The Fun Continues (NOT!!)

I had mentioned in a previous post that I've been having heart palpitations for a while now.  It started out when I lay on my left side, then it started happening when I lay on either side, now it's happening any time I'm at rest and it's very uncomfortable.  

It got to the point where it's been happening so frequently that I finally caved and called the midwife.  Btw, my primary midwife Minh has started working at the K-W Midwifery now.  Ann is now my backup.  Anyway, I spoke to Minh for a while and she said that the palpitations are common because of all the extra blood I'm producing (which I knew) but since they were happening so frequently, I should go to the doctor.

So I called the Dr's office, who had me on the phone with a nurse for a bit, and they set up an appointment for a half hour from the time I called.  Luckily Ryan was home, because with the stress of this happening (it's scary!) I was crying and very happy when he offered to drive me.

I first saw a nurse, who did a cardiogram.  She had taken half a dozen printouts or so and took them to the doc. The doctor eventually came in and told me that she could see the occasional blip when the palpitation occurred. She said that it doesn't seem too unusual, but to stay on the safe side, I have to get some more bloodwork done and she hooked me up with a Holter-ECG monitor that I have to wear until Friday.  Then I take it back and they do analysis on the data that it stores.

I'm relieved they're taking it seriously and was also comforted when the doc also said that tons of women have palpitations during pregnancy too, even though I haven't known any...

She also brought up the possibility of me having pregnancy anemia.  Apparently there's not a lot of iron in pre-natal pills, so I may need to get on an iron supplement too.

Anyway, after I was hooked up to the Holter monitor, we came home.  On the way out of the car, I got a spontaneous nosebleed (which are ALSO common during pregnancy).

I personally believe that any woman that says she enjoy(s/ed) being pregnant is full of shit... or else I'm just having a more interesting time with it.

Oh well.