Elizabeth had to have two operations on her heart during her childhood, and has had recurrent problems with her heart in adulthood. Ventricular tachycardia meant she had to spend most of her pregnancy in hospital.
Valve replacement is a major operation, and one that is better done sooner than later.
She was admitted to hospital. She confessed to husband, Nigel, that she had been kidding herself believing she put off the operation because she was too busy - in honesty, she was very frightened . Finally, she had the operation and is on the road to recovery - much to the relief of family and friends. Dr. Rob Hicks explains. Their site has a message board service, a factsheet on heart problems in pregnancy, and articles on the experience of living with Congenital Heart Disease.