Mucus Plug, dilated & effaced

Currently 35 weeks/ 36 weeks on Tuesday. Lost my mucus plug this morning, and at my last appointment I was 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced. Our due date is not until Jan 23rd… it seems like things are progressing fast, especially losing my mucus plug now too! Could this still take weeks or am I possibly having a December baby?!

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Possibly and still can end up having the baby early January

I’m due January 19th I don’t think imma make it 😩🥺I’m ready but not for them contractions 😩😩

Hey yeah seems possible I’m not due until the 13th last time I went I was 1 cm 50% effaced and I lost some of my mucus plug and i think I’m leaking amniotic fluid

I’ve been dilated almost 4 cm for 2 weeks. My doctor said it pretty much means it could happen any day or continue to wait until the due date!

I’m due January 23rd same thing going on with me so I’m washing all her clothes and getting prepared faster I was put on magnesium and given two steroid shots

It’s possible baby might come in December, I was due Jan 8th and she came Dec 19th

we have the same due date! Did they put you on magnesium and steroid shots to keep you from going into labor too soon?

congrats on your baby girl! How quickly/ when did you realize she was coming early? Did you have symptoms that helped you know weeks or only days in advance?

yes they they did and even a day after that I still was having contractions then they stopped but now they are coming back I’m so low in the belly I just want her to come when she’s ready

thank you! And I noticed when I got a sudden lower back pain that brought me to my knees lol and every 5 minutes after that I would get a pain from my lower back to my stomach. And I had no early symptoms that I can think of. I did however lose my appetite that day, I heard that’s a possibility for the body to get ready for labor.

I’ve been 1cm for the past six weeks and generally 50% before my ECV (have no idea now but probably more). Plus I’ve had regular contractions for the past several weeks without any additional cervical changes. I did have a long cervix but everyone is different. My sister who had trouble with cervical insuff. Was also 1cm for several weeks before going into labor.

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