APB....Lost mucous plug

kids · Jan 17, 2003

Originally posted by kids-r-fun
Uh oh...Andrea never lost hers...should we check to see if its still there?

I double checked with her...nope, she never saw it let alone lost it.

L&D.RN · Jan 17, 2003

ROFL - I'm going to have to try that one At Your Cervix...never heard that before! Too funny.

ShandyLynnRN, BSN, RN · Jan 17, 2003

Originally posted by at your cervix
Whenever a pt calls or comes in to tell me that they lost their mucous plug, I usually say "Ok, stop and think for a minute. Where was the last place that you had it??" I don't know why, but I get a kick out of that everytime, I guess that it is just my warped sense of humor!!!

:roll :roll :roll

Lausana · Jan 17, 2003

Originally posted by mark_LD_RN
he told me they were walking in walmart when it fell out, described it as brown sticky and tastes sweet. he offered to bring it in for me to look at and test for my self if it was the mucous plug or not.

Tastes??! Knew I shouldn't have opened this thread while chewing :chuckle

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Jan 17, 2003

This must be a very common misconception. I remember learning in health class in high school that labor was coming soon when a woman lost her mucus plug. Does losing it really mean anything at all? Does it have anything to do with the onset of labor?

SmilingBluEyes · Jan 17, 2003

it's clinically insignificant the passing of the mucus plug as related to onset of labor.

hoolahan, ASN, RN · Jan 17, 2003

Originally posted by rdhdnrs
People just lose their heads when things start oozing out of the nether regions, I guess.

:rotfl: LMAO!!!! :rotfl:

at your cervix · Jan 18, 2003

Originally posted by KRVRN
Does losing it really mean anything at all? Does it have anything to do with the onset of labor?

In reality, there is no such thing as a "mucous plug" true, most people have increased mucousy secretions at the end of pregnancy and early labor, but that mucous does not "plug" any thing. I think that the term mucous plug suggests that it is rather like a cork holding the baby in and when that mucous falls out, there is nothing holding the baby in!! Unfortunately, that is what most people also think!!!!!!

kids · Jan 18, 2003

When my water broke with my middle child his Dad was almost hysterical (and I almost delivered from laughter)...seems the man who "don't need any child birthclasses, I've seen puppies born" thought that when the water broke the baby fell out.

Come to think of it...in all my pregnancies I never lost my mucus plug *gasp* ya don't suppose they are still in there do you!!!

(Sorry, the whole mucus plug thing cracks me up...23 years ago in my first pregnancy my Lamaze instructor told us the is NO SUCH THING AS A MUCUS PLUG! ya'll would think the news would have spread by now...)

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Jan 18, 2003

At your cervix,

That's exactly what they taught us in health class... This mysterious mucus plug blocks the cervix and holds the baby in and when your lose it it's time to go into labor. Never could quite see how and gob of snot held a baby in, but whatever was my attitude, haha.

mark_LD_RN · Jan 19, 2003

Come to think of it...in all my pregnancies I never lost my mucus plug *gasp* ya don't suppose they are still in there do you!!!

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better get someone to check and see if they are in there,maybe its still holding a baby in:)

kids · Jan 19, 2003

Originally posted by kids-r-fun
Come to think of it...in all my pregnancies I never lost my mucus plug *gasp* ya don't suppose they are still in there do you!!!

Originally posted by mark_LD_RN

better get someone to check and see if they are in there,maybe its still holding a baby in:)

Well that would explain the extra weight I've been carrying around...