Question, but no TMI pic!!

Okay this morning I definitely lost part of my mucous plug. But no bloody show yet. It is only a sign of labor if there is bloody show with it, right? I am 36 weeks so I am thinking I'm too far along for it to be a "but it can regenerate" thing. With my first I lost it in March and then had her in May. That was definitely a regenerated thing. But I never went into active labor because I had to have a c section. If it is starting to come at 36 weeks and have A LOT of other symptoms... Is it a sign that it's near? How near? Will the bloody part come soon if the snot is coming out now? So many questions about a damn plug!! Haha!