Takardia, Pregnant and in My Late 30'S. What Concern Is This?

I had a few episodes in the past 7 years where my heart fluttered and I felt like I was going to pass out. I was pregnant with my first child when I had one of these episodes and just thought I was over-exerting myself. The other times I just thought it was due to stress. Last year, I went to see my doctor and told her about it and they did an EKG and found that I had a syndrome called Wolff Parkinson White syndrome. I had an irregular heartbeat and was born with it, but never knew it because I had never had an EKG done before. I had a procedure done in October to correct it and everything went well. I'm not sure if this is what it could be, but I would definitely talk with your OBGyn about it and also your primary doctor and see if you can have an EKG done to monitor your heart and make sure everything is fine. Good luck!

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I'm 39 and I'm in my last month of pregnancy. I've been having a fast heart rate and heart flutters. My doctors don't know if it's just pregnancy or if it's because I'm having thyroid issues that aren't responding to my meds or if it's treatment I'm receiving for antibodies against my baby's platelets. I have a lot going on but I'm healthy and my baby is healthy. I hope that helps. Good luck and Congratulations!

Hi there,

My child has SVT (supra ventricular tachardia...fast heart rate) and has had several episodes where her heart would race uncontrolably (300+ bpm)... no fun at all. Hers would last at least 30 minutes, to a couple of hours at a time...

I have been pg 4 times - and with each pregnancy and for a few months following each one, I have experienced flutters in my heart. My dr. wanted me to wear a holter monitor to catch it in 'action' but I never did it (probably not very smart on my part) - he did say that it is actually quite common for women to experience flutters, especially during pregnancy because the heart has to work harder to get blood flow through body and to baby...

Definitely bring it up to your dr - especially with your past history, but most likely you will be just fine! :0)

I am not a doctor but I do know that a change in hormone levels can cause your heart to flutter. It may have not occurred with any of your other pregnancies because of the fact that you are in you late thirties. I was pregnant at 37 and it was a whole different situation. When you are in your last trimester everything goes crazy.

I had periods of fluttering during rest periods when I was pregnant with each of my children. With my first pregnancy, I freaked out and went to the ER. They ran tests, but decided it was nothing. I didn't worry about it when it happened again. It usually didn't start until the 6th month or so. It would come and go, and I haven't felt it since I was pregnant.

I'm guessing you mean tachycardia (fast heartbeat). If you've got brief fluttering sensations, it's probably something else – tachycardia episodes usually takes awhile (sometimes hours) to settle down.

Flutters or palpitations are pretty common, can be caused by stress or excitement, or even a meal that disagrees with you. This may not be serious at all, so I wouldn't stress about it, but DO talk to your doc about it soon. Sometimes these symptoms are an important warning about a developing problem. If they happen more than once or twice a day, and are accompanied by dizziness, talk to the doc sooner rather than later.