Tips on Maintaining Heart Health during Pregnancy

Keeping your heart healthy during and after pregnancy is possible and may be easier than you think.

Approximately half of pregnancy-associated heart attacks are in the postpartum period, when a woman’s heart is still working harder to pump excess blood but the focus has shifted to her newborn’s health. More than 75% of pregnancy-associated heart attacks are in women 30 and older.

SOURCE: UTSouthwestern Medical Center • AUTHOR: Rina Mauricio, M.D. • LAST UPDATED: October 26, 2021