the latest on baby wiese

Zoey and I were able to go to the hospital this morning and hang out with Josh & Erika for a while. We arrived around 11:15am and Erika had been on pitocin for about 2 hours. Originally, pitocin was a last resort, however, the baby's heart rate dropped dramatically for a few minutes earlier this morning and the midwife, Heather, decided it was best to start the pitocin drip. They started her out at the lowest level but over the course of the past few hours they have cranked it up to the highest level. Just before I left to go back to my folks' house for Zoey's nap, Heather came in to look at Eri's stats. Heather wants to give her another two hours on the full pitocin drip and then she wants to talk about breaking Erika's water. Not exactly how Erika wants it to go, but whatever is best for this little guy is great with Eri. When I left, Josh's parents and sister were all there and my parents left with me. So, Erika has had a room full of wonderful distractions. A moment ago, I got a call from Josh. He said the nurse had come in to help Eri go to the bathroom and as Erika stood up her water broke...all on it's own!!! Praise the Lord. Apparently the contractions have gotten much stronger and closer together so she could be on her way to meeting this little guy very soon.