Pregnancy boosts stress of heart defects
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_he_me/healthbeat_heart_defects"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.2e2d63baba9248b989e2ad43e1abdc04.healthbeat_heart_defects_co501.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=W8qoP53BMke7UOpDWZkMaQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Angela Trout, 29, sits in her living room with her daughters Korina, 4, left, and Nadia, 7 1/2 months, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio. 'I call these girls my miracle babies, the miracle babies we didn't think would happen,' says Trout, who was told as a teenager, erroneously, that her malformed tricuspid valve left her too weak for pregnancy. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - They were born with once-lethal heart defects but lived fairly normal lives — until they wanted babies of their own. Now these survivors need special care again, sometimes even heart surgery, to become mothers.</p><br clear="all"/>