mucus plug
Pregnancy's natural barrier
A mucus plug is a thick collection of mucus that seals the cervix during pregnancy, protecting the uterus from bacteria.
Losing the mucus plug—sometimes called "the bloody show" when tinged with blood—often signals that labor is approaching, though it can happen days or weeks before delivery: I lost my mucus plug this morning.
- cervixUterine opening to vagina
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- dilationWidening of an opening
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
birth · membrane · amniotic · early labor · gelatinous · thick · protective · seal · birth canal · third trimester · delivery · nesting · hospital bag · hospital · midwife · cervical · bloody · stringy
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- Respiratory Problemsasthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, COPD, emphysema
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- childbirth anatomyuterus, womb, placenta, umbilical cord, cervix
- labor signscontractions, water breaking, dilation, effacement, active labor
- mucussnot, phlegm, boogers, mucin, nasal discharge
barrier vs. opening
mucus plugcervical dilation
Widening of womb's exit
water breaking · amniotic fluid · effacement · contractions · active labor
mucus, plug, mucous, mucosal, mucosa, mucoid, plugs, plugged, plugging