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Time for the stupidest question EVER!
Whats a mucus plug? 
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Posted 8/4/06 2:04 PM  |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
No one else knows either?
phew - I feel better! 
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:11 PM |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
Secretions in cervix, which is often released before labor.
it blocks the cervix
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:11 PM |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
Ahhh - so what happens when it falls out?
Or maybe this is a question the doctor would feel more comfortable answering???
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:12 PM |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
this mucus plug is expelled so that the cervix can open
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:14 PM |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
The mucous plug covers your cervix throughout your pg, when the cervix begins to dilate, (opens), and begins to efface (thin out)the plug gradually, or falls out. The plug falling out could be an indicator of labor or soon to be labor.
I never lost my plug until i was 3-4 cm dilated in the hospital. Some ladies have lost it, then went into labor. It looks like a big, blobby snot, sorry for the TMI
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:31 PM |
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
Posted by sweetness
The mucous plug covers your cervix throughout your pg, when the cervix begins to dilate, (opens), and begins to efface (thin out)the plug gradually, or falls out. The plug falling out could be an indicator of labor or soon to be labor.
I never lost my plug until i was 3-4 cm dilated in the hospital. Some ladies have lost it, then went into labor. It looks like a big, blobby snot, sorry for the TMI
Hey - I'll have to find out sooner or later!
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:33 PM |
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by sweetness
The mucous plug covers your cervix throughout your pg, when the cervix begins to dilate, (opens), and begins to efface (thin out)the plug gradually, or falls out. The plug falling out could be an indicator of labor or soon to be labor.
I never lost my plug until i was 3-4 cm dilated in the hospital. Some ladies have lost it, then went into labor. It looks like a big, blobby snot, sorry for the TMI
Hey - I'll have to find out sooner or later!
That's for sure!!
Congrats on your pg! 
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| Posted 8/4/06 2:36 PM |
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Michelle1123
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
I didnt lose mine either! Well, I lost a little bit. It is really gross. Like a big, green, snot, but from what I heard, it couldnt have been the whole thing b/c they are supposed to be kinda big....
And they can have a LITTLE blood in it.
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| Posted 8/6/06 9:14 AM |
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jessicamd
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Re: Time for the stupidest question EVER!
I never lost mine either- but I did have to be induced a week early-
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