Kubva pavhiki yechina yekuzvitakura, pasi pekuita kwemahomoni ekuzvitakura, cervical mucus coagulates pamwero we cervix kuumba mucous plug. Uhu huzhinji hwehunyu hunovhara muromo wechibereko uye hunosimbisa kusimba kwayo panguva yese yekuzvitakura, nokudaro kudzivirira mwana kubva kuzvirwere zvinokwira. Iyo mucous plug inogadzirwa nema mucins (hombe glycoproteins) inomisa kudzokororwa kwehutachiona uye inovhara kupfuura kwebhakitiriya. Iyo inewo immunological properties inotungamirira kumhinduro yekuputika muhupo hwebhakitiriya. Zvidzidzo zvinoratidza kuti mucous plug iyo inotamba zvisina kunaka mune yayo yekuvharira basa inogona kuwedzera njodzi yekuzvara nguva isati yasvika (4).

Pasi pemhedzisiro yezvisungo pakupera kwepamuviri (Braxton-Hicks contractions) zvino izvo zvekurwadziwa, cervix inokura. Sezvo cervix inofamba, iyo mucous plug inozoburitswa uye yoburitswa nenzira yekunamira, gelatinous, translucent, yero kana brownish kurasikirwa. Dzimwe nguva iwo mapinki kana ane madiki madiki eropa: ropa iri rinoenderana nekuputika kwetsinga diki dzeropa apo mucous plug inovhara.

Kurasikirwa kwemucous plug kunogona kuitwa zvishoma nezvishoma, sekunge kuri kuputsika, kuitira kuti amai-vachave havazvioni nguva dzose, kana kamwechete. Inogona kuitika mazuva anoverengeka mwana asati aberekwa, zuva rimwe chetero, kana kuti kunyange panguva yekusununguka. Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti sezvo nhumbu inofambira mberi, cervix inowedzera elastic, iyo mucous plug dzimwe nguva inowedzera uye saka iri nyore kuona.

Kurasikirwa kweplug hakusi kunetseka: zvakajairika uye zvinoratidza kuti cervix iri kushanda. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa kwemucous plug chete hakupi chiratidzo chekubuda muchipatara chekuberekwa. Ichi chiratidzo chinokurudzira chokuti kushanda kuri kuuya nokukurumidza, asi hakusati kuchizotongotanga mukati meawa kana kuti mazuva.

Nekune rimwe divi, chero kubuda kweropa kweropa dzvuku kana magwara akasviba anofanira kukurudzira kubvunzana (2).

Kuti uzivise kutanga kwechokwadi kwekushanda, zvimwe zviratidzo zvinofanirwa kuperekedza kurasikirwa kweplug ye mucous:

• nguva dzose, inorwadza, rhythmic contractions yekuwedzera kusimba. Kana uyu ari mwana wekutanga, zvinokurudzirwa kuti uende kuwadhi yevakadzi vanosununguka apo marwadzo anodzoka mushure memaminitsi gumi ega ega. Kumwana wechipiri kana wechitatu, zvinokurudzirwa kuti uende kuwadhi yevanenge vachisununguka kana vangotanga kugara (10).
• kuputika kwehomwe yemvura inozviratidza nekuyerera kwemvura yakajeka uye isina kunhuwa, inofananidzwa nemvura. Kurasikirwa uku kunogona kuve kwakananga kana kuenderera (panogona kuzove nekutsemuka muhomwe yemvura). Muzviitiko zvose izvi, enda kuwadhi yemadzimai pasina kunonoka nekuti mwana anenge asisina kudzivirirwa kubva kuzvirwere.