Originally Posted by BobbyG

We were watching TV in bed one morning and my wife was resting her head on my chest. After a few minutes she rose up with an alarmed look on her face. She thought I had an irregular heartbeat. There seemed to be an intermittent stray beat.

I went to the doctor and they hooked me up to an EKG and sure enough there was an errant beat now and then.

My BPM was like 48-52, and he explained that when the body thinks the heart rate is too low it will try to kick start it with by sending a signal.