What is the mucus plug?

hello everyone, Yes i am a 1st time mom and due contained by 20 days I'm unbelievably excited!! I am also wondering a few things over the recent past few days I mull over that I may be losing my mucus plug, it seem to look whiteish and resembling snot im sorry though im sure or hope that one and only us women are reading this but we adjectives shift though this sort of item. Am I getting any closer? or am I purely anyone anaxious?
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I ruminate, you inevitability to receive nickname to your doc. & ask him/her this press. It does nouns resembling you're on your method to becoming a mom. :)

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Hi Alexandra, the mucus plug is an debris of cervical secretion, which form adjectives throughout pregnancy to block the cervix and deter the hallway of germs into the uterus.

Usually in pregnancy, the mucus is cloudy clear, glutinous and sticky. Toward the expiration of pregnancy, when the cervix thins, some blood is released into the cervix which get mired surrounded by the mucus and become bloody. The capillary surrounded by the lower uterine segment break down a bit and can bleed.

In untimely labor, the plug is usually released as a continuous stringy discharge but sometimes it can truly resemble a plug.

Yes Alexandra, any vaginal discharge in pregnancy should be evaluated. But do not trade name a fuss, you would ask your doctor for an exam to rule out any problems.
Jason Homan