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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 4 months postpartum and have had several episodes of severe pain that starts in my chest and seems to radiate through to my back and make me nauseous. It typically lasts several hours and hurts terribly with my only bit releif being laying on my back with very warm heating pad on my chest and waiting for it to pass. It feels like someone has reached into my chest and is crushing my heart in their hands. The first time this happened was ~7 weeks after my c section and I went to the ER at the urging of my midwife to rule out a blood clot or something similarly serious. ER did an EKG, bloodwork, etc. and from what they could tell there was nothing wrong with my heart and all my numbers came back normal.

Has anyone had a similar expierience? The placement of my pain feels a little high from what I've read about galbladder issues, but both my mother and sister had theirs out around my age (my mother's was 10 days after having me via c section) so that's my theory.

And yes, I'm meeting with my PCP but am curious if anyone has any similar experience or ideas that I could bring up to discuss with my doctor. I was considering posting this in the expecting and postpartum forum but am hoping to cast a wider net in case there are women who had this issue but don't check that forum regularly. Thanks in advance![/quote]

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