Rob Van Dam revealed that he and his wife, Katie Forbes, are expecting their twin daughters to be born around Christmas. During his appearance on TMZ Inside The Ring, RVD shared that Forbes has been hospitalized due to preeclampsia, a condition involving high blood pressure during pregnancy.
“My wife is in the hospital about to pop babies,” Van Dam said. “See, the first date they gave us was February 6, and they said, twins come early….don’t really plan on that. But then she went in Sunday… She went to the hospital, not feeling well. They kept her, said she’s got something called preeclampsia.”
Due to the diagnosis, doctors have advised keeping Forbes in the hospital for monitoring to ensure the safety of both mother and babies. Van Dam explained that the medical team aims to reach the 34-week mark before inducing labor, which would place the birth date directly on the holiday.
“And they kept her, and they were talking about taking the babies out,” Van Dam continued. “And then they said, the longer that they can keep them cooking in there, the better. And so they’re going to wait till 34 weeks. [that’s the] plan is right now, if they don’t come out by then they’re going to take them out and we’re going to have Christmas babies.”
The WWE Hall of Famer noted a special coincidence regarding the potential birth date. Both he and his wife have birthdays that fall exactly one week apart from Christmas, meaning the twins would arrive right in the middle of their parents’ celebrations.
“And what’s interesting about, if they come out on Christmas, like they’re talking about, is that both Katie and I have a birthday one week apart from Christmas,” Van Dam said. “I’m before hers after, so it’d be right in the middle.”
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