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My first question would be about the stuff that came out. Was it the consistency of slug slime/rubber cement? If so then that could have been your mucous plug. If it was just thick or gooey then it could have just been regular old discharge. I am 28 weeks and on my third pregnancy and there are times that I wake up in the middle of the night in horrid pain. your body is going through drastic change and your muscles and ligaments are constantly trying to keep up, after laying in bed sleeping for several hours if you move just the wrong way at the wrong time it can pull or stretch tender areas that need rest. Also if the baby happens to kick the wrong place or you are paying in a funny position then that can contribute, I wake up with sore spots all over my tummy every day. Also the groin pain can cause me to almost fall over if I stand up too suddenly and my leg will shake like you described. It is important that you talk with your doctor though. I am not one and what happens to my body may not be the same as what happens to yours. I lost my mucous plug 4 weeks before I had my son, some people lose it just hours before they go into labor, you need to talk to your doctor to make sure that it is not what that discharge was…also sometimes it is possible to just lose a chink of it and it will restore itself and be fine till you are full term, for now though on the off chance that you lost your plug don’t take any baths or soak in a tub, you do not want infection in there and if the plug is gone the protection from the outside world is gone….Make an appointment with your doctor and let us know what happens…Love Meg