Thoughts? Would you do an ablation?
I found out I had WPW by accident. I was 37 weeks pregnant and it was stumbled across when I had a weird ECG. It caused major stress at the end of my pregnancy as they weren’t aware of it and didn’t know how my heart would cope during labour and birth. I had no issues at all, and my heart withstood the biggest stress test of all - childbirth. Following on from this, I had an appointment with a cardiologist post birth. I’ve been on a wait list for ablation and go back in February to discuss more/make a decision on the surgery.
I really have been struggling for a year now, going back and fourth about what to do. I have had no symptoms from WPW to date. This makes it harder - in my mind it doesn’t feel right to get heart surgery when it’s not affecting me. However, I also know the underlying risk is there and possible.
We are still growing our family and are hoping to have another pregnancy at the back end of next year. This would mean the ablation would need to happen in the next few months, or I just leave it and go into another pregnancy without it.
Really would appreciate anyone else’s thoughts and advice from others in the same boat. I’ve spoke to 3 cardiologists now, and none will give me a straight forward answer of the “best road” to take.