PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 1999: Re: Irregular Heartbeats

Re: Irregular Heartbeats

From: jonell (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:32:36 -0500 (CDT)

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In august of 1998 ,I beacme pregnant , during this time I began to notice an occasional hard thump in my chest. In October 1998 I had a misscarriage and I thought the thump would go away since I was no longer pregnant, but it didn't. It has been a year almost and I still get this hard single thump in my chest , I notice it mostly after eating. I went to see two cardiologist and the first said it was mitral vlalve prolase. Six months later I decided to seek a second opinion and this doctor said I was having extra beats and they were nothing to worry and that I could go ahead and try for another pregnancy, which I did and I am now almost a month and the beats seems to come more frequently now. I am very afraid and stressed out over the beats. I would like to know why they showed up when iI became pregnant and if there is maybe some type of deficiency my body could have to cause them.

jonell

At Sat, 16 Jan 1999, dr. wrote: >
>Steph, Get an opinion from your physician, get EKG done and cut down on
>caffeine and chocolates. Dr. amit Sengupta,
>-----Original Message-----
>From: steph
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 5:09 AM
>Subject: Re: Irregular Heartbeats
>
>>Eliza-
>>
>>I am not a doctor, but 27 weeks pregnant and have similar symptoms. I
>>was also told that irregular heart beats or palpitations are very common
>>in pregnancy. This is apparently because the blood volumeis increasing
>>rapidly. Because some of my symptoms were pretty sever they actually
>>sent me for a bunch of tests and found out that I do have a physical
>>abnormality that had been hidden all these years. BUT the only reason
>>it was suspected was because my palpitations and skipped beats were so
>>symptomatic and severe. I've been able to help prevent the occurances
>>by cutting out ALL caffeine (chocolate, too, since it has caffeine) and
>>making sure that i take a break when it happens. By the way- the
>>feeling you have may also be esophagal spasms- something they checked
>>out with me but didn't find. According to my doctor they feel much the
>>same.
>>
>>I hope this helps. Hopefully one of the doctors will respond and help
>>more!
>>Steph
>>

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