Checking out your discharge is kind of like reading your vagina’s tea leaves. Vaginal discharge can sometimes clue you into what’s up down there, including if you have any potential health problems ...

Bloody show is a normal sign that your body is preparing for labor. It’s a discharge of blood and mucus from your vagina. It indicates that your cervix is starting to open. Bloody show looks different ...

When, before I became a father, I saw my grandmother suck mucus out of the nostrils of babies I little realised that, some day, I, too, as a parent, would help relieve nasal congestion in my babies in ...

Your body knows how to keep your baby safe during pregnancy, starting with the mucus plug. Learn what the mucus plug is, what it does, and when you'll lose it. Medically reviewed by Alyssa Dweck, MS, ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD A mucus plug protects the cervix from bacteria during pregnancy.Losing a mucus plug can indicate the start of labor.Contact your doctor if you lose your mucus ...