PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2000: Re: 24 Weeks and dizzy

Re: 24 Weeks and dizzy

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 16:10:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 4 Oct 2000, MaryJ wrote: >
>I am 24 wks pg. I have not had any morning sickness, etc...thus far it
>has been a comfortable, complication-free pregnancy. Today at work I
>started to feel nausea so I got up to get some air - in doing so, I
>started to black out. I went to the nurse and she took my blood
>pressure which was 94/60. I called my obgyn and the nurse said that if
>I am still feeling the baby move (which I do) then I am probably ok and
>could come in this afternoon if I was still concerned or not feeling
>well. I have started to feel better but still not 100%. I was not
>dizzy from an empty stomach or getting up too quickly. Any idea on what
>could cause this feeling of nausea and blacking out? Please advise.
>
>thanks for your help.
>maryjoan

Mary Joan, Did you eat breakfast. No, let me re-phrase that, did you eat a good breakfast. Otherwise, it may be one of about a hundred things. When a patient relates this history to me at your gestational age, and they have eaten well, I will normally have them let me know if it becomes a recurrent thing... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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