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Re: 27 weeks, lost mucous plug

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:06:49 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 30 Aug 2001, michelleg wrote: >
>Yesterday, I lost my mucous plug at 27.1 weeks. Went to the dr., I am
>not dialated and still "posterior". He is doing ultrasound on Tuesday
>to see if my cervix is shortening, until then I'm in bed.
>
>How dangerous is this? With my son, I lost my plug and 3 weeks later my
>water broke and I gave birth at 35 weeks. Do people lose their plug and
>carry to term? I'm very concerned. I have been on bedrest almost the
>entire 2nd trimester for hemorraghing due to placenta tear, and I was
>only up for 2 weeks on restricted duty,,, then this.
>
>I have alot of braxton-hix contractions each day.
>Please let me know your prognosis and how you would handle.
>
>--
>michelleg
>

The mucus plug is very dificult to really tell what it is. It can be just a thick vaginal discharge and not really "The Plug" whatever that is. Is htere still mucus in the cervix when the Doctor looked or was it gone?

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