Anyone with cardiovascular problems? (your own, not LO's)

[Croc-O-Dile]

I have an appt with a cardiologist on the 17th due to increased heart-rate at my MW appt yesterday.
I was born with an "innocent" heart murmur and it's been rather dormant my whole life. Although I do get frequent palpitations from doing simple things like lying down. (This is all pre-pregnancy) I've had SIX EKGs done and none of them have caught anything. This is because they always have me laying down prior to the EKG and all the way through, when I tell them specifically to monitor a position change because that's when I experience the most problems.
I have Orthostatic Hypotension, so I'm used to feeling faint and short of breath. Well, today I had a MW appt and about 15 minutes before we got there I was feeling really short of breath and like I was slowly over-heating. I thought it was my hypotension acting up, so I asked for a glass of water once we got there and braced myself for the black-out I knew was coming. But it never happened, and unlike before the water wasn't helping any. I was literally stuck in a state of over-heating and suffocation. So my doctor checked my heart rate and said it was really fast and it sounded like I had arrhythmia. So she did some kind of massage on my neck to get it to go down, but was really concerned that this was never brought to their attention because of how pregnancy can apparently make this worse. When I told her about the 6 EKGs I had done she was rather pissed off that none of them listened to me and monitored the position change like I asked, because she's sure they would have found it then.

So now I have a cardiologist appt and most likely he'll want to monitor me over a 24-hour period. I'm concerned though what will happen if/when they find that I haven't gone crazy and I've actually been having these palpitations the whole time. Will the want to induce me early or schedule a c-sec?

 

[meganb]

Hi there

I've got Mitral Valve Prolapse and suffered with the worst palpitations during 2nd Tri. Checked with my cardiologist and he wasn't worried at all - but it's always best to get checked out.

They'll make you wear a 24 Holter monitor and then advise you from there. Chances are the palpitations are innocent and you'll go to term.

Wishing you all the best!

x

 

[mamaofthree]

hey hun,

I am on my fourth baby, and discovered last time that i have a systolic mumur. I get TERRIBLE palpatations, and had to wear a holter&have 24 hr bp monitoring, and trace...also saw cardiologist and had ecg twice....nothing found other than innocent systolic mumur, and physiological tachycardia!!! I think the fast heart rate can make you anxious hence over heating etc....well it does with me for def, but better safe, and get it checked! I doubt you would need early section as meds are fab these days, and most things can be well controlled.

Apparently tachycardia, and systolic mumors, aswell as mvp are quite common in preg, due to increased blood flow.

Megan, do you get any symptoms with mvp, cos i have had some atypical shoulder pain (left) and read that systolic mumurs can be a sign of mvp&am now stressing that mumur is more serious despite tests! arghhhhh. I know its prob costochondritis or rib pain /inflammation still present from last preg, but just thought id ask how you found out you had&and what is ur heart rate like?

Good luck girlies x x x x x