Lost the Plot Abit Today :(

[Crystalwings]

Something very weird happened to me today and i'm wondering if anyone else has had anything similiar prior to birth?

I am 40+3 wks and had an appointment today for a S and S. Everything went ok, very uncomfortable as my cervix was pointing backwards but it was favourable etc. Anyway i had to go and have a ctg scan this arvo just to make sure all is fine with bubs.
About an hour before the appointment I went into a really weird phase of being very confused, abit dizzy and disorientated and couldn't remember simple things and string words together. It really freaked me out. Luckily i had dh here. Anyway i realised that it was 2pm and i hadn't eaten lunch so had a feed and started to feel a little better but anxious about what was happening. It's also worth mentioning that i haven't had hardly any sleep for weeks now and as a person who is prone to mild bouts of anxiety i know this is a trigger. Anyway i went to my appointment and the midwife said that it can be be a good sign ie normal to have bouts of vaugeness prior to labour and feel this way.

So has anyone else experienced this? I feel a little scared now that this loss of control is going to happen again, it wasn't nice. TIA

[Danielle_NZ]

Sorry I have no advice, but I do hope that the next few days go smoothly for you and you have a nice and easy birth :hugs:

[Arimeh]

Sounds like what I get when I have a migraine.

[Mildez]

Exact same thing happened to me. Everything you described I was like and also I knew what was in my head and I was trying to say it but it came out slurred and completely the wrong words. It was a migraine. The midwife I was working with at the time freaked out and thought it was some mini stroke or pre-eclampsia but an older midwife who came to get me recognised it as a migraine and made me some old caffeine trick she knew and fixed me right away.

[Crystalwings]

Thanks ladies,
I think i will put it down to sleep deprivation, low blood sugar and a bit of anxiety. I'm eating more regularly today and mum took dd so i could have a sleep and feel alot more normal

[sasha]

I often get a bit ditsy and emotional when I'm hungry, and it's worse when I'm pregnant. I have to eat REALLY regularly. I'm glad you're feeling better!