Finally got to see the cardiologist.....!

Having had tons of appointments thrown at me over the last few weeks, things (hopefully) seem to be settling down. I saw the consultant cardiologist who I have been under for 18months today after practically crying to them over the phone to book me in before I go into labour. Now 3 weeks until due date... heres what was said....

My battery's dead. Well dying... (That would be my battery for my loop recorder I have fitted in my chest) so that'll have to be taken out soon. I cant even feel it anymore as my boobs have got bigger, its got lost. (Its in there somewhere I promise!) So that'll probably be taken out in the next 6 months.

The loop recorder did a few automatic readings of when my heart goes a bit nuts. It recorded a heart rate of 150+ beats a minute. (That is fast but not too fast for me as everyones heartbeat is allowed to go to 220 beats per minute minus their age.... so for me the maximum would be 201) He said that aslong as I was doing something to actively make my heart beat faster (as in walking, running....etc...) its fine, although if I was just sitting there it would be a problem. (He kept referring to 'tackie-cardic', I'm not sure I like being referred to as tacky....) So thinking back to March 26th this year I remembered! Jay only made me walk up 9 blooming flights of stairs! I have to say that was a big struggle and we are pretty sure thats what the recording was about.

So, my ECG was normal (Thank god because I hate having to lie there with my clothes off while they hide sticky pads all over my body) and there wasn't any notable problems. I have ectopic beats which happens when the heart beats from the bottom upwards sometimes, rather than from the top downwards, but they are supposedly harmless and usually happen to everyone later in life. Hopefully, in 6 months time I wont have to be under his care anymore and I can be discharged. (Yay! Celebrations with a big glass of non-alcholic wine anyone?!)

Thats one less appointment to worry about. I only have one appointment tommorow which is for monitoring but hopefully I'll get my results back and wont have to go there every other day aswell. What else this week? A breastfeeding class on thursday followed immediately by a midwife appointment, then what appears to be nothing on friday! (apart from monitoring...)