unexplained dizzy spells?

GSwans

hi ladies. ?this morning i had two dizzy spells. ?each last about a minutes, and i saw some spots, but then they passed. ?i felt weak/tired for a while afterwards, but now am feeling normal.?

did this happen to anyone? ? it was in the morning, i had already eaten my "first" breakfast, and was about to eat again, so i was hungry. ?maybe it was just low blood sugar?

i have a check up tomorrow morning, so i didn't call my dr.?

thoughts??

robinsokj

It can be a lot of things, low bp, blood sugar issues, other things.  I would bring it up at your next appt

macchiatto

I had quite a few dizzy spells while pregnant ... but in your case, the seeing spots concerns me. I would call your OB asap just to rule out pre-eclampsia.

finallyreilly

I would talk to your dr about at you appt.  It definitely could be a number of things.  I had dizzy spells at different points through out my pregnancy due to blood flow changes.   Make sure you take your time when you get up after sitting or laying for any length of time.

Rose.9.6.03

Contact your doctor because as someone said the spots can be a sign of pre-e.  But dizzy spells are pretty common in pregnancy and can be caused by numerous things.  In my case, they were caused by anemia.  Once I had a proper dose of iron in me, they stopped. 

 Best of luck.

TwoAtaTime2010

i remember i had dizzy spells like that in the beginning of my 2nd tri. i dont really know what they were....but they went away.

Temp159135562506975

i had some bad dizzy spells around 17w - turned out my BP was low and doc said to increase my salt and caffiene (which i had been limiting of course).  That helped a lot.

arobert123

I had this happen to me as well (also in the mornings).  Like the PPs said, bring it up to your OB.  They will want to rule out things like pre-e and gestational diabetes.  In my case, once pre-e and GD were ruled out, he recommended increasing my protein intake (eating power bars first thing in the morning), and taking an iron supplement because I was slightly anemic.  Since I made these changes I have had no more dizzy spells.  Good Luck tomorrow!

Miss_Kris81

The same thing happened to me this morning - was making my "2nd breakfast" (ha!  glad I'm not alone there) and got super dizzy and had to sit down for a few minutes.  Did not see spots, but was a little weirded out by it.  I see my doctor in the morning too, so didn't call either.  Hopefully all is well.  Good luck! 

Fa1ryG0dm0ther

This happened to me frequently throughout my pregnancy.  They had me see a cardiologist (heart monitors, the whole 9, and I was fine - heart murmur, but nothing "scary") to be safe.  I DID, however, have VERY low blood pressure, because the twins were using what they needed first, and I just got what was left.  I increased my water intake a TON.  (I carried a 1.5 quart cup of ice water with me at all times) I drank water all day whether I wanted it or not, and it made a world of difference.  My spells essentially stopped. (I had one more, but I think it was blood sugar related.)  The cardiologist told me to drink more than twice the "normal" water daily amounts.  They also had me increase my salt intake like a pp to help keep it in my system. 

HTH, GL!