Eviction is Tomorrow (Warning: Bodily Secretions Mentioned in this Post)

Last night I lost my mucous plug. It sounds gross to begin with, and in person it is much more disgusting. If you are female, you are accustomed to gross things coming out of you every month, so at least you are sort of prepared. If you are male and not in possession of an unhealthy interest in these things, skip this post. If you ARE interested, well your wife must be very proud.

Basically it just came out on the toilet paper after I went to the bathroom last night. It was pink and globulous, about the size of a quarter. My doctor lovingly described it as looking like “snot.” I really like my doctor.

It doesn’t mean much, actually, only that now there is one less layer of protection between the outside world and the baby. The mucous plug acted as a barrier against bacteria and other foreign objects, like my doctor’s hand, or various specula. Losing your plug means that you will probably go into labor in the next century, but it is still regarded as a sign that labor is imminent.

Here are some ways I have heard of to get labor started:
sex
yoga
walking
ingestion of:
pineapple
red wine
stout beer
raspberry leaf tea
evening primrose oil

Check back later to see how many of the above I have tried by the end of today.