Palpitations and anxiety attacks in pregnancy?

[KirstyPW]

I'm 19 weeks pregnant and have been getting increasingly more stressed over the past few weeks. Now I'm getting heart palpitations and massive anxiety attacks but I can't work out why. This is my first baby and it is very much wanted (we have been trying to conceive for 4 years and have gone through a lot of fertility testing etc.). I just don't understand why I feel this way. Has anyone else had this? x

Hi Kirsty

I had similar in my last pregnancy, have you seen the GP? I went to mine and they did an ECG to rule out anything wrong with my heart and that helped to put my mind at rest.

I think it's also important to remember that pregnancy is a time of great stress and worry and sometimes this can be massively magnified by your raging pregnancy hormones!

I also tried a bit of hypnobirthing to help me relax.

Hi, i suffer from them also and they are horrible and very scarey.

The palpitations react to your stress level so its like a visious circle, the more you stress the worse they become.

Also the lovely pregnancy hormones have a huge part of it unfortunetly not to mention the normal anxiety that goes with every pregnancy.

i thankfully have medication for it now as it was taking over my life and made me missareble but i know how horrible it is.

maybe see your gp and see of they can help

good luck.