Jenn Pregnancy Update - March 2009

I wanted to drop y’all a quick line and give you an update on another exciting week of bedrest J Jenn continues to soldier on and I just couldn’t be prouder of her. We all knew she would be a great mom, but in true Berryhill style, she’s really going the extra mile to prove it! Her great attitude and toughness is an inspiration to me each and every day.

We’ve just wrapped up milestone week #24 and the girls are active, healthy and growing right on schedule based on our last ultrasound this past Friday. Things continued stable and constant with Jenn’s situation and we’re hopeful for more of the same with each passing week.

Unfortunately, the weeks of bedresting are getting tougher on Jenn. Week #24 brings a round of steroid shots to speed the girls’ development and more extended monitoring of the babies heartbeats 3 times per day for 20 continuous minutes. Given the girls’ small size and the difficulty that brings in getting the heartbeat locked in, the monitoring process can sometimes last 90 minutes or more and it takes a pretty big physical toll.

Last Thursday, she began to have trouble catching her breath at intervals throughout the day. The docs reacted quickly and ran a whole series of different tests on her heart, blood and legs to make sure there weren’t any significant issues. Good news is that the tests confirmed suspicions that her condition was pretty much just a wonderful side effect of lying on your back with two babies for a month. They did start her on some daily blood thinning shots as extra insurance against any clotting that could develop.

I wanted to share the details with y’all since its becoming difficult for Jenn to talk on the phone for extended periods (I wonder if there is a withdrawal treatment for phone addiction J). She enjoys emails and messages and is quickly becoming “teenlike” in her texting skills, but she may not be quite the normal conversationalist. With the monitoring she’s also got more periods throughout the day where she can’t get to the phone.

All in all, we’re both doing quite well under the circumstances and couldn’t be more excited about our girls!