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Depending on how far along you are, it could be normal. If you are close to your due date, it could be show. Is it possible it is your plug?

nope ive lost my whole plug already. =[ im due in 4 weeks. ive been in active labor since last saturday.

Well, honey, you might wanna call your ob. :-) You don't want a slightly premature baby...

everythings fine; shes not worried if i deliver early my daughter was early & things are fine she said its a good sign to see the brown discharge meaning labor should be within 72 hrs =] yah woow. hopefully. lol

Well good then! You lucky duck! I still have 9 more weeks to go....:-(

Mucos Plus and Bloody show are 2 different things!! I lost my plug about 2 weeks before and I had my show (brown tinged discharge) 48 before I had my babe! Good luck!

If you already had one child spend time in the nicu then why are you trying to induce labor at 35 weeks? You're two weeks away from full term.

Ok, from what I've read you had your daughter at 37 weeks and her lungs were immature. Boys lungs mature more slowly than girls. I'm sure that yes, in the long run he would be fine but wouldn't you rather have him be ok when he's born? Not after staying in the hospital? I know you'd like to be able to bring him home right away. Sure there's a chance his lungs would be mature but if you've already been through that with one child that you carried longer why risk it? You shouldn't be purposely trying to have a baby early if it isn't medically necissary. I understand you're in pain, uncomfortable, whatever, but that's part of the process. For some women it's a lot more pleasant, but I think it's better for you to be going through the discomfort and not your baby. If your doctor is encouraging you he's an idiot. If they really wanted you to have this baby now they'd have you on pitocin.

full term is 36 weeks & for two im not inducing labor im asking a ?. but whatever. why do u stalk people? leave me alone & bugg off for once i dont need to waste time on you. ekay thanks. <3 ejmeskan-thanks thats good eheh.

Kendra is measuring 39 weeks already so im sure if she had her baby that he would be fine. She is not trying to go into labor, its her body that is wanting to go into labor. She was just asking a question and i feel she probably end up having her baby soon. KENDRA i feel you should ask the doctor what they think about that and since you lost your plug and all of this is happening it might be normal. So just hold on girl, do what you have decided to do and lets see what happens

First of all full term in 37 weeks. Her stomach measures 39 weeks, not her actual baby. Her belly being big has nothing to do with the maturity of her child. He's still only 35 weeks. Her body is trying to go into labor and she should be trying to stop it, not encourage it. Just because she's having contractions doesn't mean she's in labor. I'm sick of reading her posts about all the things she's doing to try to make herself go into labor. Why in the hell would you want your baby to be a preemie? If her daughter was born at 37 weeks and had problems breathing, don't you think the reasonable a__sumption of her having a boy, who's lungs mature more slowly, at 35 weeks would put him at a good risk of having respitory problems too? Either way, why risk it?

Have any of you encouraging her to progress ever visited a nicu? You should all be ashamed to be hoping and praying for a baby to come at 35 weeks when it could have complications from prematurity. I understand wishing somebody the best of luck if their child is to come at that stage but for God's sake stop telling her to walk, squat, have s_x, and all that other bull when you should be telling her to drink water and stay off her d__n feet. If, in your selfishness you make yourself go into active labor I will pray that your son is ok and doesn't have to experience the horror of the nicu because of your ignorance. And since nobody else will say it because they're too clouded by the excitement of somebody on their thread having a baby, drink water, lay on your left side, get off your d__n feet, relax, and stop trying to make yourself dilate and efface further. You've had a baby in the nicu before stop trying to put this one there too. YOU HAD YOUR DAUGHTER AT THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS AND SHE WAS IN THE NICU STOP TRYING TO HAVE YOUR SON PURPOSELY AT THIRTY FIVE WEEKS! goodness just get it through your head this isn't a good idea.

Oh and for you smarties who think because her stomach is measuring ahead fundal height has absolutely nothing to do with the gestational age or maturity of her baby.

If you have been following Kendra's posts then you know that she spent the weekend at L&D and got a few shots in an attempt for them to stop labor .......she has been carefully monitored by her doctor and encouraged to walk and do what she can to get to 4 cm so that she can get admitted to the hospital......I do not believe from any of Kendra's posts that she is wishing for a preemie -

She shouldn't be trying to get admitted to the hospital. She should be trying to avoid that place until she's at least 37 weeks, and since her first child had breathing problems at that point, I'd even be trying to make it to at least 38. Can you honestly tell me that unless you or your baby were in danger that you would be trying to go into labor early? Or would you be trying to keep your baby in there until it reached what is a safe gestational age?

okay, Grow-Up- I think you just need to calm down here. Theres really nothing you can do to stop her from going into labor if thats what her body wants to do. Plus, as she mentioned, her doc already kow her body is threatening labor and were pretty much expecting her back. If she had a baby at 37 weeks before her body is also more likely to continue having babies before their due date. Unless like what you said is true: shes just inducing herself. I haven't seen that on any other thread....well I haven't ventured into any other threads recently, but either way if SHE IS IDUCING herself...IF...IF...then the consequences are on her own conscience. If not and labor has just been progressing, well---so be it. I've read that 36 weeks and on is considered full term. Both 36 and 37 weeks are considered full term. Unless her doctor told her NOT TO HAVE s_x or go walking or to avoid other things...then theres not reason for her not to do them, right? Anyway- sitting here ranting isn't going to get you anywhere...I understand your concern here. Honestly I do- but how can you stop anything that her body is doing?