Baby Jacob is on his way…

August 16th, 2010 by Donnie

On Sunday around 1am (Aug 15, 2010), Victoria’s water broke. We didn’t realize it at the time, so we went back to bed. She got up about every 30-45 mins after saying she had to urinate. Later that morning we looked online to see if possibly it was from her water breaking. So many opinions online, so we called the doctor after consulting with Mimi (and Aunt Sandy). He suggested we head to the hospital to have them check it out.

So nearly 11 hours after it broke, we wandered into the hospital. (After taking showers and getting Connor packed and off with Grandma.)

Victoria was having regular contractions of about 30-45 seconds spread out by 3-4 minutes for about 5 hours on Sunday. Then around 8pm they stopped. This was soon after she got her dinner…so maybe Jacob was just hungry.

The night was uneventful except for her going to the bathroom every 2 hours. The sleeping arrangements were not ideal, but again this is a hospital.

Victoria had pancakes and eggs for breakfast (her last meal until Jacob is delivered). The doctor came in around 11am today and told us since Victoria is at 35 weeks, it is best to start labor to minimize the risk of infection. Usually they say if the mother’s water breaks that they should deliver within 24 hours. But we found out that is not always the case, so mother’s can go weeks after their water breaks.

At 12pm they started pitocin and put Victoria on antibiotics due to limit the risk of infection.

Victoria’s blood pressure has been great and she seems to look and feel better than when she had Connor.

We are expecting Jacob sometime tonight or early tomorrow…

Love you guys!

Donnie & Victoria