****y Ticker and spotty red palms

I am experiencing some strange heart irregularities. It feels like extreme nerves, my heart kind of skips a beat or does an extra beat or something. It feels quite uncomfortable. It came about in my first trimester, subsided for second tri and now that I have just hit the final tri it has returned. Does anyone else experience this? This is my second baby - with a 14 year gap!

ALSO - I feel I have gained quite a bit of weight but I feel very puffy around the face, get red swollen palms (almost spotty) and my knees feel swollen - do you think this sounds like fluid retension? I am most worried about the strange palms/hands. Never had any of this with my beautiful daughter.

I think you need your BP checked ASAP Megs. Ring the midwives.
Swollen face and hands are a good indicator your BP is on the rise.

Yep, if you ring the Nurses Hotline they'll tell you to get straight to a hospital so you can be checked for preeclampsia - I don't wanna scare you but it can come on super quick and be VERY dangerous. Off to the doc you go!

Go to hospital.

Agreed to get help straight away.

Agreed here too! Go get it checked ASAP!!!!

Did you get checked?

Thanks so much for all your replies.

I went to my GP and my bp was 130/68. He said It was fine and if the heart palps bother me too much go back. I am seeing my M/W next week, will discuss it with her then. The heart probs get worse at night.

Arrg this pg is much harder at 34 than it was at 20! praying for a healthy bub!

Good to hear you and bub are ok!

I had a horrible pregnancy last time and my BP went up to 170/120 and i was swollen from head to toe and also had the heart palpatations.. anyway the point of me telling you this is that my bub was perfectly fine and is now a happy and healthy 2.5 year old :) They are pretty tough in there!!