heart rate got too high while walking?

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Ok I am a bit annoyed with myself, been a bit anxious for the past week and a bit, feel like everything i'm doing is wrong. have spoken to my consultant and she is referring me to mental health team... in the meantime i hope it's ok to ask for reassurance here...
have been struggling with nausea for the past while so wasn't doing much exercise. feeling a bit better today so off i went for a walk. part of the walk had a steep incline which would have been ok before got pregnant. today i noticed my heart rate got up quite high. i didn't measure it but it was thumping away. I kept chatting to my dog to make sure i wasn't over exerting myself, and although i was a bit breathless i could talk. the incline prob took about 5 mins to walk up slowly, not fast, but I am worried i hurt the baby or cause it's heart rate to jump. am almost 17 weeks.
just want reassurance to get me through to that appointment where hopefully i will find a way to be less upset with myself about every move i make!
sorry for all the silly messages - first time preg and i'm sure i'll get over this little bout of anxiety
thanks x

Your heart rate does increase in pregnancy anyway due to the extra blood flow. My pulse is always really fast when I'm pregnant (over 90 bpm both times just after delivery it's been over 100) but it's never caused any concerns at all. My midwife in my second pregnancy said it's fairly common and happened to her when she was pregnant too. I don't think it can cause any harm to the baby. Just make sure you aren't over-exerting yourself and if you are feeling anxious that will also raise it so do bear that in mind. Try not to worry.

Sorry not too sure how clear that was - it's been around 90bpm during pregnancy and was over 100bpm after delivery both times.

How high is too high? It will not have hurt your baby.

Heart rate while pregnant is higher anyway, you need to get all that extra blood moving. If your heart rate was raised and it stayed up then they would monitor for other things purely because it could be an indication of something else going on. Raising your heart rate by doing exercise and then seeing it lower when you rest is completely normal. By the time I was due to have DS walking the length of the hospital had my heart rate up but they were never concerned because it always went back down.
It's good that you're getting help, fingers crossed they can help you get your anxiety in check.

I had problems with my heart rate in pregnancy, from around 16 weeks. My resting heart rate was usually between 125 and 130. I had a million investigations, overnight admissions after it rose to 200 BPM at one point.

Absolutely nothing came of it, baby was and is fine, i had a positive delivery with no medical intervention or monitoring.

It was awful for me having a heart rate like that the entire time, I felt pretty terrible but baby safe the whole time. No one was ever particularly worried at the hospital.

Try not to panic and seek advice if you need to.

Your HR will rise as you're exerting yourself. Same happens when you're not pregnant.

you haven't done anything wrong.

I know it's hard not to worry.

This is your anxiety, please bear in mind people run half marathons while pregnant! My friend did several (bonkers). Serena Williams won a grand slam while 2/3 months pregnant!

It’s not at all dangerous to raise your heart rate. In fact, exercise is good for you. Obviously, if it stays really high & won’t come down, maybe be concerned but otherwise, it’s fine! If you are getting particularly breathless when doing day to day tasks such as walking up stairs etc maybe get your iron levels checked. Again, nothing to worry about but anaemia is common in pregnancy. I’ve been anaemic since 12 weeks. Still am. I get so out of breath it’s ridiculous. You’d think I was seriously unfit!

Hope you can access some help quickly for your anxiety!

Oh wow thanks ladies! This is very helpful. I don't know how high it got, but i had no pain no dizziness or anything like that. in fact, it felt great to get the lungs cleared out! yep it's definitely my anxiety - looking back at how laid back i was for the first 14 weeks and didn't think twice. now i'm just aware all the time of how ignorant i was!