Okay, Jamie? No offense, but you clearly need to be slapped around a bit. Amy WILL be going into labor today, damnit.

Yay! At least you're finally moving in the right direction!!!

HOORAY!!! IT'S STARTING!! Okay, sorry for the gratuitous caps and exclamation points but hello? Excited!

Just around the corner...I have no doubt!!!

Yay!! I'm so happy for you :) This means that labor is coming! Woohoo!
And a positive labor story: my first came after 4 hours of hard labor (the 12 hours before that were mild cramping, so I went shopping, out for lunch, took a nap, ate 4 oranges in a row, watched "Father of the Bride" and ate chocolate cookies) and my second only took 2 hours from start to finish. I'm sure that as an expectant mother, you've been bombarded with horrific stories. I just wanted to share my not-so-horrific story. :)
I'm looking forward to reading about your baby's arrival! This is SO exciting! hehehehe!! (I'm a friend of Shiz's by the way)

well, since my constant refreshing has surely added to the "extra 0" thing over the past 3 days since reading about all the babynes, i feel it only right that i say YAY AMALAH!! :)

Arrggh!! My eyes! My eyes!

Couldn't resist and googled "mucus plug." Life will never be the same again.

Ok...so what does that mean? Not in a graphic, blow by blow way, but is this the body saying: Time for labor! Watch me dilate!?

Lovely, wasnt it??
Hoo-boy..I think we've started the previews and are just in time for the main feature! So excited for you!

Yay! So exciting!

HURRAH! SO SOON!

*Sidenote: I was scanning over the other comments and I saw "DearHearts" (two above mine) and I totally though she called your mucus plug "So sexy".

I had very little sleep last night, but even on no sleep - a mucus plug is probably the farthest things from "sexy". Exciting, yes. Sexy, no.

YAY! I lost my plug the morning before my due date and she came that night. I know that doesn't happen in every case, but I thought it might be encouraging anyway.

And I made my husband get out of bed and look at it just because it was so disgusting. :)

I hope he's on his way!

Congrats!! And thanks for keeping us updated. I really hope you go into labor soon.

*Hugs*

I know better.
I really do.
When I first saw everyone googling "mucus plug" I resisted, because that is just...wrong.
But when someone tells me NOT to do something, it makes me want to do it more.
I just wish I hadn't been eating scrambled eggs at the time.

Chompin' at the bit...
Fingers crossed...
Here's hoping he makes his debut today!

Wooooooooooo!!

Come on, Babalah!

I lost my plug 3 weeks before I actually gave birth but I was early. But according to the pictures I've seen of "da belly" and because the kitchen countertops are done, you should be in labor right now right? Yay!! Oh and Ceiba being all territorial about mommy, I believe she knows someone is coming soon, very very soon.

Didn't read through the comments, so forgive me if I repeat something.

I was 3 days past my due date with G-Unit when I lost my mucous plug. I went into labor the next day.

Good luck!

Come on Babalah! September 29th is my mom's birthday and is a most excellent day to be born. (not as good as MY birthday of course, but come on, that's in December)

Good luck, here's hoping he makes his appearance soon!

Woo hoo!! That is a fantastic sign of progress! I expect to hear about various and sundry contractions next, followed by babalah's grand entrance!

Please tell us you'll be liveblogging the delivery. I want to see how man "gahs" we can get out of one of those DEFCON 5 contractions.

what?

there will be no defcon 5 contractions.
there will be only mild crampings and then little squsihy will pop out easy as can be.
right?
everyone should start concentrating on happy painless birthing images now.
it's the least we can do for amalah.

Wow! I have no idea what your mucous plug falling out means, but it sounds quite important! Here's hoping that baby slides out nice and smooth here pretty soon.

omg. best wishes for a speedy delivery!!

Awwww yay!!!

i STILL googled it. wow.

Well, hells yeah for progress!

Everyone's saying that's a good thing so I'll follow along and say Yay!!
I hope the rest of your labor symptoms follow suit. And quickly! :)

Wow, dk, that is unbelievable. Where I gave birth (Georgetown U.) only allowed 2 people in the delivery room. I just can't imagine having my whole family watch!

Oh my God. I am weak and I googled.
(turns green)
I'm too innocent for that.
Hang in there Amalah, I think you're being a very brave girl.

I lost mine AT WORK. It was quite something.

You can do it! Come on out baby!

Good for you, Amalah. We're all rooting for you, Jason & the Babalah. I'm an idealist, so I prayed for painless labour. :)

Good luck Amalah - you're getting there!

Hey, congrats! I am proud right now that I have resisted the google urge unlike most of the other posters above. Although, now I know how to freak out my husband should that need ever arise.

I cannot resist googling The Phrase Which Must Not Be Named, but I will at least wait until I get home. That way I can give my boyfriend a sneak peak of what our baby-bearing future will entail.

On second thought, that may not be the best way to reel him in. Hmmmm.

Hah I've already seen one in my underwear so I am -not- looking.

But yay! labor! Yay!!!

I don't know what losing the mucus plug entails and I'm not going to Google it because it sounds... squishy and, well, I had my annual this morning and I'm just a bit overwhelmed with pelvic area business.

On that note: GO INTO LABOR!!

I totally showed mine to my husband. He wasn't impressed.

And there I was, thinking it would bond us together.

Wow, from the other side of the bog water,I am sending my positive thoughts to Amy and to baby!

I gave birth to two kids, but I didn't felt or realized loosing the mucus plug - whatever it might look like.

This is so funny! I've never seen the word "yay" and "mucus plug" so many times. I gave birth 11 days early, lost my plug (I'll just leave that other word out) on Saturday morning and delivered at 6:45 on Sunday night. Surely you won't make it past tomorrow! Congrats on the progress b/c it is progress.

Yay! I hope we don't hear from you for the next few days and that it's because the plug isn't the only thing your body is letting go.

Right now somebody at google is perhaps wondering what all the excitement is about.

I dare you to visit http://mucusplug.com/.

Really.

Yeah! So now I'm hoping you have a nice, short labor like I had. You deserve it, by this point!
(Okay, so it wasn't "nice" but it was exciting.)
Can't wait for the next post...

I hope I don't get fired for googling "mucus plug" while at work.

I have an overwhelming urge to prank call my local library and ask them to check the lost & found for Amy Storch's mucus plug.

Ah, the old "So, I lost my mucus plug..." Makes a great beginning to a birth story! Labor, she is coming!

Also, I have an idea. Point at your belly and say firmly, "OUT, BABY. OUT." Many a good birth stories start that way, too.

Just trying to be helpful.

I had to laugh at your "unplugged" comment. And I hope that as I type this you have already delivered and are cuddling with your little man right this minute. :-)

cute blog

aw, makes me want to be pregnant again!