Hello I’m just looking for some advice on pregnancy and giving birth with atrial tachycardia/svt I’ve been told I can have a baby but would need a plan and would need to be closely monitored as there are risks. Has anyone got any of their own experiences they could share with me please.
Thank you
Hi Courtney, I am hopeful the members here will offer advice based upon their own experiences. I would encourage you to discuss this at length with your Dr well in advance, its important to be aware of any risks of possible complications. Everyone is different and the risks will also vary on an individual basis. You may wish to visit Arrhythmia Alliance website for information about AT and SVT: heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/.... You may be wish to register for our free online patient educational series 'Living with... SVT' presented by a leading HCP in SVT. To view the agenda and details on how to register: heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/...
Very interested in the recording of that event. But followed that link and was take to registration for a different “living with” event. I did find the SVT event on the page that lists all the events, but even after getting in to the correct “auditorium” there’s no video to watch. heartrhythmevents.org/Livin... Was this a for fee event?
Hi there, Just to let you know that I have forwarded you enquiry on to our Events Team to look into. I will let you know further details in due course. Please accept my apologies for any confusion caused.
thanks so much! Appreciate this. Quite interested in viewing that video.
Good afternoon, just to let you know that the technical issue has been corrected. Please login at your next earliest convenience to view the presentations. Once again, apologies for any confusion caused.
Tracy, thanks you so much! Really appreciate this. I’ve been looking for more info about my stubborn atrial tachycardia and I hope to glean some new info from this session. After 3 ablations, my afib has been resolved, but the tachycardia has only gotten worse. And I’m not that far away from the drs is Boston, MA, if I want to seek an appt with them. So appreciate this!
You are very welcome, you may find it helpful to view some of our online patient resources by visiting : Arrhythmia Alliance US : heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/us/ or contacting Patient Services heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/...
Your medical team know about your condition (no one else does) and will provide appropriate mitigation measures/treatments to control it and keeping what risks there are to very acceptable levels - arguably lower the many others who may have undiagnosed health conditions. There are very real things you could do to make it all easier:
Drink plenty of water
Eat avocados bananas and non processed foods
Take Epsom salts baths and possibly magnesium (not oxide) and iron supplements (if your low on iron). In fact I would take Magnesium supplements anyway.
No caffine, sugar especially sweeteners or alcohol.
Plenty of rest, keep stress levels as low as possible and don't worry - these are the more difficult but try anyway.
Just to clarify when taking about risks, context is often missing, you are subject to an elevated risk by just crossing the road and if you knew of the high risk involved in being in a car you may worry every time. The key thing to remember is you must lead your life as normal, you medical team are aware of your condition and will take measures accordingly to keep you safe - as mentioned earlier your in a far better position than those with undiagnosed condition and SVT is not considered life threatening by the medical professionals - see Dr Gupta's tube videos (type in "York cardiology" in the search box).
These are from my experiences with SVT since 1993, sorry cannot help with the maternity side suffice to say that your medical team are extremely risk averse and would not tell you it was OK if you were at risk.
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