Dizziness at 24 weeks...

[Yarrawin]

Hi all,

I haven't had any real dizziness issues at all during my pregnancy but out of nowhere just a little while ago I got a MAJOR dizzy spell. What worries me is that I was just sitting very still reading something on my computer. I had to put my laptop down and just rest back on the couch for a few minutes until it passed but it kind of scared me!

I wouldn't have been scared if I was getting up or moving or something, but the fact that I was sitting completely still has freaked me out.

Should I be worried or does this sound pretty normal?

Incidentally I had a blood test today (by pure chance) that is measuring my iron levels, so I will be very interested to find out whether they are low.

[Jen10]

Sounds a bit like what I was having - except I felt really hot as well - passed after a couple of minutes. I got checked out at the GP, and I'm getting my next round of blood tests next week - if nothing shows up there I'm going to put it down to weird preggie hormones

[Yarrawin]

I'm feeling quite hot too, Jen... my face feels like it's on fire!

[little_mrs]

could be low blood sugar level, had you eaten anything for a while before that? hope your blood tests show a good easy fixable reason for it!

[Fleur]

I started getting dizzy spells somewhere around that stage of pregnancy, and yep they freaked me out. Wasn't when I moved or stood up suddenly, wasn't low blood sugar, didn't seem to be blood pressure related either.

I had a trip to hospital - mostly for my own peace of mind - & they pretty much put it down to stress & told me to slow down & that did actually help.

Don't know if that's any help to you, there are a lot of things it could be. Hope you can sort out what's causing it, it isn't nice I know

[raffy]

this started happening to me around 24 weeks as well. i didnt even have to be doing anything and all of a sudden i would get hot flushes and go really dizzy and sometimes my vision blacked out or a felt nauseous. unfortunately it lasted for weeks. i had numerous blood tests to check iron levels and BP test but they were all fine. my m/w just put it down to rapidly elevating blood/sugar levels and says its completely normal in pregnancies. basically she said to eat numerous small, healthy meals a day and when you go from laying down to standing up do it in stages i.e stop for a bit when you get to a sitting position. also from personal experience try not to go out alone if you can help it. i had a dizzy spell while standing in kmart and my vision blacked out and i fell over, i was just happy that DP was there and a lady at the checkout muct have seen it coming coz i recon she was standing over me before i hit the floor. it was very embarrassing lol

take care of yourself hunni