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PAC's / PVC's ectopic heartbeat during pregnancy

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Wmoejg · 13/11/2022 11:06

Hello,
Prior to pregnancy, I begun having a few palpitations (I had recently had covid, and it seemed to be linked to that).
Nonetheless, I am now 32 weeks pregnant and now experience DAILY palpitations and horrible heart symptoms. I've had ECG's, a heart echo and an event monitor and seen a cardiologist who believes I am having PAC's/PVC's and occasional episodes of SVT (Supraventricular tachycardia). I feel SO unwell and regularly feel my heart pound, skip beats and go well out of rhythm for a minute. He doesn't seem worried but has recommended I go on beta blockers if they're troublesome. I have taken it upon myself to pay for a 48 hour ecg to see if I could capture what's going on, it's being sent off this week so will find that out soon. I just feel so scared. I now have symptoms every single day, have a bit of chest pain now (not terrible but it's there) and when my heart is racing I feel like I can't breathe properly. I just feel really scared and don't know if this is pregnancy making it worse or I have a terrible heart that's going to kill me. I feel very scared

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Joannexxxx · 15/02/2023 18:25

Not sure if you been seen now but I had irregular beats and not until labour it was picked up and they said to go see about it , I didn’t have any symptoms. I seen my gp who referred me to cardiology who said I had eptopic beats where I went on beta blockers , this didn’t help my rhythm and in the end had to have a catheter ablation where they burn flickers on the heart. Without that the consultant said if it was left I would have went into heart failure so if you have any concerns definitely get checked out! Xx

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