For those of you who go into labor on your own...

do you always have bloody show or lose your mucus plug first? Has anyone had their water break or started true labor without either indication?

Thanks!

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Teya, DH Scott & DD Ainsley

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I haven't but I know my sister has

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mom to: Charlton, Kaitlin, McKenzie
and introducing
Emersyn Cecilia

I just asked my mom this the other day. She said that neither of those happened in her three pregnancies. She's also attended quite a few births where the only sign of impending delivery was contractions.

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sure you can. my water borke with stone and i never had a mp. or a bloody shadow. so go figure that one out!

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When my water broke last week i had my bloody show an hour later, hadnt had anything before that

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Aoife 28
Joe 29
Evan born April 29 2008. 6lb 5oz 19 inches
May 16 2008. 7lb 15oz 20 inches
May 30 2008. 9lb 7oz 21 inches
June 23 2008. 11lb 8oz
June 27 2008. 11lb 14oz 23 inches

my 2nd son i didnt have neither...just began having contractions like BH and realized at midnight that they were consistant with slight pain lol....that lasted all day on the 10th of aug i went in to the hospital about 10 pm and had him at 2:40 am.... they had to break my water and i never saw bloody show or a MP....

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With my first dd, my water broke. I never had any MP loss, or bloody show (and I was watching for both). Also, I never felt any contractions beforehand. I had had some braxton hicks off & on for the last of the pregnancy, but none that hurt at all.

So water breaking was really my only sign of labor.

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Ann-Marie

With my oldest, my water broke in the middle of the night. No MP, no pre-labor, nothing. Just a random thing. I was hoping that might happen again but I just read that water breaking only happens in I think 15% of cases.
Monica

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With DD, I lost my mp about 2 weeks before she was born. My water broke on it's own and I did not have bloody show until an hr or 2 later. So, my water breaking was my sign I better head to the hospital because the contractions were not painful until a few hrs later at the hospital.

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with my first pregnancy i did not induce and went into labor on my own. my water did not break and i had no bloody show and no mucous plug coming out. just contractions that landed me in the hospital and then my doc broke my water.

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Anne


Mom to :

Baby Girl EDD May 26th 2008, Induction planned May 12

Scarlett 1 yr old DD

Ari 3 yr old DD

Christian 10 yr old DS

Rebecca 11 yr old DSD

Bethani 13 yr old DD

Wife to MrSP, love of my life

My OB told me today labor can start without bloody show, or water breaking or MP and that is why they say come in at the 5 min contraction marker.

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Yep, ctx. were the only sign when I went into labor w/ my ds.

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