[mamaley]

On Friday at my 39 week appointment, I had my first internal exam, which found me to be 2-3 cm. My midwife said that I definitely lost my plug, which I thought might be possible because i had had some snotty discharge, but it didn't seem like plug to me, not very thick at all. Well that night I started losing something that seemed like textbook plug--thick, gel like, snotty gobs of stuff. A little blood tinged too, but could be from the exam. I have been losing it off and on since. Then Tuesday I had another exam because I had been having lots of contractions and the midwife stripped my membranes without asking! Which is a whole other thread...but anyway, since then I have been having even larger globs of the mucous, even though, again on Tuesday, she examined me and said i was a good 3 and the plug was definitely gone.

So could she just not know what she's talking about and my plug was still there? Or should I be concerned about infection or something? I've been losing this stuff for about a week.

BTW, no more internal exams for me!

 

[Ravin]

could be your body is still trying to generate more mucus for the plug, but since you're so dialated it just comes out instead of staying in place.

I just lost my plug (or at least a big chunk of it) a few minutes ago. There wasn't any blood, I'll bet that was because of your exam.

 

[Imonion2]

I think you can lose your plug in stages. I had a largish blob one week, but then more when I was in active labor with my son.