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Weird resting heart rate patterns during sleep

‎07-07-2015 20:07

‎07-07-2015 20:07

So my average resting heart rate while I am sleeping during normal hours (9:30pm til 5 am) varies between 70-72 bpm- pretty consistant, but after I wake up and get my hubs off to work- i go back to bed about 5:30am and sleep until time for me to get up for work (about 1 hour later) and my bpm drops to 60-62 bpm during that last hour.... weird??  any thoughts as to why so low during that last hour?  also noticed that if I ever nap on my lunch hour it does the same thing- even into the 50's during the nap.  Just curious if anyone else has that happen?

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‎07-08-2015 01:56

‎07-08-2015 01:56

Seems pretty normal to me:

 

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-considered-a-normal-sleeping-heart-rate.htm

 

It's supposed to be 8-10% lower than your normal (awake) heart rate due to the slower metabolism rate, so anywhere around the 60s sounds okay.

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‎08-19-2015 17:32 - edited ‎08-19-2015 17:34

‎08-19-2015 17:32 - edited ‎08-19-2015 17:34

Hi bbc4502,   I would like to add that perhaps you are just more relaxed once hubby is gone and you have the bed to yourself for that last hour.   My husband often leaves very early for work however, I do not see him off to work HA.  Once I hear the click of the door I get the best sleep of the night/morning!  Just got my Charge HR and my heart rate dips to a low of 47-49 (my resting HR is around 60 )and it happens to correspond with the time that I am totally zonked and it is usually in the early morning.

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