A Change of Plans...

Early Thursday morning, when Traci woke up her water broke. She called me at work and I rushed home to her as quickly as possible. Traci had called the hospital and they told her to come in to the office to be examined. We were admitted to the hospital, where we have been living for the last 4 days. They are administering antibiotics and steroids (to mature the baby's lungs), and so far the mild contractions she started having on Thursday have ceased, and she has not gone into labor. They performed an ultrasound on Thursday as well. The baby appears to have enough amniotic fluid left, he is healthy and has a strong heartbeat. He is still large for his age (estimated at 5 pounds, 8 ounces, which puts him in the 95th percentile for his gestational age). Traci has been ordered to remain on bedrest in the hospital until she delivers. All of the doctors remain positive and say that both Traci and the baby appear to be in good health. She does not show any signs of infection. The doctors think that it is unlikely Traci will go into labor on her own, and if she doesn't, they will induce her at 34 weeks, which will be this Saturday (January 14th). By that time, they are hopeful that he will be around 6 pounds, and the likelihood of infection from the ruptured membrane will outweigh the risk of him being born six weeks early. We are scared and anxious, but we are trying to be optimistic.

Please keep us in your thoughts and thank you for everyone who is volunteering to rush out and get all of the baby items on our registries which have not yet been purchased!

-Ira