Bloody show or..?

How do you know when it's your bloody show, and not just spotting from a cervical check/membrane sweep?

It's been 23 hours and I'm still spotting a considerable amount. I was having contractions in the middle of the night, but they've tapered down to nearly nothing now.
I've never spotted this long or this heavy from any exam before.

I got my show just before I had my sweep and the sweep sent me into slow labor for 3 days contractions kept coming and going so hopefully it wont be to long for you . I started spotting on the Thursday right through till i had her on the sunday x

I usually started spotting for a few days after a sweep.. Globs of nasty bloody goo  


My bloddy show was like watery blood it was weird.. I think it was a mixture of sperm and blood honestly because we had just had sex and i was contractinng kminda regualary