do u have to lose the mucus plug before any kind of labour will start?

[claireward1991]

38 weeks and fed up.. nipple stimulation and walking and bouncing on ball to try help bring on labour...  
But i just thought.. i havnt lost my mucus plug so will i not go in to any kind labour until that comes out, ????  

[LJIT]

I didnt lose my mucus plug with my first child, i got contractions and that was it. I had the doctor break my water once i was at the hospital to help speed things up, but everyone is different.

[Dionne3012]

I hadn't lost anything at all when I went in with my first, everything was still intact when I was contracting every few minutes

[Nisha_Rachel]

I haven't lost my mucus plug completely,or maybe not at all-I have seen only a tiny but of the characteristics but nothing since then. but I'm currently having regular contractions with an internal of about 7mins.
38 weeks pregnant