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Re: Mucous plug?

From: Darcie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 3 May 2003 08:18:20 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 2 May 2003, Anon wrote: >
>At Fri, 2 May 2003, Trisha wrote:
>>
>>When I lost my mucus plug the day before my son was born it was long and
>>pale yello/white it sorya look like an umbilical cord and within 24
>>hours went into labor, it just sounds like irritation
>>
>>At Fri, 2 May 2003, Darcie wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm 36 weeks. Yesterday, because of my ongoing health issues, when my
>>>OB did an internal he said he would try to "help" my cervix along. Not
>>>sure exactly what he did, but he manipulated it somehow.
>>>This morning I'm wiping small bits of blackish looking blood. Could
>>>this be the start of losing my plug? Or is it likely just from the
>>>cervix being irritated? I've heard of the plug being clear, yelllow, or
>>>pinkish- but not this really dark colour..
>
>The blackish looking blood is most likely from you dr, doing a vaginal
>exam. This is very common, since the cervix is quite vascular. Th
>mucus plug usually looks like snot(sorry for being gross) and may or may
>not have a pinkish tinge to it. May I ask why your dr is "helping" your
>cervix along when you are only 36 weeks? Take care

I may end up being induced early due to the baby being small because of my high blood pressure (possible IUGR), and my cervix was still very long, so my OB didn't see any harm in "helping" it to start gearing up, if that's even possible.

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