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Bloody show vs mucus plug.
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What's bloody show – and is it normal during pregnancy?
What is bloody show?
"Bloody show" is a discharge of blood and mucus that you may see in late pregnancy. It's excreted into the vagina from the cervix.
The blood is a result of some of the blood vessels in the cervix rupturing as it softens, thins, and opens in preparation for labor.
(Read more about cervical dilation and effacement.)
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The mucus is from your mucus plug, the thick clump of mucus in your cervical canal that comes out as your cervix dilates.
If your mucus plug is tinged with blood when it emerges, it's often called "bloody show." But the terms "losing your mucus plug" and "having bloody show" are used interchangeably.
"When the cervix softens or opens up, the mucus that generally sits in the cervix comes out, and this is what we call bloody show or mucus plug," explains Layan Alrahmani, M.D., a board-certified ob-gyn and maternal-fetal medicine specialist, clinical faculty and assistant professor at Loyo
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