how common is the mucus plug?? Or bloody show?? I'm a FTM so of course I've never even heard of such a thing until later on in my pregnancy, but it has me so paranoid, week 39 for me will begin Thursday however I've been paranoid for weeks about it. EVERYTIME I go potty I'm checking for it haha I'm constantly out on the look out for it so I can feel like I'm progressing in anyway. I talked to my mom about it and she acts as if she never had kids, said she had absolutely no spotting or bloody show and "can't remember" if she lost a mucus plus ..I'm only 21 but she can't remember anything lol ANYWAY are there any mamas who completely missed or went without loosing their mucus plug?? Is this really a common thing that happens to every woman??