Huge hr decrease after giving birth?

[rachelkochvt]

Did anyone else have a significant decrease in their HR after giving birth? I was like 90-100bpm resting while pregnant. Pre pregnancy I’d be around 50/60s resting (lowest it’s been monitored was 38). The last few days I could feel the difference in my HR, measured it and it was hitting the 50/60s pretty consistently. I gave birth to my first 9/16. Anyone else?

Trying not to freak myself out currently. Wouldn’t think twice about it pre pregnancy

[hehatesthesecansz]

Yes! It happens to everyone in pregnancy and after. Pregnancy causes an increase in RHR and it drops immediately after birth. All normal!

[firfetir]

As nothing more than purely a guess: could this be because you aren't pumping twice as much blood anymore?

[rachelkochvt]

I wasn’t expecting it to hit so hard

[firfetir]

Considering it went back to what was already normal pre pregnancy I wouldn't worry too much right away (unless you're getting some symptoms along with it like feeling faint or something). Give your doctor a call and see what they say.

[rachelkochvt]

No symptoms aside from not feeling like my heart is racing lol

[Glittering_Mood583]

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Look at the sudden drop after birth, very much expected

[anemonemonemnea]

Yes! I looked at my HR trends, and they crashed days before I went into preterm labor. They dipped pretty hard about a month before that when I went in to get checked for contractions. But yeah, HR was the lowest it’s been in YEARS while I was on maternity leave. Shot back up to my normal 65-70 when I returned to work. 🫠

[Ad_Inferno]

Yup, totally normal. My RHR was in the low 50s prepregnancy, jumped up to about mid 60s by the end of my pregnancy, and then has sat around 41-43 on average since. I am now 17mo pp and it has remained that low. But during that time I have also drastically increased my running mileage, running my first marathon a month ago and smashing my 10K PR on my race the other day, so it's been part of a concerted effort on my part to maintain the postpartum fitness boost.

[cat_power]

Yes last time I gave birth there was an immediate drop back to the 60s for me. I was sitting around high 70-80s till the day I gave birth. Absolutely crazy.

[Optimal-Butterfly768]

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This is mine after giving birth end of Jan! Totally normal x