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missrachelk|1334370019|3170655 said:MuffDog|1334326579|3170120 said:Kunzite|1334290995|3169921 said:Question for you girlies - anyone else experience a racing heartbeat? Every morning when I sit at my desk, my heart starts racing. This is before any caffeine so it isn't that. It is actually quite uncomfortable. I'm sure it is normal but I'm wondering if anyone else feels the same way.
Muff - I've had a racing heartbeat fairly frequently since really early on (I'm almost 15 weeks now) I've hit about every website I can find, and called and asked my midwives and the peri that did my NT scan, and they all pretty much agree that as long as you aren't feeling faint or short of breath (aside from the odd uncomfortable feeling knowing your heart is racing) to try not to worry about it. I tend to notice mine most in the evenings when I'm quiet, or sometimes when I'm hungry. The heart is pumping a lot harder to supply the baby and placenta so it does make sense that it's doing a lot of extra work even at rest. Also digestion takes a lot of blood flow so after eating (no matter what kind of food) I fairly often feel mine racing.
Last night I got really hungry and didn't have dinner planned and ordered pizza - my heart raced after that for a long time! I think the heaviness of a meal, and all the additives / junk in what I had eaten really aggravated that symptom for me.
If you're worried you can push for a cardiologist referral, but I get the impression that besides an EKG they'll pretty much watch and wait. Sometimes I've taken my pulse when my heart feels racy and it's actually not that high(under 100 BPM) even though it FEELS much higher.
Hope it doesn't continue to bother you - try not to worry, but do ask your doc if you're concerned.
MerryMary|1334778804|3174483 said:Thanks for your reply MufffDog, I should have also mentioned that I have been getting a massage after each chiropractic adjustment. The first week seemed to help for a few days but the last two weeks haven't stopped the pain at all. Although, the first massuse was a lighter touch than the masusse I had the last two weeks, could lighter be better?
I was just reading over on the JBP thread and saw that LC metioned had acupuncture for her sciatica. I am going to see if I can find an experienced accupunturist in the area. I don't want to go another 7-9 weeks like this