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question about early/pre-labour (somewhat graphic)
"Nancy" wrote in message
Three days ago, at just over 37 weeks, my OB discovered that I was 2 cm dilated and effaced to within 1 cm, and that the baby was engaged (not just dropped, as I had already suspected). She was able to feel the baby's head with her fingertips during the internal exam! The spotting and then brownish discharge resulting from the exam tapered off to nothing by late afternoon. On Thursday, first on-and-off and then all evening and night, I had menstrual-like cramps. Yesterday (Friday) I had clear/whitish discharge, more than usual. Lots of uncomortable Braxton-Hicks, as has been happening for some time now. Last evening I noticed that the discharge was quite brownish, occasionally tinged reddish - I guess that could be from the internal exam, but why would it reappear after so long? More cramping, too. That brownish discharge was still around this morning but has since turned back to whitish. Is this all just a result of the internal (which ironically didn't hurt at all), or is it my cervix continuing to dilate and efface? What meaning, if any, can I take from the on-again, off-again brownish discharge? I am waiting for my baby as well (my first), so take this FWIW :-) I have been losing bits of mucous plug for the past two *weeks*--usually slightly brownish, sometimes just whitish, sometimes more reddish. I have also been having menstrual like cramps for at least a month. I had lots of them prior to 20 weeks pregnant also, but then they subsided and were replaced with BH contractions. Now, I have both! Anyway, just sharing that, for me, these possible labor symptoms haven't meant that labor is imminent. I've been thinking of this as my pre-labor warm up (of indefinite length). For you, it may be different! (Sounds like your baby is more engaged than mine is). Best wishes :-) -- Em edd 9/23/03 (37w6d) |
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