I just wanted to give you a brief update on Alexander Jonathan as we are now entering the 21st week of the pregnancy.
So far everything looks excellent and there are no indications of heart block developing which occurred with Grace at week 19.
When Jenn was pregnant with Grace we found out that Jenn carries an antibody for a disease she does not have. There are very few known side effects from this antibody. However, one known side effect is that it causes heart block (usually 3rd degree or complete heart block) during pregnancy and almost always between weeks 18-20.
They say that there is a one in twenty chance of this occurring with a child but it increases to a one in six chance if you already have a child with heart block. We fall into that category.
The further we move away from week 20 without any heart blockage problems the likelihood reduces drastically. If we can get through the next month without a problem we should be fine. They will not guarantee it but doctors never do.
By the way, here are some fresh pictures of Grace at Old Town State Park in downtown San Diego yesterday. As you can tell we’ve been having some bad weather. It was only in the upper 60’s!
By the way, she is past the walking stage and moving into the running stage just in time for the last half of Jenn's pregnancy! Yea!She is doing great and has absolutely no problems with the pacemaker. In fact, I may not have mentioned that they took her off the betablocker medicine because the other underlying problem she had (long QT interval) is gone! It hasn't shown up at the 12 or 18 month tests! We praise the Lord for that.
Thanks for all your prayers and words of encouragement,
Love,
Dave, Jenn, Grace and Alexander
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