kcgrant

Dear Jennifer, thanks for writing! I think I've had it for years as well, probably soon after my second child was born. I'm leaning more towards your thinking that I want to be there as much as I can for my two children. It's just husband who really wants the third. I think if he can read stuff like this, he'll know it's not just be being paranoid.

I was given calcium-channel blockers when the doctor didn't know I had more than just tachycardia and it actually does work most of the time for me. Takes the edge off of the fatigue and palps. I've been reluctant to try anything else because didn't like the side effects of beta-blockers, midodrine...

I have only recently been diagnosed with POTS. To be honest, I don't really have a physician that I feel knows much about it. We're trying things hit and miss and I guess I'm doing OK. But, my husband wants us to have one more child (have two already). I'm scared because I don't want this to get any worse. I have good and bad days, but can generally function. The more I read about this condition and what other people go through, the more afraid I am that this will become debilitating. I don't want to be an invalid with this and so I'm trying to avoid anything that could exacerbate it. What experience do the women have out there about being pregnant with POTS?