Medical Update #4 on Jennifer and our Baby Girl Sophia

Dear Friends,

I wanted to give you a brief update of where we are at the moment and for the most part it is very good news.

The Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) was at 10 cc today, which is ideal. It is a dramatic improvement from the 3.9 cc that we were on Wednesday and it looked like if things continued in that direction that an extremely early delivery was inevitable. As I mentioned previously the p-r interval tested yesterday at 113 (110-140 is the range we want so this is great).

The one thing that is a bit concerning but not earth shattering is that Jennifer’s blood sugar level was on the borderline for having gestational diabetes. They are monitoring it and we’ll know more when we talk to the doctors in the morning.

Since the AFI was at 10 the on call doctor decided to take Jennifer off of the IV to see if the level will stay up on its own. That will be a huge determining factor if Jennifer is able to come home on Monday. One thing we don’t know which I suspect is that Jennifer will be on home bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. That was the route we had to take when we were expecting with Grace, our first child.

With Grace Jennifer yo-yoed in and out of the hospital for several weeks with the fluid continuing to drop once she was home to the point that the doctor decided the only way to keep the AFI up was to have Jenn admitted for complete hospital bed rest. The problem was that Jennifer couldn’t keep her AFI up at home with no children under foot! But, of course, each pregnancy is different even though we do have a track record we can refer back to. All of this is only for a short time in relation to having a healthy, thriving child so whatever we need to do is worth it!

Thanks again for praying. Also, feel free to forward the link to this webpage to anyone that you know that might be interested.

With Love and Gratitude to our Great God and Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Dave