The ‘bloody show’

Marianna

Hey ladies, this is my first and I’m currently 38 weeks. I just wanted to ask all the experienced mums out there about the loss of mucus plug. Does this always happen before labour starts? Is it quite obvious? I’ve heard waters don’t always break before contractions start so wanted to check if the mucus plug is the same? As this is my first we’re just trying to work out what signals we can rely on to know when labour starts etc...

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