Labor day comes early for giant panda Mei Xiang at National Zoo

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The National Zoo said on Saturday that its female giant panda appeared to be in labor.

Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said that panda Mei Xiang appeared to go into labor earlier in the day. Baker-Masson said it was not clear when a cub might be born.

Mei Xiang’s first cub, Tai Shan, was born in 2005. Her second cub, Bao Bao, turns two on Sunday. A stillborn cub was also born in 2013.

In 2012, Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub that died after just six days. Its lungs had not fully developed.