[Ariyah]

A week and half ago I went to clinic for check up and during the exam I bled and had a thick discharge but was told I could just have a yeast infection and was told to use yeast infection medicine. Today however when I spoke to a friend of mine on the phone who has alot of experience with pregnancy says that it sounded like that was my mucous plug.

I am 36 weeks and the baby has dropped. Should I be worried?

 

[Amy in NH]

I wouldn't be worried. 36 weeks is full term so you would be safe to deliver anytime now.

 

[~Megan~]

and loosing your mucous plug can preceed birth by several weeks.

 

[lilgreen]

Even if it was your mucous plug, I second the other posters... nothing to worry about. I lost my mucous plug at 34 weeks with ds and didn't deliver until almost 41 weeks. And, even if you do deliver soon, you're so close to full-term I don't believe your baby would be at higher risk of having any problems.

Take good care (& good luck with your delivery when it happens!),
lilgreen

 

[Ariyah]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm not usually a big worrier but I guess my motherly instincts are kicking in and I find myself getting worried over everything now.

 

[mwherbs]

so are you treating for yeast?

 

[mom2emerson]

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Originally Posted by mwherbs so are you treating for yeast?

That was my question too. If it was the MP, would it be a problem to use yeast medicine???

 

[mwherbs]

no there isn't a problem with using the med for yeast but not treating yeast can compromise your tissue integrity during birth and can end up colonizing the baby---
since I didn't do the exam or see the mucous I couldn't say maybe the person doing the exam did some membrane striping or maybe she was just checking suture lines and then incidentally discovered yeast or assumed yeast? sometimes you can smell it

 

[SouthernMommaOf2]

I wouldn't worry. With my first pregnancy I lost my mucus plug around 33 weeks and no sign of labor. Had her when I was 39 weeks pregnant. With my second pregnancy I lost my mucus plug around 36 weeks and one week later was in the first stages of labor and it lasted 2 weeks.