Ok I will try and shorten the story!
When I was about 16 weeks pregnant with my son (2nd baby) I started to get dizziness, shortness of breath, shaking, weakness among other symptoms. I put the down to pregnancy but after my son was born they got worse and I ended up not able to walk short distances, leave the house or really carry on with normal life - I would spend every evening curled up against a radiator in bed to stop the shaking and feeling like I couldnt breathe. My doctor told me it was a mild anxiety although I didnt go until nearly 6 months of this as before that i just couldnt get myself out to the doctors. He didnt offer any any other advice other than to refer me for counselling which didnt help because although I am open to the idea that it may be anxiety I just dont feel anxious about anything.The counsellor would say what was I thinking about etc but it would normally be something silly and in any case this wasnt a case of an attack lasting half an hour this was a case of how I felt for nearly a year.
Anyway overtime it improved I had my third baby, during pregnancy I (again) suffered with high blood pressure and was admitted to hospital with high heartrate etc but the after effects were not as bad.
I am now pregnant AGAIN(19 weeks) and the breathlessness dizziness and weakness has returned the same as with my second pregnancy, again I dont feel anxious I just feel ill although at the moment it is minor.
Would a doctor mind if I went in and just wemt through this now BEFORE there is a problem or would it be better to wait and see what happens? I am farily sure they will send me away again saying "anxiety".
Any ideas - are there any questions I oculd ask to at least get them to look again at the symptoms? I dont want to spend the next 18 months housebound again.