Fainting

[Gods4me]

Did you when you wre pregnant feel faint or actually faint?

what did you do about it?

during my last pregnacy i felt faint and i rather than fainting i used to get very dizzy and i wouldnt be able to see. my eyes would kind of blck out and it would take a minute to et my vison back after i sat down.

last time they said there was nothing wrong with me. the ony answer the could come up with that my blood pressure must have went very low for a few mins then got better.

well it happened again this morning about 5 mins after i got out of bed. (it wasnt just a head rush i was up a good while before i felt dizzy) but then my vision went black and i went and lay in my bed till i recovered. which took a few mins.

its the holiday weekend here so the midwifes are off i would need to go in to the hospital "to be checked out" but i kno what they are gonna say it ill be the same as last time. and i really dont want to stay in over night it my sons birthday tomorrow and i dont want to miss it. (the thought makes me cry but im to hormonal)

i have an appointment on tuesday to see the midwife.

i dono want to go to the hospital cause they said the last time theres nothing up but the will keep me in because ive bee quite sick over the past few days (which is normal for me)

im just rambling cause im upset.

 

[HeatherJay]

The only two times in my life I've ever fainted were when I was pregnant.

Once I had just gotten out of a hot bath...I'm assuming the shift in temperature from the hot water to the cool air did it. I made it to the bed before I blacked out and fell. I was only just a few weeks pregnant then...maybe 2 months.

The second I was out fishing with my family on a pretty hot summer day. I guess I got too hot (again) and everything started to go black in front of my eyes...my husband caught me before I fell down. I was 8 months pregnant that time.

Anyway, as long as it's not happening all the time, I think it's fairly normal. Just pay more attention to your transitions, and try not to shock your body...get out of bed slowly, avoid rapid shifts or extremes in temperature, etc.

It is scary, but I really think that fainting is fairly common in pregnancy.

 

[jgonz]

Fainting is really common during pregnancy. It can happen once, a lot, never... with one pregnancy but not another... It has to do with blood pressure, blood sugars, hormones...

I was dizzy with one of my pregnancies. It was terrible. I'd be fine one second and dizzy enough to feel a wave of nausea the next. Then it would pass and I'd be fine again. It only happened during my first trimester though, thank goodness.

 

[Gods4me]

last time i was during my 2nd and 3rd trimester but as i remeber it was far on in my 2nd trimester cause i was showing.
im only just 13 weeks.
i dont like it.

i hoped that i wouldnt get morning sickness this time as bad as last time... if anything its got worse. now ive just to hope that the fainting and blackout dont get as bad as last time.

man i hate being pregnant. cant wait for it to be over

 

[HeatherJay]

last time i was during my 2nd and 3rd trimester but as i remeber it was far on in my 2nd trimester cause i was showing.
im only just 13 weeks.
i dont like it.

i hoped that i wouldnt get morning sickness this time as bad as last time... if anything its got worse. now ive just to hope that the fainting and blackout dont get as bad as last time.

man i hate being pregnant. cant wait for it to be over

The first time I was only 8 weeks...the second time I was around 36 weeks. It just depends on the pregnancy, I think.

Hang in there.

 

[Assisi]

I hope you feel better soon.

How was your son's birthday?

 

[Gods4me]

He enjoyed it. i feel bad for him casue hes got no cuzins or family around is age we could have invited to a small party in the house. so we had his cake and presents and he wanted to blow his candles out twice.

 

[hisbloodformysins]

There is a nerve that the baby compresses at times that can cause you to pass out. My only suggestion is to change positions slowly... if it is your blood pressure dropping when you change positions, then that could help. Lay down when you need to lay down.

HB

 

[Gods4me]

well it happened again today i felt quite good today and we have been needing more food in the house for like over a week so i thought right lets go shopping. and i blacked out in tesco... i went and sat in the car and hubby went and finished shopping and because hubby doesnt drive my mum and dad camed down and my mum drove my car home.

its sooo annoying. on saturday i couldnt sit up with out feeling dizzy (no natter how slow i went) i felt so terrible my mum done everything preparing for James's birthday. i was very glad it was only my parents and brothers and hubby and james it ment i didt have to pretend i was well when i wasnt.

 

[Gods4me]

There is a nerve that the baby compresses at times that can cause you to pass out. My only suggestion is to change positions slowly... if it is your blood pressure dropping when you change positions, then that could help. Lay down when you need to lay down.

HB

im only like 13/14 weeks so the baby wont really be lying in any nerves would it?

and i try to lye down all day when i can.

a good bit of pregnancy advice i was given
"why stand when you can sit,
why sit when you lie down?"

and trust me i live by it. i go in to all my friends house and just lie down on the couch...

 

[Surrender2Win]

It happened to me during my last pregnancy. I also asked the docs about it, and they said maybe I needed to eat more protein or ?...they didn't know and didn't seem bothered to find out. I did try different things to make it better. No matter what I ate and how much, it would happen several times a week, usually in the early to mid-morning some time, but not limited to mornings. It was awful, especially when it would happen while I was out, because I needed to lay down.