heart update...

I had my follow up visit with the cardiologist today to get the results of my echo. He said, "This will be kinda good news for you and kinda bad news for your husband!" Everything they found normally wouldn't be a big deal except that being pregnant can make them worse if I am not careful! They found a "minimal" amount of fluid around my heart, and one of my lower heart chambers isn't completely emptying in between each heart beat like it should. I also have a higher heart rate generally over 100 beats/minute, and sometimes my heart will beat out of rhythm. He made it very clear that all of this is nothing to worry about generally, but told me that because I am pregnant I need to be very careful and take it easy. If I don't I will end up making my heart work too hard and that can cause further problems because of the increase in blood volume that comes with being pregnant. So...he said my husband needs to help out a lot more and I need to take it easy a lot more! Woohoo for me! If I continue to have problems after the baby is born then I will need to go back in, but if I don't then I should be just fine!