Can anyone else see their pulse?

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It kind of freaks me out lol. If I’m laying on the couch or propped up in bed I can actually see my pulse beating through my shirt. I know blood volume has increased, but it’s really weird and I haven’t heard anyone else talk about it. My pulse was naturally high pre-pregnancy and continues to stay at a high resting rate but my BP has stayed low-normal throughout.

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It’s totally a thing. I can see mine. It’s your abdominal aorta. Since you have more blood flowing and it gets pushed forward more with the uterus taking up more space, it just is more noticeable. I kind of freaked out about it my first pregnancy but good ol dr google explained it to me lol!

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Ohhh yeah..my pulse is always strong at the top of my belly, it looks so weird lol. And I noticed I can find it easily in the places people normally check like neck and wrist when I couldnt before. I felt it in my shoulder the other day 😩 lol

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Yes I do too!

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Yessss! I don’t like it, these days my pulse is high, harder and I can feel it all the time. It’s a little unsettling but I try to remind myself I’m pumping blood for two and eventually after birth my body will return to normal.

Can anyone else see their pulse?

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