Where, exactly, does the mucous plug come from/sit?

[Miny20]

I've been having constant goop ranging from shiny and clear to goopy and green to brown to pink with blood for 10 days now. I guess I thought that the mucous plug was one 'thing' and once it broke down/released it would be gone. I swear every time I go to the bathroom I wipe out long strings of pink or yellowish looking egg white like mucous. I know it means nothing--that birth can be hours to weeks away, but sheesh, when I first saw it early last week I was like, "Woohoo, let's get the show on the road!" and now, I'm just annoyed that I have to change the pad every time I go to the bathroom---or sit in wetness...

My husband and i were trying to decide last night if the mucous plug rests outside the cervix, inside the cervix.. or what? Does anyone know?

[2bluefish]

Inside the cervix I think. I've been loosing mucous for weeks. I can feel the head now through my 1 cm dilated cervix, so I'm pretty sure the plug is gone. I only saw blood tinge once, and the rest has been yellowy. This is how it has always been for me. I've never seen a "plug" or a bloody show.

[vivianstcloud]

I'm the same way. Wiping bloody snot every other time I go to the bathroom. I was looking for one big "plop", but I don't think it's happening.

[thorn]

http://services.epnet.com/GetImage.a...?ImageIID=6103

a good diagram of it!

I believe it can regenerate though, if you lose it early in the pregnancy.

[gypsyfaery]

Awesome diagram! Thank you. It looks like there isn't much in the diagram but sure seems to be a lot coming out!

[HeatherB]

Very interesting! I haven't ever lost mine till at least 5cm or so. This time it was the EWCM, long stringy kind. At that point, I was already dilated enough to feel baby's head *through* the cervix. Wonder if that makes a difference - how your cervix dilates? Hmm... so many interesting questions! Wonder if anyone has answers?

[kconterio]

you can also get mucousy looking stuff after you have sex, and it could totally be brown or bloody if you spot a little afterwards. every time sweetie and i gio i get the snot. it's so sexy. my natural birth class instructor said the mucous plug could have tiny veins of brown/red in it, and i got some of that after my last cervix check. i dunno if it was just going to come out anyway or if that helped it.