When you're thin....

katerinabowler
katerinabowler Posts: 32 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
can you feel and see a pulse in your abdomen? It's freaking me out a little!
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Whaaaat?
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    edited August 2015
    YeI, totally normal ;)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I just looked. Yes.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I think.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I just looked, nope. I've some work to do then. LOL
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    lol I don't think it's a pulse, I thought it was digestion. I'm clueless though.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    Lol no
  • Kassi_Lynn
    Kassi_Lynn Posts: 149 Member
    muscle quiver... relax.. jeez
  • MissJay75
    MissJay75 Posts: 768 Member
    I can see mine, and yes it is your pulse.
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    It's an aortic pulse, definitely a pulse lol.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    hekla90 wrote: »
    It's an aortic pulse, definitely a pulse lol.

    This, yes, it's normal.
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    I don't think so..?
  • LadyTalulah
    LadyTalulah Posts: 174 Member
    Yes.
  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    Absolutely.....don't worry it's meant to be there. ;)
  • hannahkingfitness
    hannahkingfitness Posts: 51 Member
    yes. it can become stronger if your tummy is upset tho.
  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    Yes. If you are thin you can definitely feel it. I noticed this about 6 months ago lol. It is the pulse from the aortic valve that runs into the abdomen.

    If you have any pain or discomfort in that area, I'd get it checked out just to be on the safe side ( people can get blockages in that area).
  • katerinabowler
    katerinabowler Posts: 32 Member
    Thanks all! Obviously normal for some people! I don't have any pain, but it's weird.... I don't like it. It's very noticeable when I'm lying in bed on my back.
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    Hey, atleast is doing it's job, providing your digestive track and lower half of your bodynwith blood.

    But completely normal, I've had instances feeling it throughout my entire life.
  • katerinabowler
    katerinabowler Posts: 32 Member
    AsISmile wrote: »
    Hey, atleast is doing it's job, providing your digestive track and lower half of your bodynwith blood.

    But completely normal, I've had instances feeling it throughout my entire life.

    True! X
  • stormyview
    stormyview Posts: 81 Member
    Yes! It's so prominent that I can't rest a book or even my arms holding a book there to read. It jostles my book/my arms up and down a lot. I'm told it's normal.
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    I'm still obese but feel it easily when I lie on my tummy. It's weird!
  • freesiasun5
    freesiasun5 Posts: 3,122 Member
    Haha I am so happy to see this post. I started to notice this a few months ago when I got near my goal weight. I immediately freaked out, started googling, and then texted the thinnest person I knew to see what she said.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    I've never seen or heard of anything like this
  • JayRuby84
    JayRuby84 Posts: 557 Member
    Yes, I can see this when i lay on my back. I am not thin, tho.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    Not me. Even when I only weighed 103 I did not have that.
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    katerinabowler wrote: »
    can you feel and see a pulse in your abdomen? It's freaking me out a little!

    Yes! It always creeps me out when it does that and I can see it, but I know it's my pulse.
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    stormyview wrote: »
    Yes! It's so prominent that I can't rest a book or even my arms holding a book there to read. It jostles my book/my arms up and down a lot. I'm told it's normal.


    Same!
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
    edited September 2015
    It's normal.
  • TheopolisAmbroiseIII
    TheopolisAmbroiseIII Posts: 197 Member
    I'm fat and I can feel that sometimes. It's your abdominal aorta, one of the largest arteries in your body, and it lies against the back of the abdominal cavity, just to the left of the spine.
  • katerinabowler
    katerinabowler Posts: 32 Member
    I'm glad that it's normal! I didn't notice it at all when I was bigger. Thanks for the reassurance!

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