Tachycardia

[Velvetee]

Since falling pregnant, my resting heartrate has elevated substantially. Although my blood pressure is low to normal.

I did my blood pressure about half an hour ago and it was in the normal range, however, my pulse rate was 113. This happens frequently and I wondered if it's a sign of having a heart condition?

Should I be worried and have other pregnant women experience high resting heart rates before?

[Velvetee]

Any sensible answers?

[LazyGun]

Pregnancy will affect your cardiovascular system velvet.. cardiac output increases ( approx 40%), as does the heart rate (10-20 beats per minute higher on average). It seems very likely therefore that this is all you are experiencing - but it would advisable to have a chat with your GP to make sure there is nothing else going on

[sqad617]

Mild tachycardia is not uncommon in pregnancy, but see your GP as clearly an ECG is indicated to determine the type of tachycardia.

[bigmamma]

Sounds no cause for concern honey , but if you're at all worried , do ask your midwife about it , or your doc , who can check you over and put your mind at rest x

[redcrx]

mine went up with both my poregnancies, some days i could feel it increasing. It got stronger the further along i was.

My midwife was not concerned at all.

you can always call and ask them if youre worried

[sheribee]

Exactly as lazy gun has described.
i have years of experience working on maternity along with 6 months on gynae, not as a midwife but hca.
pregnant twice too.
Ur heart has to work much harder to compensate for the extra blood and oxygen it must pump through your body, in un pregnant women these changes in ur cardiovascular system would cause concern to docs , but is totally normal in pregnancy!
as pregnancy progresses ur heart is in fact pushed up and tilted so u will feel palpatations due to this, which again is normal!
Lots of new things are happening to your body, and increased heart rate is one thing that ur not used to, but i can tell u that it is normal.. but do speak to your midwife or gp next time ur there or before if you need to speak to them about this and they will check u over and set ur mind at ease xx enjoy ur pregnancy, u will miss ur bump once the baby comes lol xx

[Velvetee]

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers. I think I'll make an appointment with my GP, as there is a history of heart problems in my family and to be honest, even when I'm at my fitest, my cardio fitness is still pretty rubbish.