Shock to the System

My first pregnancy was planned, I thought? We had talked about wanting to get pregnant, just the thought of this made my heart rate sore when I was exercising at the gym. I was teaching a spin class later that week and my heart rate sored again. We had now decided to go for it, we wanted a baby. The month goes by and it's time for me to pee on the stick, it was positive, we were in tears. It worked, wow. I went to the Dr. to confirm the results and then off to my first ultrasound. Well it turns out I was already pregnant by the time we started trying. This explains my elevated heart rate.

I had a great pregnancy, I felt proud, I was testing all pregnancy exercises and pregnancy fitness programs. My symptoms of pregnancy were muscle cramps and heart burn and a ravenous appetite.

As soon as you get pregnant your blood volume begin to increase and puts demand on your heart, thus elevating your heart rate during activity.