So I'm 35 weeks and have had them since maybe 22 weeks! It just feels as tho my heart tightens and swells up and beats hard, sometimes it just feels odd like I can feel my heart beat in my throat and I have to cough to get it out. I see a correlation with my Braxton hicks too, when I get the hard/swelling feeling in my tummy/uterus the same thing feels like it happens in my chest. I'm wandering if it's just the position of the baby and her squeezing organs? Of course iv been to the dr, I had a heart monitor fitted for 24 hours which the results came fine and I also had an ultrasound on my heart which showed nothing abnormal! I know that it's common to have weird breathing patterns and palpations during pregnancy but I did f think it would be like this, sometimes I truly feel as tho my heart is going to