I'm fed up...

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... of feeling so ill.

Last week, Tuesday night, I suddenly had this strange feeling come over me, like I wasn't inside my own body (sounds weird I know, but it's difficult to explain). I went extremely dizzy and light-headed and felt just like I was going to faint. So Leigh got me some more to eat (I had eaten very well that day) and then I went up to bed.

I phoned the GP next day who said there wasn't a lot he could suggest and to try and hang fire for now as I was having all my blood tests at my antenatal appt at the hospital on Friday. So I stayed in bed until Friday morning when I went up the hospital. I mentioned all the symptoms to the midwife there who said that some dizziness is common in early pregnancy. She took my BP and it was "normal" at 120/73. (However, I had a lot of problems with high BP the last couple of years which finally stopped about 6 months ago, so that's pretty damn low for me!) Had all my bloods and urine tests done and they said they would only get in touch with me if anything abnormal showed up.

I started to feel a little bit better on Saturday and thought maybe that little episode was over. Then Sunday, I felt back to square one but with a banging headache to add to the mix this time.

Monday morning came, and although I could hardly stand up without the room spinning, I thought I would try going to work as I may perk up a bit once I got going (as can sometimes be the case).... but I had to call my boss at 11am to tell her I was coming back home, as I had just spent the last hour sat in a supermarket car park ready to pass out and feeling that weird it was starting to scare me. (I'm a mobile optician, and I travel all over the Midlands visiting care homes doing eye tests and dispensing glasses. I can sometimes drive over 200 miles in a day!)

So I came back home and I haven't gone in today again. I still feel so spaced out, dizzy, bit sick, shaky, confused at times (to the point where I couldn't even tell you my name if you asked me!)....

....I don't know what to do. I phoned my GP again, but he can't suggest anything until my test results come back and we know what we're dealing with (if anything at all!).

I am at my wits end with this and (please forgive me for saying this and may God strike me down for even thinking it) I even got to a point last night, albeit briefly, where I wished I wasn't pregnant.

I am screaming inside and panicking as we really can't afford for me to keep having all this time off work, but I don't know what I am supposed to do. Luckily, Leigh is being really understanding about it all, but how long he can last I don't know.



Sorry for such a long post and for moaning so much, but like I say, I'm at my wits end and I don't have anyone else I can talk to about it.

 

[AquaDementia]

I had a similar experience several times in the first trimester.
It turned out to be episodes of hypoglycemia.
I haven't had it happen in a while (knock on wood).

 

[anita665]

I know it can be really scary to feel like that. I've had low blood pressure since my early teens and faint or black out quite often. I've had a few nasty accidents as a result of fainting in bad places! They're funny when I look back on them though.

I'm not really scared of it now because it's happened so much but it has got much worse since I've been pregnant. I know lots of other women have suffered from dizziness since being pregnant too so it's quite common. The shaking too sounds a bit like low blood sugar. It can make you feel hot & sweaty too but settles down after a while if you eat something.

Try not to worry when it happens. It feels horrible because you don't have control but try to just sit down for a bit and have something to eat.

Hope you're feeling a bit better soon. There's loads of great people on here you can talk to.

 

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Thank you, my biggest worry is the amount of time I'm having off work and the impact that is going to have financially.

We're not in a particularly stable position money-wise as it is!!

I've just rung my surgery and I've managed to get an appt to see my GP tomorrow afternoon at 4.30pm. I'm hoping some of my blood & urine results might be back by then too?!

 

[Samantha675]

I am so sorry you are feeling so horrible. I hope you get it all sorted out soon.

 

[seattlemama]

I hope you start feeling better soon! Feel happy in the idea that in a few weeks you should start to pick up on energy and start not even feeling pregnant half the time. I loved it when I started feeling that way, although Im starting into the last part where I am not always feeling so dandy!

Feel better!!

 

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Well, I'm off to see my GP in a minute... I hope he can help me in some way!

Let's see what he says!

 

[Vickie]

Good luck with your appointment

 

[PreggoPryncss]

My first Pregnancy I had signs like that And it ended up being I had extreme anemia!!! Good luck with your Appt!!! Hope you feel better!!

 

[luckyme225]

I hope your starting to feel better.

 

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Just got back. The blood & urine results aren't back yet (in fact, his exact words were "what are the hospital doing with it? making a black pudding?! )

He's signed me off for another week. He said he wants me to rest as much as possible until we know for sure whether there's anything going on. The main suspects he said are anaemia, gestational diabetes or a UTI.

I have an appt to see my midwife on Tuesday, so the results should be back by then. Chances are there's nothing to worry about, but he would rather err on the side of caution.

 

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I've just been having a mooch around the interweb looking up Gestational Diabetes. Everywhere seems to say it only affects women in later pregnancy (24wks+). But my GP seems to think as I am high risk for it (Over 25, overweight and strong family history of Diabetes) I could contract it earlier.

Anyone here had any experience of Gest. Diab. at an earlier stage of pregnancy?

 

[sairy mary]

hiya chick, its blimming scary when you feel like youre going to pass out and feel all diddy and all that isnt it! i felt like my feet werent even touching the floor, like i was floating, and then about to pass out, i even had a simliar episode in a supermarket too lol!
i had this near the very beginnning of my pregnancy (im 16 weeks now)and although my iron level were checked and found to be ok, my doc did ask me to take a course of pregaday tablets (iron) and strangley enough the giddy spells have gone!
it sounds like your being looked after well which is lovley so youll be sorted in no time, but it might be worth trying to boost the old iron intake a wee bit to see if that helps a bit.xxxx

 

[Linzi]

Im sorry you feel like this! I used to get that a lot. My GP said it was a mixture of a UTI and that the baby was demanding more blood that Im used to or something. It might just be something like that

Hopefully he'll be able to get you sorted out soon hun!

xx

 

[Always&4ever]

Hope you feel better soon hun

 

[honeybunch2k7]

I hope you feel better soon. Eating every two hours (or as often as i could) helped me out a lot.

 

[Tam]

I hope you are feeling well very soon hun and that you get the results and they can shed some light on all this for you! x

 

[Vickie]

Hope you start feeling better soon

 

[babybels71]

Awww hun, hope your feeling better soon, I was feeling so nauseus and depressed right up to my 12 week, the days seemed to drag also. I hope things turn out ok hun. Keep us all posted xxxx

 

[elles28]

I really hope you feel better soon....xx