Most women during pregnancy develop a mucus plug in the cervical canal. Learn signs of labor, what a show is, what a mucus plug is, and what it might mean if you lose it.

The mucus plug can look like, well, mucous. But it may also be tinged with brown-colored discharge when it dislodges. You may notice the mucus plug come out all at once.

It's normal to have clear, stretchy discharge during certain parts of your menstrual cycle. We'll go over why it can sometimes be an early pregnancy symptom as well as some other common causes.

Pregnancy brings all kinds of changes to your body, ... “As the cervix gets ready [for labor], it loses the mucus plug that’s been protective up to this point,” Hernandez says.