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36 weeks pregnant & mucus plug + soft cervix?
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Common: It is very possible that you will go into spontaneous labor prior to your due date, however there is no specific way to predict labor based on the information given. Call you doctor if you have regular contractions, bleeding, leaking fluid or decreased movement.
Answered 4/4/2016
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Close to labor?: 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.
Answered 11/16/2015
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