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Re: Mucous plug?

From: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 3 May 2003 08:31:13 -0500 (CDT)

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>>>
>>>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.

Well, I can see why your dr is helpin you along. I hope everything turns out well for you and you have a beautiful healthy baby soon. I hope I didn't offend you when I asked in my last post as to why the dr was doing that. It does seem, however that I ticked off some anonymous persond for asking you that. Take care and good luck

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