Pregnant Women Who Have Heart Disease Need to Pay Attention to This

It is very important to discuss the risks and possible scenarios of pregnancy with the health care team which includes cardiologists and neonatologists.

Doctors will evaluate various aspects of care during pregnancy, including:

– How well you manage heart conditions

– Whether the drug needs to be stopped, consumed, or adjusted

– The need for additional surgical intervention, additional care or monitoring for you or the baby

– The risk of the baby inheriting heart defects

– Careful birth plan according to conditions

Pregnancy makes the heart work harder to pump blood, which can potentially worsen heart conditions or even cause underlying heart conditions to produce noticeable symptoms for the first time.

Complications such as fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), abnormal heart rhythms, or even strokes can also occur.

The risks during pregnancy depend on the type and severity of heart disease you have. Mild heart conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias can be treated with medication if necessary.

Serious heart conditions such as artificial heart valves increase your risk of developing life-threatening endocarditis.

Congenital heart defects may increase the risk of preterm birth and similar heart defects in infants born with congestive heart failure (congestive heart failure/CHF) may worsen as blood volume increases during pregnancy.