Its been awfully hard to keep everyone updated with the craziness that is our life, so I thought that just blogging about it would get the word out.
As usual the last few weeks of pregnancy is a bit hectic for our family. For all the kids it was repeated trips to the hospital to get a shot in order to stop contractions. This little one is no different. In the past four weeks we have been to St. Johns Hospital a couple different times in order for the contractions to be stopped.
Last Wednesday following worship team practice, Jenn was not fealling well so at 11 p.m. we ended up here at the Labor and Delivery to get a shot. Instead we found out that Jenn was going to be kept overnight at least due to her high blood pressure. As the night went on her bloo pressure did not go down to the level that pleased the doctors. She has been diagnosed with preclampsia which is high blood pressure due to pregnancy. There is no medication that can be given to lower it. We are told that only delivery will stop the increase in blood pressure. In preclampsia the blood pressure will continue to increase as long as the pregnancy continues.
At this point we are not being released until the baby is born. That will be exactly at thirty six weeks (next tues) unless the blood pressure gets to a level that the doctor is uncomfortable with. Jenn is pretty much bed ridden for the last week and for the next week to come. She continues to have contractions that are being stopped by shots.
Keep us in your prayers. In short that is our story. Baby in seven days at the most.
