First time pregnancy..
Pain in lower back.. losing mucus plug every couple of days and I’m having very frequent b/Hicks and pain in belly and tops of legs…
Could this be start of labour?
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It could be. But I lost my mucus plug every day with and without blood around 35 weeks. But nothing happened ! x

Did u check it out? I'm just asking

You will know when your in labour, just rest and take it easy

Get it checked as you could be I know people say you will know your in labour but I didn’t I went to the hospital due to my high blood pressure and found out I was 6/7 cm dilated

I’ve been having similar ongoing since 31 weeks, currently 36+6 and baby still hanging int here with all the same symptoms x

Mucus plug can regenerate throughout pregnancy

a bloody show would be a sign not your mucus plug as that re generates , it sounds like your feeling heavy x

My mucus plug came out at 33 weeks so I went to the triage team in hospital and my waters had been leaking and turned out I had urine infection. Pre eclampsia and sepsis and had emergency c section 4 days later. I’m not saying it’s the same for you but better to give them a ring and get some advice just incase as pregnancies are all so different and so glad I saw someone 😊

Hi, midwife here! If you feel contractions that hurt (i.e. pain in lower back that comes and goes), you should go to the hospital so they check with a CTG and check if your cervix is getting shortened. 34 + 4 weeks is too early, lungs just started to work properly on their own. If it’s nothing and your cervix is fine, they’ll send you home, it can be a urinary infection, they give you antibiotics and you’ll be back to normal, but if you’re feeling painful contractions, you should check, just in case.
Not worried about the mucus plug, but pain in lower back could mean contractions.
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Hey! Just wondering if anyone has experienced something similar
I’ve had two blood tests one at 9 weeks and another at 10 weeks and both came back showing girl chromosomes. However, whenever my doctor looks at baby on the scan, he can clearly see a nub between the legs. It was still really obvious at our most recent 12-week scan too!
Has anyone had this happen where the blood tests say girl but the scans have looked more like a boy? Did it become clearer later on?
We’re now waiting until our 16-week scan to see if anything changes 💕
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Has anyone else experienced this? I have an appointment tommorow with the wound clinic.
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Is this normal?
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