Heartrate question

adcffaa · December 2009

The past week or two my heart randomly starts beating a lot faster all of a sudden. At first I thought maybe I'd moved too quickly or something and just "taking a breather" got it back to normal. But the past 2-3 times that its happened I was just sitting (except this last time I was actually napping when it started). This last time is what actually got me scared because it was such a sudden change that it woke me up and I felt like I couldn't breathe for a few seconds and on top of that "taking a breather" didn't do anything as far as getting my heartrate back down. So this last time it ended up lasting for almost 20 minutes, every other time its only lasted between 3-7 minutes. My next doctors appointment is in 11 days and I plan on asking him at the appointment but for now I was wondering if anyone has any idea what this might be and if there's anything I can do to stop it.

hokiefan04 · December 2009

Mine did this last night as I was laying down to go to bed. It freaked me out too. Would love to hear if anyone else has experience this and/or asked their doctor.

mystqjaq · December 2009

I don't really have anything helpful to say except you're not alone. My heart has done so many weird things in the past 20 weeks that as long as it's still beating, I can't fuss, lol.

CTri17 · December 2009

mine is higher than it normally is when not pregnant, it started about a month ago. And I definitely have some times where it is a little bit faster. But with all the changes in my body and not being able to breathe as deeply (since Baby is up so high) I attribute it mostly to that.

If you are worried def talk to your doc.