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I've been losing my mucus plug for the past 2 days... it's been clear and snotty with streaks of bright red blood running through it. I've also been having contractions since last night with a lot of back pain and cervical/pelvic pressure, and it's painful enough that it kept me from sleeping last night. My birth center is telling me to time my contractions but here's the problem... there's little to no changes in the tightness of my stomach in between them (my stomach has stayed pretty tight throughout this pregnancy), and since all I feel is the back pain and pressure and not the contractions themselves, I can't time them by that either. I've been trying to time my braxton hicks and contractions through this entire pregnancy with no luck... I've even had a couple of cases of preterm labor in which I still couldn't time them. I can still talk so I guess I'm not in the late stages of labor... but I am scared that it's going to sneak up on me, and the birth center is a 20 minute drive away. Since this is my first birth I have no idea if that's going to be enough time for me to get there if things are going like this. I don't even really know what I'm asking for here... I just need some reassurance or something I guess.