30 weeks pregnant with weird symptoms?

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Yesterday after my lunch at work, I started having some strange symptoms. First, I saw a bright spot in my left eye that obscured a lot of my vision. That lasted for a while and was then replaced by a jagged bright line that kind of reminded me of a heartbeat monitor line (only way I can explain it.) Soon after, my hands became tingly and my fingers were numb, almost like I'd been sitting on my hands. Not long after I got off work, my vision became blurry. I thought it was because I was tired and so I went home and laid down for half an hour before getting up to go to my college class. No sooner had I gotten up, I realized I was super dizzy and lightheaded. I called my dr. and they had me go in for a blood pressure check. When I got there, they said my bp was 130/60 (the nurse said "a normal, healthy range") Normally my bp is very good, in my dr.'s own words "I wish all my patients had your blood pressure, it'd make my job so much easier." they told me to go home and get some rest and not to go to work today. But I didn't listen (bad idea, I know) and I got up and went to work this morning despite still being dizzy and it felt like my eyes were having a hard time focusing. I was at work for all of an hour when the nausea hit and I started vomiting severely. Even though my boss was upset, I left because I work with kids and it just wasn't practical for me to stay and work. I have an appointment tonight at 5 with my dr. but I'm scared they are just going to tell me that i'm overreacting or that it's normal, because honestly, what i'm experiencing does not feel normal. Should I push them to look in to it more or has anyone every experienced anything like this while pregnant? Any advice?

kindra · Accepted Answer

You need to ask your dr to check more into it. When I was pregnant with my first I had 'spikes' of high blood pressure and by the time I got to the dr I was fine, this went on for about a week, then they took some blood, along with some other symptoms that came up and found out I had Moderate pre-eclampsia. Which is not something to over look. And a week after that I got a hormonal rash called PUPPS. I`m not meaning to scare you if I did because it could be something simple like a head cold throwing everything off or even something as simple as a smell around you or Stress moments.

I would definitely tell your dr you are concerned and ask him to draw some blood, just to check, it`s not going to hurt anything.

Anonymous · Answer

Im 34 weeks with number 2 and i've had the same thing. To me it sounds like an irritable uterus. Contractions that don't have a proper pattern and don't work to dilate the cervix. I saw my ob just the other day with a similar complaint and she said it was irritable uterus. I went for a walk on the weekend and after i came back i had one continuous contraction that lasted about an hour. It would only be relieved when i laid down and if i got up it would start again. She didn't say i needed to be worried about it. Listen to your body if your getting them lay down. Being dehydrated can make them worse- so make sure your drinking plenty of water. Having irritable uterus does put you at a slightly higher risk of pre term delivery.

Anonymous · Answer

Actually I had the same thing happen to me. I actually got real dizzy and I didnt realize or even feel that I fell on my butt. I remember all I saw was white and my ears were ringing all of the sudden and when I opened my eyes, I'm on the ground and I couldn't remember how I got there and what I was doing and my body felt numb but after awhile my nerves came back to my body and that was when I realized I sprained my ankle. I think its because your body becomes warm all of the sudden but i think it's normal, just becareful.

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