 [ Symptoms ] is it possible to make it to your 5th month of being pregnant and still not show any signs of being pregnant  is it also possible for home pregnancy test to not work andor be accurate [ Disease ] heart failure does not mean the heart has stopped working rather it means that the heart is pumping power is weaker than normal with heart failure blood moves through the heart and body at a slower rate and pressure in the heart increases as a result the heart cannot pump enough oxygen and nutrients to meet the body is needs the chambers of the heart respond by stretching to hold more blood to pump through the body this helps to keep the blood moving but in time the heart muscle walls weaken and are unable to pump as strongly as a result the kidneys often respond by causing the body to retain fluid water and sodium if fluid builds up in the arms legs ankles feet lungs or other organs the body becomes congested congestive heart failure is the term used to describe this condition