This Woman’s FitBit Knew She Was Pregnant Before She Did
When a man took to Reddit to work out what was wrong with his wife’s health and exercise tracker, he wasn’t expecting to receive such life-changing news.
Explaining that her FitBit was recording a high heart-rate, despite her having not exercised very much, he asked if he was able to reset the device.
Posting in the tech support forum, YoungPTone wrote: “My wife’s fitbit is showing her heartbeat being consistently high over the last few days.
"Two days ago, a somewhat normal day, she logged 10 hours in the fat burning zone, which I would think to be impossible based on her activity level.
"Also her calories burned do seem accurate. I would imagine if she was in the the fat burning zone she would burn a ton of calories, so its not lining up.”
“I’m not sure if something is wrong with the sensor,” he continued. “Is there a way to reset or recalibrate the device? I’d like to try that before I contact customer service about a possible replacement.”
But one response stopped him in his tracks.
A woman, who posts as Thatwasunpleasant, and who is pregnant herself, asked if it was possible his wife was pregnant.
He replied: “Pregnancy is a strong possibility, didn’t know that would jack up the heart rate. I might be a dad, YIKES. Now I gotta watch my own heart rate lol.”
A day later he posted again – possibly after she had taken a pregnancy test. “I’m going to be a dad!“ he wrote.
After hundreds of messages wishing him well, he added: "Thank you all for your overwhelming support! It’s been awesome to read all the comments and well wishes, even the comments questioning whether I am in fact the father (gotta have a sense of humor on here, right?).”
As ever, a few people, didn’t quite believe it was true – but he added:
“I just wanted to say this is indeed real, I do not work for fitbit, this is not guerrilla marketing
“This is real, the fear is real, the excitement is very real! I am a regular guy who was just looking for the communities help with his wife’s technology issue (we’ve all been there, right?).
“Little did i know I got a lot more than I bargained for! Now I’m a regular guy who is preparing to have his first child brought into the world, god willing, in Oct 2016.”
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