heart palpitations during pregnancy
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Heart Palpitations???
Asked by F.A. from Spartanburg
on October 14, 2010
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I have had an odd feeling in my chest/neck for the past 24 hours. This has happened before but months ago. Im not anxoius or stressed about anything. It doesnt happen ...
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- Wow! I appreciate you asking this question because I have the same issue. Sounds like it's pretty normal. Good to know.
- To me it also feels like my heart skips a beat YES very scary to much caffeine, menstrual cycle and stress are I think my main problems.
- if you put your fingers on your neck, in the groove just to the side of your voice box, you will feel your pulse. thats the main artery (one on each side) that take b...
Heart Palpitations in Late Pregnancy
Asked by T.D. from Chicago
on October 3, 2011
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I am 34 weeks pregnant and ever since last weekend I have been having a lot of heart palpitations (a lot being 20 or more a day). I feel them more in my throat than m...
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- Speak to your OB but it's probably anxiety and stress. And keep reminding yourself that it's better to have a little anxiety than a heart problem. Do some deep b...
- I would have it checked out too. One question, do you have blood sugar issues - high or low? My sister is hypoglycemic and a symptom for her is heart palpitations. ...
- Not to freak you out, but you should definietly get this checked out. During my second pregnancy, I had a lot of palpitations, especially later in the pregnancy when ...
Heart Palpitations During Pregnancy
Asked by H.E. from Chicago
on February 23, 2009
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Just wondering if any of you mommies out there have experience with heart palpitations during pregnancy? Mine started as just a few minutes a day, but now are constant...
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- I agree that an EKG should be done. I did have a similar situation with my last pregnancy and was placed on a heart monitor and had an EKG. Everything was normal but...
- FIRST THING FIRST- Go back to your doctor and get the tests done to rule out anything else....... I have had those as well....I came to find out it was ANXIETY! That ...
- I totally remember this with my pregnancy and it freaked me out. Mine only happened in the first trimester and a little bit of the second trimester. I would be sitti...
Heart Palpitations and Nausea During Pregnancy Questions
Asked by N.C. from Atlanta
on November 13, 2009
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Hello all! I'm new here to the site and also newly pregnant. Any advice would be appreciated. I'm currently 4 weeks along. Also I should say I've been diagnosed with a...
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- Hi, I know that what you are feeling is very scary, because I have been there. I was diagnosed with Mitro Valve Prolapse twenty years ago after a miscarriage. The feel...
- I TOTALLY understand where you are coming from. I have had premature ventricular contrations periodically since I was a teen. At the time I described it as if my hea...
- A few suggestions: 1. If you haven't been re-checked since you became pregnant, and are worried, it may help with your anxiety to be re-evaluated. If you have a good ...
Heart Palpitations During First Trimester
Asked by J.M. from Austin
on July 10, 2008
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I am in the first trimester of my 2nd pregnancy and I have been having weird little heart irregularities. It is like my heart is skipping a beat or fluttering in my c...
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- I had the same thing when I was pregnant and nursing. Now after my third, (he is 2) I still have them every once in a while. Had an EKG done. Shows nothing is wrong...
- Dear J., what you wrote sounded so familiar. When I was pregnant with my now two year old daughter I was always sooo tired. Being a midwife myself I always thought...
- Hi J.. I had heart palpitations, too. I still have them, ever since the pregnancies. It was worse if I laid on my left side. If I can remember correctly, the doctor s...
Worried and scared...heart Palpitations
Asked by S.D. from St. Louis
on March 9, 2010
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Hi All. I have had a funny feeling come over me every now and then...no ryhme or reason to it. When this feeling happens, I feel my heart go into a funny rythm/palpi...
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- I have the same thing. It started 13 years ago right after my duaghter was born. I did go to one doctor, he had me wear a monitor and they found my heart to be fine. ...
- Start with the cardiologist. If their tests come back normal, then speak to your GYN. There are several female conditions such as enometriosis that can cause this. ...
- Heart palpitations makes me think of an over active thyroid. I'm sure a cardiologist would also check your thyroid out as a possible source of problems.
Heart Palpitations
Asked by K.S. from New York
on February 26, 2009
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Hoping there is another pregnant mom out there who has experienced the same thing...
When I was 7 or 8 months pregnant with my son, I would have these episodes wher...
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- Sounds like you've gotten some really good advice on here. Just wanted to add that you should be very careful of your sugar intake. That could be affecting you. Also w...
- Hi K.. I'm curious what the results to your hypothyroid test was. I actually have hypothyroidism and I know that when I'm pregnant my levels balance out more. But r...
- I just found out that my heart goes haywire sometimes and also misses a beat sometimes.. which is pretty wierd feeling.. your heart stops for a second.. but you feel i...
Heart Flutters/Palpitations
Asked by S.P. from Nashville
on May 7, 2009
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Out of nowhere a couple of months ago I started noticing a fluttery feeling in my chest. Several friends told me that it was probably heart palpitations, and they hav...
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- Dear S., Hopefully by this time, you've been to the doctor about your palpitations. You've received a lot of very experienced answers from the other moms and I won't ...
- I am 30 and have had those for years. but just off and on. If this is an every day thing, I would put in a call. Do you have an advice nurse?
- Sounds to me that you are in perimenopause. That is one of the symptoms. Find a female doctor or Female Nurse Practioner that specializes in hormone balancing and go...
Jumpy Heart
Asked by K.C. from Springfield
on July 3, 2010
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When you are pregnant does your heart jump around? Is this normal???
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- Hi K.. You may want to have your iron checked. That "jumpy heart" feeling is a sign of low iron / anemia.
- I would just add that it's very difficult for the average person to figure out the necessary combinations of vitamins and minerals (such as iron, calcium) that others ...
- It is not uncommon for pregnancy to cause a heart arrhythmia. I had SVT (supra ventricular tachycardia) for my first pregnancy, but not with my second. Tell your OB ...
Heart Fluttering
Asked by P.M. from Denver
on August 15, 2011
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Hi moms. I've noticed my heart seems to be doing a weird "fluttering" thing the past few weeks. I have no other symptoms, it's just strange. I had a baby about 7 month...
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- You seriously could just be dehydrated. For one you live at high altitude and we all know how that impacts us. Secondly, having a young one, you lose track of time a...
- Are you sure it is a flutter of the heart? I thought that I had that after having my kids, but after time I figured out that it wasn't my heart but just my organs mo...
- I think you need to talk to your PCP. Might be Thyroid. I am on medication for hypothyroidism and have bouts of palpitations. Not saying that is what it is, just th...
