palpitations?

[pipinmybelly]

hi everyone!!

im 19 weeks preg and for the past few days iv been having palpitations and feels like my heart is beating irregularly...i feel fine, but the feeling is very strange. not having any pain. worrying about an assessment i have tomorrow do u think this may be something to do with it? or the pregnancy? im not really worried, would go to doc but i just have no time!! bump is growing now too so not worried about bean (although im sure its a lot bigger than a bean now!!) any advice or words of experience would be greatly appreciated!! thank you all in advance xxx

Hi pipinmybelly,

I had palpitations all through both pregnancies- reckon it's a hormone thing. Although it can also be a sign of anaemia, apparently, so worth mentioning to your midwife.

yeah me to always gpt them and still do now during my period, think its the hormones i have been to the doctors they said the same. i also get them when taking pregnacare

Yep, I get them too, especially second and third trimester. Pretty common. Mention it to your mw and get iron count checked, but don't worry.

thanks everyone! your right bexxaa it is very annoying!! kept me awake for nearly 2 hours last night coz it was so obvious i couldnt sleep! maybe il give mw a ring tomorrow to mention it. better to be safe i suppose!! just such an inconvience to a very hectic lifestyle!! and very distracting too!!

I had them around that point in pregnancy too, doctor did a heart trace, also sent me home with a moniter I put to my chest to take a reading when it happened.
The little machine did say 'abnormal rythym' they were palpatations, had to writ edown what I was doing at those moments in time.
I actually realised that I was having the palpatations during stressful situations, even when the stressful situation wasn't overly obvious, if someone was talking to me, tv blaring, kids screaming, etc..
and mainly; when I hadn't slept properly!
So the resolution was obvious to me.
Go to bed early and take yourself out of a situation and go and relax when things get stressful :-)
Mine stopped

Goodluck