Sorry, if I just got that magnificent Midnight Oil song stuck in your head, (although it is an amazing song so maybe you should just suck it up and keep humming it while you read.)
Anyway, this week has been the week of spinning apartments. On Tuesday I was doing the dishes (I have no dishwasher so I have to fill a sink with very hot water and wash them by hand) so apparently when you are pregnant you are supposed to avoid two things (especially once you are past 8 weeks) getting too hot and standing for long periods. The oven next to me was preheating for dinner so...I had succeeded in making my kitchen about 35 degrees warmer than was really comfy for me and proceeded to stand doing the dishes. Only had a few more so when I started feeling light headed, and normally would have taken a short break till I felt okay again, I kept going and..... nearly fainted?! WHAT?! From doing the stupid dishes?! Looked it up in all my books and on my trusted websites and yup, that combo is perfect for making one so dizzy they faint. Apparently the progesterone which is making me nauseated, giving me heartburn, making me feel like I have African Sleeping Sickness, and making me kind of achy all over, also has the effect of stretching the lining of blood vessels effectively decreasing your blood pressure (which will be very important next month when I am carrying around about .25 more blood but for now...)
So, why does that make me dizzy, and nearly faint (I am not the kind of woman who is cozy with the idea of swooning)?
Because it makes it harder to get blood all the way up to your head when you are standing for a long time. (and since the head is where the brain goes, it's kind of important that it gets the blood flow it needs. If it isn't, your body WILL take extreme measures to ensure it does ie; forcing you into a prone position which is far more conducive to blood flowing to the brain. fainting)
Now, I didn't actually faint, but my ears were ringing there was a blurry ring around my vision and I listed my way to a chair where I put my head as close to between my knees as a fat lady can manage. Then I researched the dizziness. At first lifting my head off the back of the chair made the entire apartment feel like it was flipping upside down. Once it got better, I followed the advice of the sites I had checked and laid on my left side (easiest for the heart to distribute blood throughout the body) and waited for it to pass. Luckily the LOML finished the dishes for me (I was so mad cause there were only two left when I had to give up) but it has taken it's toll and I have found out that dizziness (more so then what comes naturally to me) is my new normal for now. Trying to deal with it and still live life is kind of interesting. It means I have to take frequent breaks when doing the dishes and can't take showers that are too long.
Anyway only 4 days until we see the Bean! (who is actually the size of a green olive right now, our own little Thumbellina or Tom Thumb)
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
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