Baby Van may be here sooner rather than later. Yesterday at lunch, Jackie slipped and fell on the slick floor in the restaurant. Aside from bruising on her knee, bottom, and ego, thankfully she's fine. We had our regular checkup that afternoon with Dr. Brown and brought up the fall. Just to be safe, she had Jackie hooked up to a monitor to examine contractions and the baby's heart rate.
We were told after about 20 minutes of monitoring, we'd be sent home.
About 5 minutes later, Dr. Brown sent us over to "Labor and Delivery." Clearly a term we weren't quite ready to hear. This is the Labor and Delivery at the main hospital, not another room around the corner in our Dr.'s office.
As we drove over to the hospital we gave ourselves a quick pep-talk and gut check. Upon reluctantly entering Labor and Delivery, they had a room with a view ready to go. Nurse Pat had Jackie hooked up to more monitors. Blood tests were ordered, ultrasounds scheduled, and we quickly realized that our previous plans to head to Costco and wait 3 more weeks for the delivery were no longer in the works.
After several hours, the blood tests and ultrasound ensured that Baby Van didn't endure trauma and there was no internal bleeding. However, Jackie was experiencing an increase in contractions. As the contractions were still within the normal range for 37 weeks, they sent us home.
Today Jackie is resting to keep the contractions to a minimum. We had previously wondered when was the appropriate time to have our bags packed in case we needed to head to the hospital. Guess that answers that question. Today I expect to cross off about 50 things on my to-do list before Baby Van arrives. Take your time baby. No hurry.
Jackie enjoying a nice relaxing evening:
6 comments:
Go Jackie Go!!
Well, thankfully mom and baby are ok. It's no longer fun and games, is it? It's all getting too real, right? :) Enjoy the last few days of setting your own schedule! LOL
Lay on your left side and rest, rest, rest. You get way more sleep with Baby Van on the inside instead of the outside!
Oh wow!! i'm happy that Jackie & Baby Van are doing well! You're almost there Jackie!! We're all waiting for Baby Van :)
Good luck guys!
Oh my gosh you guys! I am so glad to hear you are are ok. What a scary thing to happen, so glad things turned out ok.
So now Andy you must pack your bags and get those last minute items ready just in case Baby Van is a bit early.
Just hope not before next Friday. You have presents to unwrap and cupcakes to eat! ;)
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