The two bad H's of my pregnancy.
Heart burn has been a constant annoyance since the day I found out I was pregnant. The only thing that doesn't give me heartburn is milk. I eat Tums like they are candy. And I do admit that the Tums Smoothies do somewhat taste like candy. They are tasty, not chalky like the regular ones. I keep a bottle in my bag, purse, desk, and med. cabinet. It's annoying, but I can deal with it. At least the Tum's will take care of it, or take the edge off.
Heart palpitations suck! More than likely they are benign PVCs which are normal in pregnancy due to hormonal changes and all the other physical changes. No matter how much I tell myself that they are normal, NOTHING about them feels normal. They are extremely un nerving. I would get 1 or 2 a day, which wasn't a big deal. Yesterday morning I woke up having numerous "skipped beats." It feels like my heart momentarily jumps into my throat. There will be a pause in the normal rhythm and then a couple quick beats before it resumes a normal rhythm again. I went and say my general dr. yesterday on advice from the ob and she did a blood test to check my thyroid and had me wear a 24 hr. monitor. Of course when I was at the office I didn't have a single PVC. The monitor recorded well over a hundred of them though. So they will be able to tell exactly what it is. I just have to wait possibly until Monday. Today I was really hoping they would be gone, but no such luck. There are times when I'll have 2 or 3 in one minute. When they are so frequent it's hard to stop thinking about them. I'm not getting anxious or stressed out about it, but when I can't stop thinking about it it's frustrating! I called my cardiologist and he said crazy things happen to the pregnant woman's body towards the end and that it is just a "normal" side effect assuming they are just PVCs. I'm still going to go see him next week so that he can do a check up and maybe a echo to make sure there hasn't been any structural changes in my heart. I could take a beta blocker to help, but that's a medication I really don't want to take while pregnant. So basically I just have to "hang in there." I really really really hope they go away or reduce in frequency soon!
Next midwife visit is next weds. I get the strep test then.
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