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BabyT20 · 05/07/2020 21:14

This is a bit TMI but over the last 3/4 weeks, I've had so much discharge!
I'm only 22 weeks and googling images of what my discharge looks like resembles online images of other people's mucus plugs. It's mostly clear when I wipe at the toilet but feels almost slimy when I'm wiping. And if I've been sitting or lying down for a while and I then go to the toilet, I normally get quite a large thick blob of it either falls out or I wipe away. It's gotten to the point where I can sometimes feel it when I'm walking as though it's stuck inside me.
I mentioned this to my consultant when I was 19 weeks and she seemed to think it sounded like normal pregnancy discharge but I feel like it's increased again since then.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar??

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Thinkpinkstink · 05/07/2020 21:17

I'm not a doc, and I absolutely think that if you're even remotely worried it's always worth getting checked out by a doc or MW.

BUT from my second trimester onwards I had SO much discharge. So much that I regularly thought my waters had broken and more than once went to the maternity ward. Nope, just hideous amounts of discharge.

Thinkpinkstink · 05/07/2020 21:18

To add, I've already read about peoples' mucous plugs coming out early and 'regrowing'... But still, if you're worried, always get checked.

Pinkpepper9 · 06/07/2020 20:07

Exactly the same for me, I feel like it builds up and comes out at once? My midwife said this was normal, as long as it’s clear/white and doesn’t smell. Check with MW if you’re not sure :)

Mc3209 · 06/07/2020 22:31

23 weeks and buckets of white/clear discharge too... Sometimes I feel it come out. Lovely.

EBM20 · 06/07/2020 22:47

I had this and was told it's normal by several different midwives/doctors and I even said its allot more than the increased discharge I've had during pregnancy! Then 10 days later I woke up in extreme pain so went in and saw a midwife at the early pregnancy unit. I showed her the pictures of the discharge I was getting when wiping and she looked for a seccond and said it's normal. She took a swab and finally a week later I have the awnser to the majorly increased discharge and pain, it's a bacterial infection which is common in pregnancy and treated with antibiotics. If your really concerned push to be seen by a midwife and ask for a swab test

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