What exactly is a show?? Confused?

[sazzle]

Im due with my first baby today and am wondering what exactly should i b looking out for with a show? some say its blood stained some say its not?

 

[Bagpuss17]

It's the mucus plug in your cervix. I think it's different for everyone. It won't necessarily be blood stained and some women don't have a show or see it should I say.

Mine wasn't blood stained. It was like a thick, stringy discharge. Yuk, sounds horrible.

 

[sazzle]

Cheers bagpuss was getting all confused, am just kinda waiting for something to happen even tho it may be a while yet!!

 

[angiemum2b]

yeah Mine was clear jelly like stuff! looks and sounds disgusting!

Mine also wasn't bloody .

 

[HELENUK]

Yep I had that clear stuff too , no blood.

 

[budge]

mine was like a great big lump of slimy snot.

 

[angiemum2b]

budge you make me laugh

 

[budge]

well it was.

 

[Cat&Noah]

Yeah I would say snot is a pretty acurate disription! several trips to the loo and wiping away a load of thick stringy snot, you cant miss it!

 

[budge]

you're right though cat !

 

[Princess_Puddles]

I have been experiencing a large amount of discharge in the past few days and sometimes its been blobs almost jelly like and takes a while to wipe away (Sorry if TMI) i just wondered if this is a show, i know that some women's shows can go on for a number of days/weeks and doesn't neccesarily (SP?) mean impending labour (Which im glad about as im not 100% ready YET lol) but am just curious as to whether this could be a show or not.

Thanks

Mica

 

[Yvanne]

i had my show for like 2 days and was alot bloodier than wen i had chloe!! wen i had her it was a huge pink blob lol

 

[Strangeness]

I had the stringy snot stuff for a couple of weeks. When I started having mild contractions and I had an internal I was loosing the snot stuff but it was bloody. My midwife said the bloodier the better because it means things are moving.

 

[cassi]

I think im already getting that, little bits at a time, does that mean when the time comes i wont have 1 big lot cause it will have all gone by then? lol

 

[budge]

i am too cassi. have been doing for a few weeks now.

 

[cassi]

Am i right, its just small amounts and clear and like strings of snot?