32 weeks heart racing and headache

[maryd84]

Hi

Has anyone experienced palpitations and heart pounding in chest when pregnant.

It's been happening to me for the past 2 days. Last night i got a headache too and I couldn't sleep at all with the headache and heart pounding.

You need to go and get checked it’s potentially a serious issue. Just ring triage and they’ll se you

Please phone triage. Sounds like you need an ECG to rule out any cardiac concerns. GP surgeries can usually do this but with a headache as well I’d probably ring triage and get seen at the hospital to be on the safe side.

Do you have any swelling or visual disturbances? Any abdominal pain?

Do you remember what your last Hb (iron) level was (it could be anaemia but I would assume your bloods were checked about a months ago)?

Thanks I'm in the hospital now waiting to be seen.

Hello @maryd84 how have you got on. Hope all ok x

Hi @BabyCJuly

They did an ecg and bloods which were normal. The doctor just said that pregnant women can get palpitations because of all the extra blood being pumped around.

The headache is gone but I couldn't sleep for hours again last night because of my heart pounding.

It's like when you get a fright how your heart goes pounding for a bit afterwards. So it's difficult to relax and drift off to sleep. Ive never had anything like this before and I just dont feel right.

Baby is doing good. Lots of movement and they did a quick scan of baby yesterday too.

Hi
I’m currently 15 weeks pregnant and have been feeling absolutely terrible the past 2 days. Saturday morning I had pounding heart palpitations and today I had a few in the morning, but have had an awful headache and haven’t been able to move from my bed. My fatigue is so bad today that I cannot bring myself to do anything.
I’m calling the doctors in the morning but I’m just wondering if this is normal?
I’ve also been monitoring my heart rate on my Apple Watch and it’s sometimes jumping to 110bpm when I’m literally just laying in bed.
We are back in the office tomorrow after working from home and the last thing I want to be doing it calling in sick when it’s the first day back - but if I feel anything like today I don’t think I can do it.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

OP, I have this in pregnancy too.
Its just one of those really unpleasant things that exacerbates my anxiety and keeps me up at night. But there isn't actually anything wrong...
Good luck, I hope it clears by itself and you can carry on enjoying your pregnancy!

I've had this a few times where I'll be sat on the sofa and my heart rate suddenly goes up to 110/120 for a bit. It hadn't even crossed my mind to call triage or anything, it seems to go away after drinking some water and trying to relax a bit. But after reading this, if it lasted more than 10 mins I'd feel like I should call someone