i'm really worried! is my mucus plug supposed to be dark dark red and about two or three inches long and thick? what's is supposed to look like?!

Question

33 weeks preg.This is the second time my mucus plug has come out. This time it was very red and now im having brown blood when i whipe.Is this normal?

Answer 1

Snot: The mucous plug is a big wad of snot. Think of "boogers" coming out of the nose. It can look very different from person to person and even from day to day. If you feel that you are bleeding or that you have broken your water then contact your doctor for evaluation

Answer 2

A glob of mucus: A mucus plug is a glob of mucus from the cervix that may be passed hours, days or even weeks before labor occurs. It may be streaked with some blood. Passing the mucus plug when you are nearing your due date is normal and is usually of no concern.

Answer 3

The mucus: That comes at of a pregnant cervix near or at term or sometimes way before.

Answer 4

Cervical mucus: The mucus plug is made up of thick cervical mucus that your body forms as soon as you're pregnant. The mucus protects and prevents anything from traveling up the cervix. 72 hours before labor, your cvx begins to change and the mucus loosens and mixes w/ blood from cervical change until it falls out as a "plug." Your cvx will continue to make mucus and you may have more discharge afterwards.

Answer 5

Variable: It can look like a formed glob of material about the size of a hockey pcuk or it can liquify and look like mucus from your nose.

Answer 6

A glob of mucus: Will be thick not thin could be many differnt colors including blood tinged, mucus plug coming out near your due date is normal, if you are worried about anything then call your OB 24/7 just like my pts can call me and a recent study shows the ideal time to deliver is 39-40 for the baby , so don't go past your due date, i don't let any of my pts go past and they all thank me for it.

Answer 7

End of 1st trimester: A mucous plug will form at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy.

Answer 8

Maybe: I suppose it could.

Answer 9

No smell expected: The mucus plug is made up of thick cervical mucus that your body forms as soon as you're pregnant. The mucus protects and prevents anything from traveling up the cervix. 72 hours before labor, your cvx begins to change and the mucus loosens and mixes w/ blood from cervical change until it falls out as a "plug." Your cvx will continue to make mucus and you may have more discharge afterwards.

Answer 10

Mucous plug: During normal pregnancy losing mucous plug generally implies impending labor

i'm really worried! is my mucus plug supposed to be dark dark red and about two or three inches long and thick? what's is supposed to look like?!

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