Shortness of breath and heart rate when lying down

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone can give me advice - since 22 weeks (I am now 23) I’m really struggling to sleep and find when I lie down I feel a shortness of breathe and can physically feel my heart pounding, even when on my left hand side.

It eases up a little once I remove the elevation from my head but still doesn’t feel super comfortable.

I’m going to see the midwife as soon as I can after bank holiday, but has anyone experienced this?

Thank you!

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You could be anemic. That can create heart palpitations.
Your heart rate is often slightly higher during pregnancy also

I felt exactly like this and it turned out I was anaemic with low B12 and needed some B12 injections so definitely ask for your bloods done and separate B12 check cos that can be low without affecting your haemoglobin x

Yeah I did and like the palpitations were taking my breath away a bit. The palpitations ended up hanging around even after my bloods normalised after treatment so I needed a 24 hour holter later in my pregnancy but it was fine and they just put it down to me being absolutely massive at that stage 🤣 I had a load of fluid as well which I don't think helped!

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