Heart pulputations- 26 weeks

[Flower11111]

Hello everyone I wanted to ask if anyone has been worried about heart palpitations during pregnancy? My midwife said to keep an eye on then but they are quite frightening when they happen they seem to be slightly more regular but not more intense or lasting any longer I just wondered if everyone else experienced this and it turned out to be fine

I had them throughout pregnancy, I rang my GP and they asked a series of questions to check they weren’t of concern and told me what to keep an eye out for. Ring the GP and hopefully they’ll do the same :)

I'd get iron levels checked personally.

Are you keeping hydrated?

I have them and I am under the "pregnancy palpitations" cardiology team at a specialist heart hospital.

Yes I agree they’ll probably check your iron levels - mine were checked and fine so for me it wasnt caused by low iron

I had heart palpitations too, lasted ages and always worse at night. Used to freak me out! I consistently mentioned it at midwife appointments and was told it was fine, had a blood test done and my iron levels were low which completely explained it! I've been anaemic before so had suspicions. Iron tablets massively helped and heart palpitations stopped!

Apparently it's common for your iron levels to drop in second trimester so push for a blood test!

I have had them since before pregnancy, and had them checked out by a specialist, as had a cluster of them (7 day monitor and cardiac ultrasound). By the time i got the results, i had found out I was pregnant. On the call cardiologist was very reassuring saying nothing fundamentally wrong and possibly im perimenopausal!. Mine are triggered by bending over, stress, caffeine and possibly alcohol. I have naturally stopped drinking in pregnancy and totally cut the caffeine. Now i have the reassurance that is nothing serious i worry about it less. So collectively that appears to have helped them become very infrequent.
The specialist said could become more frequent in 3 rd trimester, and to get referred back to him if this is the case as he has helped loads of women in this situation.
So i would cut caffeine if you haven't done already, speak to your GP again especially if worried and if needed get you checked out.