Re: Maternal Heartrate Irregularities

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good luck.

Art

At Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Tina wrote: >
>I'm at 21 weeks in my 4th pregnancy and have noticed, many mornings
>particularly, when I've felt lightheaded and out of breath. I mentioned
>this to my doctor last week and he suggested that I take my pulse to see
>if I was experiencing tachycardia. This morning I took my pulse during
>such an episode and discovered that for about every 10 normal beats, my
>heart was skipping a beat. This has me puzzled. I've experienced
>tachycardia before due to Grave's disease, but I am now on regular doses
>(.2) of synthroid, and my TSH is normal. Is this skipped heartbeat
>anything to be concerned about or is it normal in pregnancy?
>
>--
>Tina Arredondo
>

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art fougner, md
SonoScan/Genetic Sciences
forest hills, ny
evsono@pipeline.com

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