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Q: mucus plug

asked by: kayleigh86 on November 6th, 2009

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im 35 weeks pregnant and i have been getting a white snotty discharge i was wondering if this was the start of loosing my mucus plug and if it is do i need to go to hospital and get checked or am i ok not to be checked over, i tried to check my cervix but i dont know what i feeling for so couldnt tell you if i was dilated or not, when i did check my cervix it was fll of the snotty discharge that smelt like your baby when you've just given birth. is this normal?

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