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Hi all, I’m just wanting to see if others have experienced heart palpitations in pregnancy?

I’m confused as my midwife says they’re not normal at all, but when reading official medical websites online it says they can be completely normal.

I’m 17 weeks and sometimes I can hear my heartbeat really loud but at a normal rate, other times it’s like my heart is beating out of my chest. It’s usually if I get up quickly or when I wake up, but sometimes can be if I’m just sitting. It goes fairly quickly and I’m never dizzy, faint or have chest pains. My iron levels are good too, so no issue there. My midwife advised the next time I get them, to go to hospital for an ECG. They usually go within a minute, so I’m not sure how that would work. But naturally I’m now panicking something is really wrong.

I will try get an ECG the next time, but wondered if others experienced this?

Hi everyone, sorry to post about something similar to what others have already asked, but I’m due to travel to Mauritius at the beginning of November and will be 22 weeks pregnant.

The holiday was booked before I found out I was pregnant, and I’ve seen there’s currently a chikungunya outbreak, which has made me really worried about whether we should still go.

We’d unfortunately lose around £8,000 if we cancelled, which is absolutely heartbreaking, but obviously my health and the baby’s come first and I don’t want to take any unnecessary risks.

Does anyone know how badly affected the northern coastal areas are at the moment? We’re due to stay at Paradise Cove Boutique Hotel, so I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s currently in Mauritius or has any recent information about the situation in that area. Or if anyone has recently been/staying there whilst pregnant.

Just to note I have asked my midwife but she takes weeks to respond, so I thought I’d ask people who have been recently or know any info in the meantime.

Thank you so much in advance.

Hi all, looking for some advice/experiences.

My fiancé and I are getting married in November and planning to start trying for a baby right after. Initially, we chose to wait until after the wedding to avoid being pregnant (or dealing with a miscarriage) during that time.

Now we’re overthinking timing. If we conceive on our honeymoon (when I’m likely ovulating), the due date would be late July. If we wait one more cycle, it’d be August. We’ve read about potential academic disadvantages for summer-born children in the UK, so we’re wondering if we should delay a few cycles to aim for a September onwards baby instead.

The dilemma:
- We’re really excited to start trying and don’t know how long it’ll take
- Even if we “plan” for September onwards, babies can come early anyway
- Waiting longer feels frustrating after already delaying for the wedding.
- But waiting another 3 cycles wouldn’t be the worst when we’d have been waiting a year anyway.

I know I might be overanalysing (I have ADHD and anxiety, which doesn’t help), but it feels like a lot of pressure when you read about birth month impacts.

I’m also unsure about our fertility. In the UK, you don’t usually get any testing until you’ve been trying for 12 months (unless there are known issues), so it really is a “see what happens” situation. I see a lot of US-based advice about getting hormone levels checked early, but that doesn’t seem to be the norm here unless you go private.

I guess that’s adding to the uncertainty, trying to plan timing when we don’t even know how long it might take.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Did you plan around birth months, or just go for it?