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Pregnancy- Palpitations

Annaem

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Is anyone experiencing palpitations during their pregnancy. It appears my rbc is low and slighltly low in magnesium and potassium. Just wondering if any other celiacs are having this challenge in their pregnancy. Im doing my best to get these levels back up.

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Hi,

This sounds like my last pregnancy. I was not yet diagnosed with celiac yet. At around 15 weeks I developed palpitations, shortness of breath and chest pain. It intensified by the 20th week and I was hospitalized. They thought I had a blood clot and I had the "million dollar workup". I was put on strict bed rest (imposible with two other small children) and on Beta blockers. I never really felt much better and delivered my daughter at 37 weeks without complication. A year later when I was still feeling pretty crummy and couldn't blame the pregnancy I was tested for celiac and came back positive. During the pregnancy they assumed all my abnormal lab results were pregnancy related and dismissed them. I had the low RBC and electrolite abnormalities you have. Since going gluten-free they all returned to normal and the palpitations and other complaints stopped too.. My daughter is perfectly healthy and only has the gene for celiac. We watch her closely for the development of celiac.

Good luck with your pregnancy. Watch you diet carefully. I hope you feel better soon.

Donna

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Im glad to hear all is well with you and your family. I have been gluten-free for 2 years but i struggle with vitamin deficiencies all the time. And trust me i am a strict gluten-free. No cheating over here. Hopefully these vitamins help me out and im back on track. I was concerned about the baby. Hopefully i caught this problem early enough. I am 18 weeks. The Dr.s should have been doing regular blood tests but they assured me i was ok....

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From what I have read, palpatations can be normal during pregnancy. I'm sure they can be abnormal as well, but I have read that they can be normal. My pulse has been very fast for months and I have had palpatations but everything else is fine. I usually stop what I'm doing and rest and they get better.

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I am 34 weeks, and have mitral valve prolapse (in addition to celiac). I've had palpitations since I was 4 weeks, and at 18 weeks, but ob put me back on my beta blockers, which have helped the palps but not the breathlessness. The gluten free diet (which I've been on for 1 year) hasn't seemed to affect it much. Just hang in there! I know how uncomfortable it can be.

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Is anyone experiencing palpitations during their pregnancy. It appears my rbc is low and slighltly low in magnesium and potassium. Just wondering if any other celiacs are having this challenge in their pregnancy. Im doing my best to get these levels back up.

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I also have mitral valve prolapse and experienced a lot of palpitations pre-gluten free days. I took beta blockers for 2 years and tried to stop once only to have my resting heart rate hit 170 while they were monitoring me! Once I stopped eating gluten the palpatations went away for the most part and I no longer need the medicine. I have noticed lately that they are back along with the breathlessness (I am at 16w), but are not frequently enough to be bothersome at this point. There must be some connection to pregnancy if a couple of us have noticed this.

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