me to ask.
This afternoon when i wiped after going to the toilet there was a very large amount of CM, it really looked like snot, like someone with a really bad cold had just blown their nose. I know that CM increases when pregnant but this really was a lot. Plus it was verry "snot like" - long, stretchy and thick. Could it be my mucus plug? Really worried as i am only 24 weeks. I'm not sure if it is a coincidence but DH and I had sex yesterday for the first time since i was about 9 weeks. I had made him wait until i got my cervix measured at my scan last week because i had LLETZ treatment last year and i was concerned it would lead to me having a weakened cervix. However it all looked good and the midwife gave us the green light.
Has anyone else had any similar experiences? Should i be worried? I have an appointment with my community MW tomorrow so will definately ask her but in the meantime if anyone else can shed any light on my embarrassing problem i would really appreciate it.
Thanks.

could be a mix of cm and sperm

I would ring your midwife today if possible. I'm trying not to scare you, but my plug sounded a lot like what you are describing.

another one saying ring your midife, it could well just be normal cervical mucus and sperm etc but its better to be safe and if you can see a midwife who can put your mind at rest then all good :)

snot like does describe the mucus plug but mine has always been a bit bloody.

maybe put a pad on to see if anything else appears and then you could show that to a midwife so, yuck i know but htey have seen it all before!

Ok, equally gross reply. I find I have this after sex (usually the next day) its almost like extra CM and my body expelling the left over sperm. Gross but def something I've noticed.

I always thought that plug had a bit of brown or red blood in it

Mines always like this when pregnant

TMI but I too had the snot-like discharge within a day of having had sex, which was more embarrassingly left on the carpet where I was briefly sat whilst naked!!

I think day-old semen does that, because I know from the conception threads that the thick egg-white discharge you get when fertile is masked by having had sex.

I get LOADS of discharge during pg anyway, & baby is very much staying put & moving, so I'm not concerned. (I'm 23wks BTW).

chunky

I had what you described on Friday without having the sex, I saw my midwife Tuesday and she said it very much sounds like a show but I am 36 weeks and have other symptons of imminent labour! , I called the midwife unit on the Friday it happened and they didnt sound to concerned as they said discharge increases the further along you go, but I would call them just in case :)

Thanks for all the replies. Nice to know I'm not the only one having snot down below.
Called my midwife & she brought me in and ran some tests, including one like a smear... God I hate those! And everything looks fine. Definitely glad I called though as I can stop worrying now.
Thanks again for all the reassurance.

Ah that was good of her nice and quick too! Glad everything is ok

ah glad you got checked over and all is fine, def worth it for the reassurance :)

Glad all ok. I had to wear pads through pregnancies as all kinds of mank came out at various times. All normal

I had something similar to this all through my last pregnancy and am now 33 weeks with no 2 and it's the same again. I never know what I'm going to find lurking in there! As long as there's no whiff and no itch, I just use a pad and forget about it. It was one of the first things that told me I was pregnant.