I was sleeved last December and am down 106 lbs, slightly below goal weight. The last few weeks I began to feel my heartbeat through my stomach. My husband says it feels like when the babies kicked during pregnancy. When i lie down flat on my back you can literally see the pumping through my skin! How weird is that? Does anyone else have this? Just wondering if it's normal or a reason to see my surgeon.

Your aorta runs through the medial line of your body and you can sometimes feel it through your stomach. While I am sure this isn't the case, feeling the pulsating movement of your aorta and actually being able to see it in your stomach can often be a symptom of an aortic aneurysm, which is basically when your aorta dilates more than it should. You want to get this fixed before it dissects or ruptures, which happens when the tissue of the aorta spreads apart far enough that it tears. This is very possibly not at all your problem!

Any chance you have Marfans? If so, I would go to the hospital now and minimize any significant Jerky movements. Nice slow trip. If not, maybe call your doctor and get his/her thoughts? While I'm sure it's nothing, if it is comparable to the strength of the way a baby kicks and you can see the pulsating movement that matches your pulse in your stomach, this may not be ideal and checking it out with your doctor sooner rather than later would be a good idea.

Again, not to freak you at at all, I'm sure you're fine. Some very thin people can totally feel their aorta and this is completely normal! Also, I just laid down and squished my stomach and I can feel mine too, lol. So you're totally good.

Edited November 2, 201411 yr by AvaFern

Thank you AvaFern. My PCP concurred with what you said, and I am going for a quick abdominal sono just to rule it out.