Can I have a healthy pregnancy after a heart attack?

[CELIA9901]

I just turned 30 years old last week, a month ago I had a moderate heart attack which the Emergency room doctors think was caused by a blood clot. I went to the hospital because I was dizzy, short of breath and chest discomfort. At the ER they told me I was having a heart attack, and treated me with baby aspirins, tryglicerides, morphine and plavix. I stayed about 30 minutes in that ER and was transported to another ER were I had an arterial cath done, nothing was found, no blockage, no blood clots or narrowing. Blood tests and EKG showed I had a moderate heart attack, and the cardiologist that I saw said I had a moderate heart attack. I had an ECO done that showed moderate damage, no damage was done to the pumping function. The cardiologist said the heart attack was probably caused by a blood clot even though no signs of it were present. He also said I had the heart attack about 8 hours earlier while I was having no symptoms at all. I also have fibroid tumors in my uterus and had gastric lapband last JANUARY and have lost 103 lbs. I'm 5"6 and now 226lbs. I have 3 children already and had healthy pregnancies and healthy deliveries. My youngest is 6 and I had been planning for a 4 baby and was getting Lupron shot and birth control pills to help shrink the fibroids. Would it be too dangerous to have another baby? oh I forgot to mention that I had the implanon in my right arm for birth control and had no period for a whole year, well last July I had a severe hemmorrage and bled for two straight weeks passing blood clots the size of a fist. I had a blood transfusion (5 units) a month later I had the heart attack. So will it be too dangerous to have a baby? my gynecologist says he doesnt recommend it, but my cardiologist seems to be ok with it. please let me know.

[ed34]

Well, a gynecologist is not a heart expert, his expertise is in a different field. If a gynecologist has a patient with a problematic heart, who does he/she call on? a cardiologist. If the damage is minor and the cardiologist can see no problems then I
would take his side. He knows a heart that is strong enough when he sees one.
You should let your body clean out for a while though, to ensure there is no clotting
material still waiting to cause a disaster. Keep off any medication other than that
prescribed by your cardiologist. The thing to  remember is that your heart will have
a lot of extra work to do if you have another baby, it has to feed, oxygenate and clean
all your body as well as the babys. The cardiologist is aware of this and the only advice
I would give personally is take it easy during pregnancy.