Bleeding after exam or mucous plug? (TMI) Sorry!?

It may be a little of both, but I'm willing to bet it was from the exam. My 5th was the only one that I had bleeding after an exam and it was only once, but the midwife was really rough (on purpose). I bled for like three days afterward. It was like being on my period. The clot seems to be consistent with that. You usually don't have clotting with your plug. It's more mucusy with little tinges of blood here and there.

You may pass your mucus plug — the small amount of thickened mucus that's sealed your cervical canal during the last nine months — if your cervix begins to dilate as you get close to labor. The plug may come out all at once in a lump, or as increased vaginal discharge over the course of several days. The mucus may be tinged with blood (which may be brown, pink, or red), which is why it's referred to as "bloody show." Having sex or a vaginal exam can also disturb your mucus plug and cause you to see some bloody discharge even when labor isn't going to start in the next few days. In either case, if you see more than a few spots of blood, be sure to call your caregiver immediately because it could be a sign of a problem.

Dark Brown Mucus Plug

Because of the fact that you said it was a dark clot almost black I think you should call your doctor. Usually after an exam you have the jelly that they use coming out and maybe it's a bit pink but it shouldn't be a bright or dark red color. I think that you should call your doctor because that doesn't sound like the mucus plug either!

I just had my 37 week exam and experinced the same thing. (dark clot, brown dark red blood) The doctor said it was normal. I guess your cervix is alittle more sensitive the later you go. I did loose my mucus plug, and it was really really thick and white, streaked with bright red. It was about the size of an ear plug, maybe a bit bigger. ewww

I kind of had that same problem with my first ultrasound. i had previous spotting which resulted me into going to the doctor. later after the ultrasound i bled. it was bright bright red, and it was as if i had started my period. i was so scared so i went home and laid in bed for the rest of the weekend. the doctor said it was because she had gotten so high up and it just let loose of some blood that was going to end up comming out with my spotting. after that, no bleeding and no spotting. i heard the babys heartbeat this week and the doc said the baby is fine. go with your instinct though because EVERY situation is differant. call the doctors office and they will be more then happy to tell you if you should go in or not.

Hmm...this never happened to me but I am sure it is nothing to worry about really. I never noticed my mucous plug come away with any of my 3 kids but did begin to bleed with the last 2 before going into labour. Did your midwife strip your membranes which is a way of inducing your baby? My sisters had this done and bled afterwards...a couple of times it did nothing but make them bleed for a couple of days and a couple of times, it induced their labours. Good luck.

Wow, your plug will look like thick jelly and will be a brownish color of speckled with blood, or it'll be a clearish thick jelly looking substance. I would definately call your dr if it's that dark to being almost black. There could be a sign of an infection or something else. I would call my dr if I were you. Good luck

U SHOULD GO GET CHECKED BECAUSE THATS NOT NORMAL.I HAD A BABY 6 MONTHS AGO AND WHEN I HAD A PELVIC ULTRASOUND I WAS BLEEDING A LITTLE BIT AND IT STOP BY THE END OF THE NIGHT. JUST GET CHECKED OUT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE AND GOOD LUCK.

yeah, i had that 3 weeks before my baby came....when it happened I was so excited cause this was baby #2 and I was so tired....I wanted it to be over with!........but nope, I had to wait 3 more weeks till the baby dropped(it felt like i had been kicked between my legs) and then my water broke and she was born 20hrs later