Plug questions

[Little Bump]

Apologies but also posted in 3rd tri;

I have a few quick questions re; the plug

Can it come out after sex?
Does it all come out at once or can it come bit by bit?
How much actually comes out?
Is it always blood streaked?
Does the MW or anyone need informing?

Many thanks

 

[LisaJ1986]

I'm not gonna be much help here but mine came out all in one go, and was very bloody, and there was quite a lot. I was already having contractions so called the hospital soon after.
I have heard you can lose it a bit at a time though.

 

[Daffodil]

Hey I just realised I can answer stuff in here cos I'm a mum!

I started losing jelly-like clear stuff a few days before going into labour. MW says that was part of the show. I think as long as your waters stay intact then you're OK and don't have to "do" anything if you lose your plug and you're over 37 wks.

I didn't lose a full "bloody " plug until I was in labour itself.

Dawn

 

[Sherlock]

Apologies but also posted in 3rd tri;

I have a few quick questions re; the plug

Can it come out after sex?
Does it all come out at once or can it come bit by bit?
How much actually comes out?
Is it always blood streaked?
Does the MW or anyone need informing?

Many thanks

It can happen whenever tbh.

Mine came out over a day or two before labour. It can come out bit by bit, but some in one go sort of also.

As to how much, again it depends. I didn't lose anywhere near as much as I thought I would. I had been expecting more.

Sometimes.

And no, you don't need to inform your MW. Plug can go days before labour begins, sometimes weeks. It can also replace if it goes early.

You only need to give your MW a call if you go into labour (if latent labour also worth giving a call just to let her know) or if your waters break.

 

[Little Bump]

Thanks ladies.

Here's what I put in my other post in 3rd Tri. I'm a bit confused and unsure whether it was or not

Well I'm not sure if it was my plug or what...but I posted last week as I lost a little something that I thought might have been...

TMI time...

It was an off-white lump, size wise I'd say like 6 or 7 chewed pieces of chewing gum stuck together. Someone posted on my thread last time that sex in the past 30 hours or so can kind of congeal your discharge but this wasn't long after, and it seemed quite big to be discharge iykwim?

I just don't know, but it made my OH retch!

 

[happy-chick]

I had some come away over a couple of weeks before labour but my proper plug came away during labour after an internal, it was very bloody and there was alot of it.

 

[cez8457]

Mine came out about a day or two before labour but it was the morning after we had sex. It looked like (sorry if this sounds horrible lol) a jelly slug

 

[Pompey_Princess]

hi all, i'm new
Not sure if this willl be helpful but i'm sure i remember reading that your plug can come away any where up to 2 weeks prior to labour, and can come away in one lump or as bits. I lost mine in bits a few hours before labour began, but i was over a week over due, she liked keeping me waiting! but more than worth it
PS, i also think sex helped mine along, plus i had a sweep the day before