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Remember learning about barometric pressure a few 10 years ago? The lowest barometric pressure occurs at the center of a hurricane, and that's exactly what's coming our way!!! I've researched a little on the dropping in barometric pressure as it relates to going in to labor, and have found several people who swear that a pregnant woman's water will break more easily during this time.

We're stocked with necessities and prepared as best as we can be! Since we're on the "dirty" side of the storm, we're going to have 115+mph winds, with a lot of rain and flooding. As David says, "TRUUUUUCK!" He's counting on his 4 wheel drive to get us to the hospital if we need!


Nice - right to HOUSTON!

Here's an article I found about hurricanes:

Title Association between significant decrease in barometric pressure and onset of labor: Author King EA; Fleschler RG; Cohen SM Address St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Source J Nurse Midwifery, 1997 Jan-Feb, 42:1, 32-4 OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether there is a relationship between changes in atmospheric pressure and spontaneous onset of labor in term pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: All women admitted to Medical Center of Central Massachusetts-Memorial Hospital with spontaneous onset of labor at term and who were delivered on the service during a 12-month period represent the cohort for this study. Each maternal chart was abstracted to ensure that each member of the cohort met the inclusion criteria. Hourly recordings of atmospheric pressure made at the Worcester Station of the National Weather Service, Department of Commerce, were used as the meteorologic data points of interest. RESULTS: Three-hour periods of falling atmospheric pressure were less often followed by initiation of labor than were the periods with other types of pressure sequences. No association was observed between the onset of labor and days of low mean pressure. CONCLUSION: Although there was an observed statistically significant association between falling barometric pressure and onset of labor, the magnitude of the difference is not of clinical significance. This was a cut and paste article from the below article: http://pregnancy.a-bout.com/library/blweather.htm-

Ironically, they say the same thing about barometric pressure and full moons, and there is a full moon on the 15th! I promise I'm not superstitious, but it will be fun to see what happens. Harrison has proven to not like change in environment, as seen from our CA and Whistler trips, so this might not be any different!