Man asks Internet how to fix wife’s Fitbit, finds out she’s pregnant

[File photo of a Fitbit/Newser]

A man recently made a highly personal discovery when he turned to the internet to help him fix his wife’s Fitbit.

That man goes by the Reddit username YoungPTone, and five days ago he posted to the Fitbit section of the website asking other users if they could explain why his wife’s Fitbit was giving unusually high heartbeat readings:

Writes YoungPTone:

“My wifes fitbit is showing her heartbeat being consistently high over the last few days. 2 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.”

His assumption was that something was wrong with the sensor and that the device needed to be recalibrated. But other Redditors thought differently.

A user by the name of Thatwasunpleasant responded right away with the following inquiry:

“Has she experienced anything really stressful in the last few days or is it a possibility she is pregnant?”

It seems Thatwasunpleasant was on the right track, because YoungPTone quickly wrote back:

“Pregancy is a strong possibility, didnt know that would jack up the heart rate. I might be a dad, YIKES. now i gotta watch my own heart rate lol”

And then…

“Im going to be a dad!”

It turns out that pregnancy affects your resting heart rate, and Thatwasunpleasant had noted the same change just a week earlier due to her own pregnancy.

Of course Redditors had a lot of comments about the Fitbit baby, and many couldn’t resist making jokes, but YoungPTone took it all in stride. In an edit to his original post, he good-naturedly quelled the jokers and haters:

“Thank you all for your overwhelming support! Its 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?). 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 alot 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.”

For those interested in following the pregnancy of the happy couple, they’ll be posting about their journey on Instagram @babyfitbit.