Tuesday, August 2, 2011

dizzy dizzy with the third trimester bluezzzzz

Hello friends,


I woke up this morning bright and early after a great night's sleep, wrote the last blog entry and left the house to get an iced coffee at the Common.  While drinking my coffee I started to feel woozy and I left to walk the block or two home.  It is SO HOT out today.  I knew as a pregnant lady I would feel hotter than the non-preggers, but today I read that in the third trimester one can feel up to 20% warmer!  I decided to walk through the Dufferin Mall, just down the street, to take advantage of the mall air, and while walking through there I still felt terrible - a little nauseous, light headed and my heart was racing.  


I went home and called my midwifery clinic to run my symptoms by a midwife (my primary midwife is on vacation).  I was told that my symptoms may be a combination of the heat and low iron, and that my iron levels were on the low side when I last had blood drawn 5 weeks ago, and that they often go down in the last weeks of pregnancy.  She told me to rest, keep hydrated and eating.  I have an apt. on Thursday morning with my midwife and she'll test my iron then to see if I need supplements.


SO... on this beautiful summer's day, on my second wedding anniversary, I'm laying down all day in front of  a portable air conditioner feeling out of it, drinking a lot of water and going pee every 20 minutes.  I watched a terrible movie that I ordered from Roger's on demand called Modern Romance, and at one point when there was music on in the background of a scene and a phone rang (in the movie) I tried to use my TV's remote to turn down the volume of the music in the movie.  


Looking at these charts, I think I'll make myself some quinoa because I sure as hell am not going to be eating canned clams or turkey or chicken giblets.








2 comments:

  1. no canned clams, really? I thought that would be so appetizing for a pregnant lady...I had to take iron supplements during my 2nd and 3rd trimesters. didn't make me feel great, if you have any issues, taking them with food helps!

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  2. If you are anemic, expect that you might experience frequent dizziness during pregnancy. In this case, you have to get checked with your doctor for iron dietary supplements and iron-boosted diet plan. It is important for you to maintain a healthy body as a preparation for labor as well as keeping your baby healthy and normal.

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