Mucus plug - do you ALWAYS lose it before labour?? (no pics)

[MrsRose2018]

Hi ladies

Sorry if you’re sick of seeing me posting all the time atm....

I am 26+4 and exactly 7 days post waters breaking prematurely.

This morning I have woken up with very light cramping in my pelvis/cervix and my lower back. I was told that 80% of women to into labour a within a week of PROM So I’m just a little anxious now.

I have no blood, no discharge and no other “signs” of labour so far and I was just wondering if you 100% lose your mucus plug before labour? I haven’t lost anything resembling that yet so hoping this may just be generic fun pregnancy pains! I’m trying to hold off telling my husband until I know for sure.

TIA xx

I think you need to seek medical advice as people can't really give you the answer on here for something that is so serious please call triage x

I figured that would probably be the answer :)

sigh time for my daily call to the triage dept... bet they are sick of the sound of my voice by now...

x

obviously do call triage, but no, not everyone loses their plug before labour

I've had 3 children and only saw a plug with the first child.

I've gone into premature labour twice at 34 weeks and 33 weeks and never lost my plug.

3 babies, didn’t lose my plug with either of them until I was well into established labour, about 20 mins before the baby was born!

No 'plug' here. Waters broke at 36 weeks, nothing like that to be seen!

Felt mild cramping at 32 weeks, which turned in to a baby less than 12 hours later so I’d advise you go in to get checked out! Obviously that’s not an easy ask in today’s circumstances but it’s not worth the risk.
I hope it turns out to be nothing though x

I had PROM at 34 weeks, my baby was born at 36 weeks, but no sign of plug before this. Hope you've managed to speak to your midwife.