The cork goes away when the birth is not far off

Many women who are pregnant do not know in detail about the changes that will occur in their body.

Mucus will save from infections

But everyone will necessarily hear about the departure of the traffic jam before childbirth, because for some reason this process is considered a sign of the burgeoning labor activity. And, of course, he will definitely ask his gynecologist at the reception: "If the cork goes away, when the delivery occurs?"

The doctor will tell the pregnant woman that the cork is called the formation of thick mucus, which "locks" the cervical channel of a woman to protect the baby from all sorts of infections. Before childbirth, it becomes unnecessary and self-destructing to free the path to the baby, in addition, the cervix is gradually shortened. Therefore, the departure of the cork is considered one of the precursors of childbirth, but it can not predict the exact time of their birth . As, in fact, none of the precursors - they only indicate that it's not so long to wait.

A month before the birth?

But the majority of women in labor who wear a tummy for almost 9 months continue to be very interested: "If the mucous plug comes off, when will the labor begin?" Simply in this position for the woman, the certainty that she is trying to discover, based on different kinds of signs, is important.

Doctors explain: "If the cork goes away, when the birth begins, it's not easy to say." However, it is clear only that the appearance of the baby in the world will exactly happen in the next 3-4 weeks. But again, it's not a fact that it will. The fact is that not everyone knows about the following fact: the mucous plug can depart from all women in different ways.

Someone will have her parts coming out within a few weeks, so the future mother will not even notice how she left. Someone unexpectedly finds a large clot of mucus on his underwear - the cork has moved away. "How many births will happen?" - this question does not even have time to break from the lips of a pregnant woman. Because in a very short period of time, contractions can follow.

It happens that a woman generally does not have to think about what it means that she has a traffic jam. When the childbirth is in full swing, it will go away, only it will go unnoticed - at this time the mother will be busy with the other. However, most often the plug leaves about a week before delivery.

"House" without a "door"

If you are too early to stop the plug, when the birth does not yet begin, but there is no threat to the baby, be especially careful. In fact now the child can catch any infection as its "small house" remained without "door". Therefore, gynecologists advise in such cases future mothers to refrain from sexual contacts and visits to swimming pools and public baths.

It is important that the plug does not contain blood (this is not about veins, which are considered the norm). Also in the norm after its withdrawal there should be no reddish discharge. The color of the mucous plug itself can be different - from brown to pink. As a rule, doctors pay very little attention to it, we can say that they do not take into account at all. Their main task at this stage is to track the color of the amniotic fluid.