TACHYCARDIA DURING PREGNANCY / SHOULD MOTHERS WORRY?

Cardiac activity plays an important role in maternal health as well as fetal growth and development. Depending on the stage of pregnancy, cardiac activity also has certain changes:

► Second trimester: the blood vessels in the mother's body begin to dilate or get bigger. This causes the mother's blood pressure mildly decreased.

► Third trimester: about 20% of blood volume in the body will flow to the uterus, which leads to the heart has to pump faster to circulate this blood volume. Your heart rate can increase by 10 to 20 beats per minute. When your mother's heart has to work harder, some abnormalities may occur including abnormal heartbeats such as tachycardia.
 
Tachycardia is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, if tachycardia accompanies with other symptoms, mothers need to be very careful because this can be a warning sign of gestational complications.
 
► Causes of gestational tachycardia:
 

 
► When should mother see a doctor?

According to Dr. Tang Quang Thai, Gynecology & Obstetrics - American International Hospital (AIH), if mothers often have tachycardia, doctor discussion is required. In addition, mothers should visit a medical facility immediately when tachycardia occurs simultaneously with other symptoms including: dyspnea, chest tightness, coughing up blood, irregular pulse, sudden fasst heart rate.

Doctor may indicate lab tests to ensure that both mother and her baby are healthy, therein an electrocardiogram is a common test to diagnose the causes of maternal tachycardia. Depending on the results, the doctor will give the proper advices. ​

At the American International Hospital (AIH), physicians and nutritionists will monitor and provide specific recommendations for individual parturient in order to create the best care plan for maternal and fetal health. AIH is the pioneer international hospital in Vietnam applies a system of American standrad delivery suites - LDRP, which bring parturients and families to comfortable and convenient experience of childbirth as placing them in an unique versatile room for entire delivery process: labor- vaginal delivery – recovery – postpartum.

Especially, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ( NICU) is fully equiped with standard state-of-the-art medical devices, together with leading medical experts including neonatologists, neonatal nurses, physiotherapists, pediatric nutritionists to ensure safety and excellent care for babies since they are born.