Blurred vision and sore heads

[SleepForTheWeak]

I'm 25 weeks pregnant and last night and this morning my vision has gone funny briefly, like ive been looking at bright lights. It's then followed by a mild headache.

Is this normal during pregnancy? I don't normally suffer from migraines and I'm otherwise keeping well

[Foggymist]

Always get symptoms like that checked out, might be nothing but might also be pre eclampsia. Contact your midwife or gp.

[SellMySoulForSomeSleep]

Agree with PP. Ring your pregnancy triage.

[Verity23]

You should definitely go and get your blood pressure checked.

[Haggisfish]

Ring asap.

[JonSnowsWhore]

Could just be a migraine, mine have increased to almost daily since being pregnant, but you should get it checked to rule out anything else

[alltheworld]

Could be pre eclampsia. Go to hospital a sap.

[miserablemolly]

That weird blurred vision was the first clue I had gestational diabetes

[SleepForTheWeak]

Thanks everyone, have been up and been checked thoroughly. Everything is OK but I've to go back on Monday to get blood taken so they can rule out a couple of things.

How do they test for GD?

[Haggisfish]

You have to fast overnight, then drink a pint of hideously sugary drink, wait an hour and then they take a blood sample.

[SleepForTheWeak]

I presume not everyone gets tested for it? It have ever been mentioned to me...

[Haggisfish]

No, only if you have glucose in error other symptoms or risk factors.

[miserablemolly]

Where I live they test everyone so I was lucky it was picked up as i don't tick any of the boxes for the other factors. I'd just avoid obvious sugars until after your bloods. The GD diet is just really healthy eating so that might help until you know more.