That said, sometimes you will have your ultrasound and be told that your baby is a boy when you had your heart set on a girl or vice versa. This is called gender disappointment. You are not alone here. Many moms feel some degree of sadness to outright depression.
PFO stands for Patent Foramen Ovale. A simple way to think of PFOâs is as a hole in the main interior walls of the heart. In the image below, you can see where the hole forms a connection between the left and right atrium, aka the upper chambers of the heart. It is a very common heart condition, affecting a quarter of the population.
Metoprolol (Lopressor) is in a class of drugs called beta-blockers. Beta-blockers are used to treat chest pain (angina) and high blood pressure (hypertension). Beta-blockers are also used to treat or prevent heart attack.: Lopressor (metoprolol tartrate) belongs to a class of drugs called beta blockers. Metoprolol works by reducing the amount of work the heart has to do and the amount of blood the heart pumps out. Metoprolol can also slow down the heart when it beats too fast or there is an irregular rhythm.