Cardiologist appointment

I finally had my appointment with the cardiologist. It was not a very fun visit. First they had to take an ultrasound of my heart. I had to lay in two positions, on my back and on my left side. Laying on my left side they have a part of the bed where it opens to get access to the left side of my chest. now being five months pregnant it was not very fun trying to hold up my torso while they did this. During this I was wearing an EKG monitor. I had tons of little probes all over my upper chest. The next test was the fun one... NOT. I had to walk on a treadmill. They needed to record my heart at 180 beats per min. It took about 20 min for my heart to get there. i was practically running at this point on a climb. It was horrible i felt sick and light headed. the sIecond hit 180 I had to get off. they told me to quickly lay back down on my left side so they could look at my heart again. It was not fun at all. I started getting hot flashes and a headache. After all this the doctor looked at my results and determined that I had no palpation's, no extra heart beats and no rhythmic problems. He concluded that I just have an excessively high heart rate due to all the changes my body is going through with the pregnancy. He told me to keep things slow, rest a lot and drink a lot.

The conclusion is I might have to quit my job. I need to do a lot of things at work that require a lot of my energy. The past month i haven't been able to do so. I feel I'm letting down my boss by not doing my job at the full extent that I need to. So I go and have a meeting with him tomorrow to figure out what we can do.

The upside of all of this mess is that my heart is just fine and I need not to worry. Yeah!!

High heart rate!

So I've had a high heart rate all day. I know your heart rate rises in your second trimester but 120 and 140 is a little high, actually its scary high.

I called my Cardiologist today to let him know but since i haven't actually been seen by him there's not much he can do. So they put me on the cancellation list for the week.

I'm really worried about it so I'm going in to see Dr. Ponder tomorrow morning to see if she has anything to add to it. I still have my Event Monitor on so I've been recording my heart all day and sending them in. I should know i a day or two if the readings have anything serious on them.

I just get to play the waiting game now... not fun. :(

Other then all my heart problems the baby seams to be doing good. She moves all the time so I'm not too concerned about it but I'll have to see what Dr. Ponder thinks tomorrow.

It's a Girl!!

Yesterday at 2:30 pm the ultrasound specialist declared our baby a girl. Alexis Marie Coggle (Alex for short) has finally made her identity public. She moved so much during the visit we were there for an hour. We got tons of pictures and a video of the whole thing!!!

I'm so excited!!

Everyone who could be there was there. My sister, mother, mother in law and sister in law Summer. Oh and Vern too. LOL. Everyone is just thrilled to finally know who will be joining the family in get this 3 1/2 months!!! Its amazing to know that I'm half way done.


I can't wait to meet my baby girl!

After the appointments we went out to eat then shopping. I got a new bra for my ever growing body! I've gained 13 pounds already and the Dr says there is more to come!!!! My belly button is almost popped out. It looks so funny. We also bout some cute girl clothes and the cutest shoes!!! Oh there so cute!!

Did I mention I'm super excited!!!!

Well more to come as the days go by!

Suprise doctor visit

So for the past few weeks I've been having some dizzy spells that get pretty bad. I feel nauseous, sweaty, weak, and dizzy. It gets so bad that I can't focus and need to sit down. Like I need to faint or something.

My doctor thought I might just be dropping my blood pressure and to rest a lot and have plenty of snack breaks. Well I'm still having these little episodes. So my doctor told me that she wants to see how my heart is acting during these episodes. She recommended I wear an EKG Event Monitor for two weeks!!! Yikes. Very uncomfortable. What it does is record my heart while I have these episodes. I just push the record button and it makes a funny sound for one min. When the memory is all full I transmit it through the telephone. Its very strange how it all works. So hopefully we'll find out why I do these crazy things.

Vern Is pretty concerned about the whole thing but the doctor insured us that the baby will be completely fine. That it shouldn't affect him/her. I believe that my body is having a hard time dealing with all these changes and extra hormones going on.

Baby Pain

The baby seams to be growing so fast. These past few days have been very painful. A lot of cramps and other problems i wont go into detail about.

Last night the baby got real excited when vern was playing with my belly. He couldn't feel all the movements but i could. Its such an amazing feeling. The baby really loves his/her daddy.

Another appointment

I had another appointment last Wednesday. All my tests came back good and the baby's heartbeat is about 154 per min. Its amazing to hear baby Alex's heart knowing that he/she is growing inside me. The baby is such a wiggle worm. It took the doctor three times before she could hold down the heartbeat. At night baby Alex likes to sit on my right side and wiggle around. Its such a strange feeling. Almost like having butterflys. I'm 15 weeks along now, Just into my second trimester. The baby is about 4 inches long and somewhere between 3-6 ounces

Out next appointment is April 29th. We get to find out the sex of our little Alex. Our parents are most excited to start shopping. We still are hoping for a boy but everyone keeps telling us its a girl. We have our crib, dresser, stroller and car seat picked out. We should be picking everything up except the crib sometime this week. We have no room at our house so Debbbie, Vern's mom is going to store it for us.

I'm Pregnant!!!

So on January 19th (Vern's Birthday) we find out that I'm Pregnant. We are so excited to become parents. I can't help but smile at the thought of being a mommy. Ive waited so long.... well two years to be exact.

Our parents couldn't be happier. Debbie, Vern's mom is just ecstatic. She cried when we told her. This is going to be her first grand baby. As for my parents the are way excited as well. This will be #3 grand baby.

My sister happens to be pregnant right now as well. She is 7 weeks and 3 days ahead of me. Her and Chris are having a girl. So Preston gets to be a big brother. He is so cute about the whole thing. He'll go up to Carissa and lift her shirt and say "My baby sister" Give her a kiss and run off screaming... 2 year olds can be cute sometimes!! LOL!

Our due date is September 19th. A wonderful day it will be. Our friends Ben and Leslie are getting Married that day and both me and Vern are in there line. So lets hope I'm a week early.

I had my first appointment four weeks ago and everything is perfect. The baby is just the right size for being 10 weeks. Still can't tell the sex yet but we hope its a boy!!! We want the whole older brother going on.

I had another appointment two weeks ago to do some more tests. They measured my fluid around the baby and that is just where is should be. I have another appointment in 5 days.

I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and I've already gained 10 pounds. You can see my bump but most people can't see all my weight gain. I sure can I went from a size three to a size 7. I know I shouldn't be depressed about it but I am. I'm just glad its the baby and not something else! :)

Well I'll sure to keep things updated on how the baby is doing. I'll also post some pictures.