Key Highlights
- Apple Watch reportedly detects woman’s pregnancy
- A 34-year-old shared a post on Reddit about how the Watch helped her discover pregnancy
- Apple Watch repetitively alerted her increase in her heart rate
One of the most popular companion health devices is undoubtedly the Apple Watch which has a number of useful features like an oximeter, ECG, heart rate monitor, and more. We have read numerous articles in the past claiming how the Apple Watch identifies cancer, heart attacks, and other medical conditions. This time, though, it has reportedly been credited with detecting a woman’s pregnancy before she was aware of it. In fact, pregnancy was discovered by Apple Watch before clinical testing.
The Apple Watch reportedly picked up on the pregnancy symptoms before the woman even realized that she was expecting, leading to the discovery. While the watch didn’t outright deduce that the woman was pregnant but it did report the heart rate data accurately enough to alarm her of the change.
Lady Credits Apple Watch Identify Pregnancy
According to a Reddit post, a 34-year-old lady found that her Apple Watch pointed out a considerable increase in her average resting heart rate in a matter of days. She said, “Usually, my resting heart rate is about 57 and my heart rate has increased to 72. It’s not a big jump, but it showed up on an alert that it’s been higher for 15 days. I started trying to figure out why.”
She started to be skeptical because there are many causes for someone to experience a significant increase in heart rate. She initially believed she might have Covid-19 because one of the symptoms for some people with the condition is a fast heartbeat, but the Covid test came negative.
Later, she saw internet articles claiming that a pregnant woman can experience an increased heart rate as early as the first few weeks of pregnancy. “I read sometimes this happens with early pregnancy and sure enough instantly the test was positive,” she wrote. “The watch knew I was pregnant before I knew it! I would have never ever tested without wearing my watch because I have not had a period to be late on one,” she added.
She then visited a clinic for a pregnancy test, where it was determined that she was four weeks pregnant. Though Apple Watch has no official feature to detect pregnancy, it can detect unusual things going on in the body just by the change in average heart rate.
