so i think i am losing mucous plug!!

vanilla15

Last night around 4am, I got up for the nightly pee break & I noticed a teensy bit of pink on the tp & I was a little more "damp" than usual.  (sorry if TMI!) I thought "oh crap, my water just broke"  but i haven't really been very damp since & from all I read, once the water breaks, it doesn't stop.  I have been having a little jelly-like discharge all morning & again from what I have read, it isn't necessarily a big plug all at once for everyone.  It can also be a gradual thing. 

No contractions what so ever, just something that feels like menstrual cramps that I have been having for weeks & dr said at last couple of visits not to worry about them since I hadn't been progressing at all.

So if I am (or have already) lost my plug, is it still just a waiting game?  I don't need to call dr unless I start having regular contractions, right?

MrsZiz

Not everyone looses their mucus plug. I lost mine and when I told my OB they said there was "no way" because I was 34 weeks when I was almost 99% positive that I lost it. I kept telling them what it looked like and that i was sure I lost it, they kept saying no and the appt went on. 

If you did lose it, it's just a waiting game for when stuff starts to happen. My water broke and then nothing happened, no contractions, no nothing, just TONS of leaking! Like 3 pads in an hour time frame. Then they said to come in if it kept up, so I did. I guess only 25% of women have their water break naturally, or at least that's what my OB said. 

Good luck! Surely it has to be soon!  

MrsIH

Yay, you're getting close.  I lost mine over the course of a week or so, bit by bit.  When I went to see my Dr. I told her about what I was seeing and she said oh good, that's your MP.  It kept coming out until about a week later when my water broke, but it's different for everyone.  Things are happening though which is great  My contractions felt like really strong cramps 2 days before LO arrived.  

mrspresley

from what i understand you can lose the plug and still have a while...so wait for those contractions!! eek, so exciting though!! can't wait to meet your LO

vanilla15

thanks for you input ladies!!  All of these unknowns!!!  I hope I still have a little longer, but I guess I don't get to make that call!