San Diego Health

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also be tough on your heart. Your heart is working overtime to support you and your baby, and it’s surprisingly common for women to develop some type of heart problem during pregnancy or exacerbate an existing condition, such as hypertension or high blood pressure. In this episode of San Diego Health, host Susan Taylor interviews Scripps Clinic cardiologist Poulina Uddin, MD, and Sean Daneshmand, MD, a Scripps Clinic OB-GYN and medical director of the Scripps perinatology program. They discuss how being pregnant can affect the heart, common heart problems that can develop in pregnancy, and how those conditions may affect the baby. They also explain how doctors can treat heart conditions while protecting the pregnancy.