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Losing the mucus plug is one of the physical changes some women undergo before actual labor begins. As the cervix effaces and dilates, capillaries often rupture and tints the mucus pink or streaks it with blood. The thick mucus has been blocking the opening to the cervix since the early part of pregnancy. As the due date approaches, this plug dislodges, breaks up and passes out of the pregnant woman’s body.