What is plug in pregnant women? Stepped tube: when to start labor?

Pregnancy - a new stage in a woman's life, which raises many questions. One of them is - what is the mucous plug, and what is it for? Let's find out.

The question of what is a mucous plug and why it is needed, only a woman is given closer to birth or even after it detects. Throughout pregnancy, it does not cause discomfort to her, but seeing her - many are starting to panic.

What is plug in pregnant women?

Cork in pregnant women

• In the first month of pregnancy with hormonal activity of a woman's vagina is formed tube. It is formed due to the secretion of cervical cells, filling with the cervix in length by 4-5 cm
• Thus stopper completely covers the channel and begins to perform its primary function - protection of the fetus against infection and pathogenic microorganisms which may reside in the vagina
• Due to hormone secretion process is continuous, so its antibodies are constantly updated. Flaking cork starts after completion of gestation, under the action of estrogens which liquefy it
• The composition of mucus includes such biologically active substances are: prostaglandin immunoglobulin mucin and lysozyme. Mucous plug - one of the forerunners of childbirth

For how much before the birth departs mucous plug?

The time when the stopper moves individually for each woman. Exfoliate it is partially (the most common case) or comes out entirely. Some women and did not notice it.
Plug can move in a few hours, days or weeks before delivery. The average this does not happen before 38 weeks of pregnancy.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to tell the gynecologist that the plug has departed.

How do you know that stepped stopper before birth?

As waste cork

It is possible to understand that the traffic jam can be departed during a visit to the toilet or directly see its traces on bed or underwear. Perhaps it is not detected, because It can move away the whole clock during urination (in sensations - "foreign body" fell). Pulling plug - the process is painless, rarely accompanied by pulling pain, similar to menstrual. Volume of mucus 2-3 tablespoons.

IMPORTANT: Do not be afraid if the plug did not find (maybe you did not notice it or it will go out before childbirth with the oily water) and do not panic if you saw

How the cork goes before childbirth

Pregnancy for the body is a new condition, in which some of the women's organs are modified. The main changes are of course to the childbearing authorities. The neck of the uterus at the primordin has some differences from repeatedly:

• it is small diameter
• its walls are the most dense
• has a truncated or round shape

These differences explain the character of the plug detachment - it moves in the main parts and has a stream of blood. With regards to time, there is no single time - from 3-14 days before delivery and mainly in the morning.

How does the cork go before childbirth?

Subsequent pregnancy

For rebeling the pregnancy process, no new and childbearing organs are already prepared for him:

• shake wide
• has a cylindrical and flat shape
• the walls are softer

The detachment in frequent cases occurs completely and rarely has a stream of blood. Regarding time - it is not worth comparing previous pregnancy, because Cork can move at any time.

What if the plug has moved?

There are certain precautions, after the plug has moved away:

• daily change underwear
• move thorough hygiene
• stop hiking to the pool or other reservoirs
• take better shower than bathroom
• suspend sex life
• don't leave

As you know, the child, in addition to the plug, the bubble, and the accumulating water are protected from infections and bacteria. But it is at the traffic jam to the main function of protecting the fetus, so it is important to comply with the recommended hygiene rules.

IMPORTANT: If you notice that the plug has moved away and there is no complications - collect things in the maternity hospital

Bag in the hospital

Which color cork in pregnant women?

The cork can be different colors, ranging from transparent journal to brown. For its basis, it does not rarely contain blood streaks. It is connected with the preparation of the cervix to childbirth - it is shortened and softened, traumating the small vessels.

IMPORTANT: if the color of the cork is greenish shade - immediately call an ambulance, it says about the oxygen starvation of the child.

Important: If you found a large amount of blood - immediately call an ambulance. Such a phenomenon can talk about the pair of placenta

Departed a plug: how to speed up the childbirth?

How to speed up the birth

Many women, after the plug went down to accelerate the childhood, disrupting the natural process.

Important: If there is no need to accelerate the delivery process, it should not be done.

You can accelerate childbirth with the help of folk remedies, a medical method and with hormones.

• Folk remedies: sex, physical activity, stimulation of nipples, consumption of laxatives.

People's ways there are a big mass, tell about some of them.

Castor oil. The use of castor oil leads to the active work of the intestine, which is then transmitted by the uterus, causing its abbreviations. In pure form, the Caster is difficult to drink, so it adds various juices, alcohol in small quantities (helps to avoid nausea and it is better to penetrate the intestines), soda, milk, cream, eggs.

Nutrition.There are belief that acute food stimulates generic activities. It is also recommended to eat beets, greens, fresh fruits and vegetables.

Physical activity. Execution of squats, slopes, tesom rotation.

• Medical method: Opening of a fetal bubble
• Hormones: artificial stimulation of the uterus prostaglandin, the introduction of oxytocin

Does it be necessary to move through the traffic jam before childbirth?

The mucous plug is formed by all women, and as mentioned above, it can move at any time. But there are exceptions - she may not be detached. In this case, the obstetrician himself will remove it before childbirth. Nothing wrong with that.

How and when stopping cork before childbirth: tips and reviews

Tips and reviews

How and when the mucosa is moving? - painless and not earlier than 38 weeks. With any pathology discovered, report to your doctor and contact ambulance. As for the councils to accelerate childbirth,

• First, be careful with folk recipes, they can cause an allergic reaction or aggravate your position.
• Secondly, if you need to accelerate childbirth in a number of different reasons, then the decision should take only a doctor.

Having peeling the mucosa - natural process in the body. It is unambiguous to be frightened if there is no reason for that. In order not to panic at the sight of her, know what a plug looks like and that it is a useful pregnant woman.

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