ectopic heartbeats during pregnancy, anyone else feel like theyre havin a heart attack!!!

[joanna1990marie]

I have been gettin loads of ectopic beats lately, I had them before I was pregnant but they seem to have gotten worse! It gives me anxiety attacks and I've gone into hospital 2 times thinking I was dying, after 6 ecgs they said I had some t wave changes but probably related to anxiety! And ever since then I can't stop thinking about my heart! Which is makin it worse!

yes mine got a lot worse when pregnant and I had a heart scan to check all was well - they told me it wouldnt kill me so I felt a lot more relaxed then. I a off caffiene completely, which helps.

Sometime they are so bad I hit myself in the chest - this seems to calm it down!

I have never heard this term before but does it mean the sensation that you can feel your heart beating quickly and irratically for a few seconds? If so I had this so badly yesterday. One time it went on for nearly 40 seconds and I did start to panic.