A week long labour!

On Sunday 4th January Laura was taken to Langley Hospital as it was suspected that she was in premature labour at 25 weeks. Following a couple of tests and exams, they confirmed that Laura was in labour, that she had started dilating, and that her membranes had ruptured.

They were able to give her some drugs to slow the labour down so that they could transfer her by ambulance to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, and they were able to give her the first of 2 'crucial' steroid injections to aid with the lung development of the little baby.

Following a pretty terrifying wait at hospital and many prayers, Laura's labour did stop, and she was admitted to hospital for long term bed rest. While in hospital, Laura sampled many different rooms, we had pizza delivered to the room, toured the NICU, and Laura was diagnosed with Pneumonia from a chest XRay.

On the Tuesday Laura had an ultrasound which showed that the baby was of healthy size, and we discovered that we were expecting a little baby girl which was great news for us. Laura spent a very relaxed week in Royal Columbia before being discharged the following Saturday afternoon (Which was amazing!).

The first of what would turn out to be 2 ambulance rides!

Ross, our friendly paramedic

Family time at Royal Columbian!

Yummy hospital food!

Laura's lovely private room!

And delicious take out pizza!

Laura and John leaving to go home