Can you go into labor without losing your mucus plug/bloody show or without water breaking?

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38 weeks today and I feel no signs of him coming soon. Just wondering if it could just happen without any of the above happening and only contractions starting. I asked doctor about cervix checks and she said they don’t do it until I’m in active labor or if something is wrong.

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Yes most of my patients water don’t break until after a few hours in labor

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Losing your mucus plug is not an indication labor is coming and you also don’t have to have a bloody show.

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I didn't lose my mucus plug and my doctor broke my water at 5cm dilated.
I had absolutely zero "signs" of labour. She was 4 days late.

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Less than 15% of women show up to the hospital with a broken water and less than 10% have their water break before labor starts.

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I woke up with what i though was just Braxton hicks, it got more intense and didnt go away. Turned into labour. My waters didnt break until bubs was minutes away from being born, don't recall loosing the plug probably happend in active labour

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My first I lost my mucus plug then had contractions then my water broke. 
Second and third pregnancies contractions started before I lost my mucus plug and before my water broke.

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Yup most definitely. I had absolutely NO signs of labor coming. Then at 40w exactly my water broke....and even then labor didn’t start. I didn’t have contractions until I had pitocin started

Can you go into labor without losing your mucus plug/bloody show or without water breaking?

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