Numbness in my face, migraine or worse?

[TheBreastmilksOnMe]

I'm 31 weeks pregnant and have been feeling out of sorts for a few days, mild headache on and off, tired (but I have 2 children so not surprising really), breathless. This morning I thought I'd pop to see the midwife just to get my iron levels checked again as I've been seeing black dots in my vision. A fortnight ago they were 10.9 so just a bit down and since then I've started taking 2x sachets of spatone everyday plus red meat, cabbage, broccoli etc to bring them up.

She checked my blood pressure, good, urine good, baby good and took blood for a full blood count. I felt reassured about everything else and as I was about to leave I felt the right side of my face get increasingly numb like it was being pulled down. It was really scary and after about 30 secs it passed. I went straight back to the midwife and she took me into another room and called my gp. I popped over to see my gp and he did some checks and said it sounded migraine related.

I'm home now, head feels a bit headachey and still getting black spots occasionally but I'm not sure about the diagnosis? I never get headaches unless I'm ill and the one and only time I've had a migraine was last year when I got one a few days after bashing my head on a brick sticking out of a wall (ouch).

Has anyone got any advice about my symptoms? I thought it might be that bell' s palsy that is common in pregnancy but I'm just glad it's not anything more serious tbh.

I think as all your tests are normal I'd hang in there and see what happens. But if you get any other symptoms then go straight to your doctor or A&E. One sided numbness can happen with migraines....

I have this all the time but I lose the use of my whole left hand side of my body!! Mine is hemiplegic migraine but at first I was treated for strokes and everything. It can be very scary!
My dad also suffers from the face numbness, as does my cousin. Apparently it is very common in migraine sufferers! And I have been told it is a lot more common during pregnancy because of hormone increases.
My neurologist had told me not to panic as it is just a form of migraine but if u get swelling or severe dizziness with it then contact hospital as it could then be something else.
Hope u are ok now and it didn't scare too much. I know I was terrified at first but now it's just part of my normal days xx

That must be awful for you Excited, yes I was terrified and I could taste the adrenaline in my mouth which can't have helped! It's reassuring to know that it is more common during pregnancy, hopefully it won't happen again. Thanks Lady, I will pop to a+e if I get any further symptoms.