Hypotension Signed Off Work

[Rachel37]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone else suffered with Hypotension, low blood pressure? I'm 11 weeks pregnant and have suffered badly with morning sickness since week 5. Unfortunately I had food poisoning last week which made me even more poorly and now I have low blood pressure. Yesterday I nearly passed out on the tube and now I'm feeling constantly dizzy and lightheaded, headaches and off balance when walking. The Dr has signed me off work for a 1 week to rest but I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips to stop the dizzy/light headed spells? I'm feeling very sorry for myself since having horrible symptoms since week 5, I'm hoping by week 12/13 I will start to feel a little normal again and start to enjoy the pregnancy because at the moment I'm not enjoying it at all.

I would really appreciate your feedback if you have time, because I'm not at 12 weeks not many people know about the pregnancy and I'm finding it difficult keeping it to myself when I feel so blooming awful! Rant over. :-(

Many thanks

Hi,
Low blood pressure can be caused by a number of things, (I am no expert in this field) and one of them is dehydration. Has your doctor not talked of admitting you to but you on a drip? Maybe ask if this can be done, might help speed up your recovery ? Otherwise keep your water intake up and hopefully the dizzyness etc will clear up
But seriously if you are still feeling that bad you should go back to the doctor as there are lots of things that can be done to make you feel more comfortable, Good Luck and hope you feel better soonxx