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187316 tn?1386356682

How soon after BLOODY SHOW did you go into labor?

Im not talking about thr mucus plug since ive been loosing that for weeks upon weeks but this morning I had what can only be described as the "bloody show" (tmi I know) where huge globs of bright red mucus came out after I felt like I needed to go #2. After this ive had back pain and light contractions and just now I went to the bathroom and again more of that bloody stuff came out. Ugh. I didnt get the "bloody show" until my water broke last time I was pregnant so im curious to know how soon after getting it people went into labor? Also I had a membrane sweep yesterday so could this just be a side effect and mean nothing? Tomorrow I will be 39 weeks.
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187316 tn?1386356682
Hmm... Because yesterday I spotted and then it completely stopped and now I wake up with this which is not spotting.
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1311519 tn?1333982067
I think that is from your membrane sweep, i had one done at 40weeks 5 days and i spotted for a couple hours then nothing, and went in to labour later that night. Since you did have that done i am pretty sure it just that.
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