Vertigo at 23 weeks - normal dizziness?

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

I'm 23 weeks (24 on sunday) and feeling really dizzy - the room is going up and down. (I'm not drunk! ) Yesterday I went on a river boat for several hours, and this has happened to me before, after a river trip - I get vertigo and feel like I'm on a ship at sea. Sometimes for days and days.

But of course, being pregnant, I am Paranoid and wondering if it's a BP thing. I had hypertension towards the end of my last pregnacy, which I'm very worried about getting again, as it led to an induction, etc. But isn't dizziness a sign of low BP, not high? Or am I wrong? WWYD?

I think I might contact my MW soon if it doesn't pass. I'm just sitting here at the laptop, not doing anything energetic.

[Greenwing]

You should contact the MW or doctor immediately to be on the safe side but yes, being dizzy because of feeling light-headed is due to low-blood pressure. I kept on having to lie down in my second pregnancy - once on the floor of the doctor's waiting room!

They were talking about dizziness and vertigo on Radio 4 last week.
If this link doesn't work just google 'Radio 4 case notes dizziness'.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tgcsz

Good luck with the rest of the pregnancy.

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

They were, weren't they? I remember hearing it. I and my mother both suffer occasional vertigo when we've been travelling, usually by boat, and I think this is what it is. It's passed now, luckily, but I'm still seeing my MW in the next week and will talk to her about it.

[stuffedmk]

I get vertigo regularly (last bout lasting roughly a month) I would say it is best to mention it to you MW but it may be coincidence.

Will take a listen to the radio thing as I haven't heard it yet, thanks.