ER or am I just paranoid?

So for the past few days I’ve noticed that whenever I eat a meal, my chest starts to feel tight and it gets hard for me to breathe. I try changing my posture or even leaning back a little but it doesn’t help. Even without me eating I still feel the same feeling.
What should I do?

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I would go to the maternity emergency unit / assessment unit. It's better to get checked out and find out it was nothing than to have a problem undetected for a long time. They say that too, and theyre happy if you get checked out. You could perhaps call their emergency number to ask if you should come get checked first if you're unsure?

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I had the same thing happen to me in my first trimester, my heart rate was racing too and they said it’s normal but just being pregnant but I don’t know if it’s normal for third trimester

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I have that too, unrelated to eating and haven’t gotten checked out because it doesn’t feel “bad enough” 🫠😅

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