Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 5

[Juno231]

Hi ladies,

This is for all of us with heart rate monitors who wish to help each other analyse the RHR patterns throughout our cycles.

Early research shows there's a correlation with increasing RHR and BFPs - so let's try and spot some together!

@mumof23188
@LarasMama
@LS2020
@GlassLily
@IndigoJam
@Wombat84
@ThinnerByDinner
@MissBPotter
@BlondePotter
@SS123456
@lucyrp
@mrsi2020
@kirinm

@lucyrp my RHR is so erratic! 🙈

Hey guys, I've been away for a while but started trying again this month. Period started on 12th March. Ovulated 25th. My heart rate has spiked higher than ever before but my hayfever has also played up this week so thinking the rhr is because of that? What do you think?

Hi all hope it's ok if I join? I've been ttc fpr3 years 2mc 2cp turned 42 a week ago amd was given an Apple Watch so I'm new to the rhr and have no idea how to interpret it don't even know what app to get for a chart! 🤦🏼‍♀️ any help gratefully received 😊

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re all doing ok. All quiet from me, just waiting to O. Day 3 bloods came back fine and Hycosy booked in for next month. Originally annoyed because it’s after ovulation so going to have to skip a month but been wanting to lose some weight so hoping can use as a good chance to get some off.

RHR is very weird this month! Not sure what’s going on 😂

can't offer much advice as still learning! 🙈

But does anyone else have ridiculously erratic RHR? Any ideas what it means?

@Marvellouslymadmum you'll need to go onto your health app on your iPhone, then browse, then heart, then resting heart rate. There you'll be able to view the graphs by day week month and year. Month is the one you'll want to be looking at. If you scroll down on that page you can favourite that data so your rhr will appear as soon as you click on the health app going forward ☺️

@Cakelaur mine was always quite high in general but it doesn't matter as long as you consistently wear it only in the day or consistently wear it 24 hours a day

@lucyrp oh that's great thank you! I doubt if it will mean much to me this month as I got my watch on 28th but ovulated on 26th but hopefully I can see a pattern next month!

@Marvellouslymadmum technically you should be able to see your rhr going up for a few days before going back down for AF or staying up if you are pregnant ! ☺️

@lucyrp it stays fairly regular so far only changing by 5bpm total I'm 12dpo at the moment

Just to let you know I got a positive tests the spike was definitely down to pregnancy this time around

@Marvellouslymadmum oh your chart looks different to mine as in the way it's set out. This is what mine looks like

@lucyrp ahh I found that one now 🤦🏼‍♀️ and I've favourites it too thank you ☺️

@IndigoJam ooh congratulations 🎉 hope it's a sticky little bean for you

@Marvellouslymadmum oh brill! Yeah that's the one you want to be watching ☺️

@lucyrp thank you! Just got to see what it does now haha

@lucyrp thanks so much

Attached my chart. It's really up and down.

@Cakelaur this was mine before ovulation the month I got my BFP, mine was always up and down too

@lucyrp what did it do after ovulation? I'm too nervous to test! 😂 10dpo tomorrow!

@Cakelaur the 28th was ovulation day and the 11th was where I was 13dpo and tested, I think the big dip at 7dpo could have been implantation. The general trend in mine was that it stayed going up until that point. I didn't test until 13dpo and only tested that early because my temp and rhr had both stayed up 🙈

I'm too scared to test!! 🙈

I caved!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations @Cakelaur ❤️

Wow a couple more BFP’s since I was last here congrats @Cakelaur and @IndigoJam

I thought I would update I got my bfp 6th of feb and as many of you know I came back a few times worried about my HR dropping in first weeks.
Well on Wednesday I had my 12 week scan and all is well.
My symptoms before bfp were cramping, really sore boobs, very tearful and crying over stupid things.
Since BFP I have had some boob tenderness but it really did calm down around 7 weeks (when HR dropped) I’ve had some food aversions and been addicted to oranges.
No sickness or nausea (which of course instead of enjoying I was worried)

I have attached my HR charts below but not my scan. The January chart shows the twin spikes where I got 2 high opks’ so got my peak on the last spike and ovulated the day after I believe. (Cd15/16)the last time I’d dtd that cycle was cd13. I had sex 3 times leading up to cd13. I got my bfp 6th feb 10dpo
If you want to see my scan let me know I didn’t want to just post and seem insensitive

@IndigoJam @Cakelaur congratulations!! How long did it take in the end?

@Kona84 I'm so glad all is well with you and baba - feel free to post the scan! Love to hear that you actually got your BFP without BD in right in the run up.

Yeah I thought we had missed the window especially when I got that double high I thought my peak was too late after BD.

We are not going to be finding out the gender have a nice surprise at birth.