Hospital but no baby yet

I just got back from the hospital. I have been feeling very dizzy and like my heart is racing the past day or so. Since I had all the complications after Ben's birth I wanted to make sure the same thing was not happening this time. Baby looks great. He heart rate was strong and I was even having a few contractions while I was there. Thankfully I don't have to worry about my little man just about me :) Here is the report I came home with

1. I have a bundle branch blockage (see below for description)
2. I have high blood pressure - this has not been an issue the entire pregnancy so, I am hoping that it just means I am ready to go
3. Because of the high blood pressure I am collecting urine for 24 hours to make sure that I am not spilling protein (this would be a sign of eclampsia)
4. I am going to the OB in the am
5. After I go to the OB I am going to call my cardiologist and see what he would like me to do.

I am hoping that all this means that Baby will be here in the next few days. I am ready and very tired of feeling funny all the time. We will see what the week has in store. Pray that I am able to deliver naturally and quickly and without any complications for me or baby.

Bundle branch block

By Mayo Clinic staff

Bundle branch block is a condition in which there's a delay or obstruction along the pathway that electrical impulses travel to make your heart beat. Bundle branch block can occur in people who appear healthy, and it's often a sign of another underlying heart problem.

Injury or damage to the heart muscle or blockage of a blood vessel in your heart can slow or block the electrical impulses that make your heart beat. Even though interference with the impulses may last for only a fraction of a second, that may be enough to cause bundle branch block. Bundle branch block sometimes makes it harder for your heart to pump blood forcefully and efficiently through your circulatory system.

Although bundle branch block itself often requires no direct treatment, you'll need treatment of any underlying health condition that could cause bundle branch block, such as coronary heart disease.

n most people, bundle branch block doesn't cause any symptoms. For those people who do have signs and symptoms, they may include:

• Fainting (syncope)
• Dizziness
• Feeling as if you're going to faint (presyncope)
• A slow heart rate (brachycardia)

You may be born with the condition (congenital) and have bundle branch block for years without knowing it. This is particularly true with bundle branch block that occurs on the right side of your heart, which tends to be less serious than is left bundle branch block.

Normally, electrical impulses within your heart's muscle signal it to beat (contract). These impulses travel along a pathway, passing from your heart's upper chambers (atria) through a small mass of cells called the atrioventricular (AV) node and then to the lower chambers (ventricles).

Along the route on this pathway, the impulses move along a slender cluster of cardiac fibers called the "bundle of His," which divides into two branches — the right and the left bundles — one for each of the heart's ventricles.

If one or both of these branch bundles become damaged — due to a heart attack, for example — this change can prevent your heart from beating normally. The heart's electrical impulses that make your heart beat may be slowed down or blocked. When this occurs, the ventricles no longer contract in perfect coordination with one another.

Bundle branch block may be caused by:

• A heart attack (myocardial infarction)
• Thickened, stiffened or weakened heart muscle (cardiomyopathy)
• A viral or bacterial infection of the heart muscle (myocarditis)
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Scar tissue that develops after heart surgery
• A heart abnormality that's present at birth (congenital) — such as atrial septal defect, a hole in the wall separating the upper chambers of the heart