Heart Racing...anyone with tachycardia?

petitbelle

I've been having some palpitations on and off for the last month now. I'm not having any swelling or anything. I was feeling jumpy today so I got my hubby to take my pulse & B/P and my pulse was 136! I guess I should mention it again to the OB next week but I don't want to go to a cardiologist! I figure it's just a little stress on my heart from the babies. Anyone else have this?

Kindle

I have the racing heart.  My OB said it was from becoming dehydrated while I sleep.  I feel like I am drinking so much water already but when I increase it even more it seems to help.  She also said when it is happening drink water and lay on my left side.  I have had days where I have laid down over an hour and I am still as high as 110. 

I would love to hear what your OB says.

lindsaydtobeb

Yes, I have tachycardia and it's REALLY important that you get it checked out. Around 18 weeks my heart started racing and feeling like it was going ot beat out of my chest. My OB didn't think it was a big deal but I knew it was more than a "normal" pregnancy  related symptom. I went to my PCP who referred me to a cardiologist. I wore a holter monitor for 24 hours and it showed my heart rate going up to 180 bpm over 800 times within that 24 hours. I was put on a low dose of digoxin and it was okayed by my OB. Digoxin does cross the placenta and it can lower the fetal heart rate. For me, it didn't have any affect on my girls They were both born at 36 weeks perfectly healthy and all the ultrasounds showed that their hearts were completely fine. If I hadn't gone on digoxin it's likely that I would have eventually passed out,

Make sure someone pays attention to it! Especially if you have feelings of light headedness and blood rushing to your head when the rapid heart beats occur.

mamam

I had a couple of episodes last week and fortunately it occurred during a NST so it was documented officially.  They think it's due to the Procardia.  I actually almost passed out (got the hot flashes, and starry eyed, the whole bit).  Later that day I had two episodes of seeing white spots for about 10-15 minutes each.  Then nothing since.  The babies were not affected and my oxygen in my blood was fine so they are not too worried.  I was told not to drive anymore which is impossible with 3 appts a week.  

JWIllinois

I am in my 17th week and for the last few weeks have had a really fast heartbeat at times. I feel like I have palpitations jumping out of my chest. It's really uncomforatble feeling you know? I told my doctor and he just said to try drinking a lot of fluids. Not really sure if that works to be honest because I can only get down a certain amount of fluids a day with nausea still lingering at times. Hopefully this will pass! He said if it gets worse to get an ekg but I really don't want to. So yep-I have this too!