How long after mucous plug?

[Eggoispreggo]

Morning all!
I'm 40+3 today and had sort of period pains on and off yesterday and through the night and woke up this morning to a lost mucous plug! Wahoo! It was exactly what the book said it would be like, clear with pink tinges in it.
So... Mumsnet ladies, how long did you go from plug losing to holding a baby???
I'm super excited but of course the internet is killing the vibe by saying it can be days or weeks until proper labour starts?!

With DC1 I lost mucus plug in the morning, waters went at 7pm and baby born at 3am. Good luck!

Lost mucous plug. Got all excited- 4 days later and still nothing. Not even a contraction. Had to be induced and ended up with a c-section.

Lost mine about 8am, labour started that night at 12pm with waters breaking. Baby was born the following day at 1pm

Mucus plug went on the Monday afternoon, contraction started the next morning then had my baby two days after then (Thursday night) good luck x

I was holding my baby 5 hours after I lost mine. Hope its soon for you!

Thank you all, good to hear that lots of people see things happening soon after but totally get that it can be days and days as well.
I'm such an organiser so it's really difficult to have to just go with the flow and not be in charge of what's happening!!
Will get yoga ball bouncing and walk to the shops and see if I can encourage things 😂

My mucus plugs were vile, they looked like someone had hacked up a lung in my undies 🤢.

I went into labour the following day after losing it with all three of mine.

I lost mine at 10:30am while waiting to be examined by midwife. DD was born at 12:07.

Thought I was in labour with mild contractions at 5am

Lost plug at 8am, then more at about 11.30am (more bloody that time), arrived at hospital 8cm dilated at around 12.30/45

DD born 7pm

Good luck OP! 😀

Yay more of what I want to hear!! Thank you ladies :)
Nothing really happening currently, some more period pains and as the book elegantly describes it 'loose bowel movements' so I'm hopeful. Although walking to the shops seems to have stopped the pains strangely.
Bump is quite hard all the time currently but not painful so assuming I'm having Braxton Hicks all the time? I've never noticed having them before this point in pregnancy so don't know what they feel like?

4-5 days !

2 days later.

Just a few hours for me! Best of luck, how exciting!!

I think it was about 5 days with dc 1 but we same day with dc 2!

Good luck op!!

Thank you again for the replies 😊
I feel like we're looking more at a couple of days than hours, no real progress I don't think. Am having a nice day out walking and chilling at home but would like things to get going!!!
Will let you know what happens. I figure a kid will emerge eventually!?! 😂

Mine was a week

Mine was a week too... sorry!

I'm 40 +4 hope you have your baby soon. I've only seen bits of mine after a sweep think I got a while to go yet but who knows could happen anytime for us. :)

Egg usually labour starts in the evening and late at night so u never know! That’s when the hormones peak !

With DS1 it was two days - lost at 40+2 and he was born at 40+4.

Good luck - I was due with DC2 on Tuesday too and currently no sign of any movement...

About 20 mins for me . I didn’t lose mine until the pushing stage with both DC.