Do I need to speak to a midwife or am I grand?

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30 weeks and feeling utterly shit. If I list my symptoms would you tell me what you think it could be please?

• cough
• bad headache that doesn't ease with paracetamol
• seeing spots
• very bad nausea (taking ondansetron so pretty sure I would be vomiting a lot without that)
• had severe pain in the top of my bump on Monday that eased after a few minutes
• no energy and feeling utterly exhausted

You need to call the midwife asap seeing spots and headache sound like pre eclampsia. Please get checked out asap

I'd have a quick chat with the midwife, particularly because of the seeing spots. You might need your blood pressure checked, so call them!

Yep please call your midwife asap or visit your antenatal ward. Better safe than sorry.
Please let us know how it goes

Definitely book in, I had similar symptoms and it was nothing other than cold viral bug combined with latter end of pregnancy but you can't be to careful, always best to get checked over. Have you got any swelling to hands and feet?

I would call, they would always rather check to be on the safe side
Hope you're feeling better soon

I somehow missed the bad headache bit. Agree with the other posters who say you need to be seen ASAP.

Potentially preeclampsia. Please ring your midwife now or go to your antenatal day unit. You need to be checked over it is very important.

Seriously please ring now. I've just been diagnosed with mild pet and they are keeping a close eye on me-I didn't have half the symptoms. I'm not trying to scare you but I'll be worrying if you don't go and I don't even know you!

Call your midwife or delivery ward as head ache and seeing spots are signs of ore eclampsia and you need to be seen asap to rule that out.

Damn. Told DM my symptoms and she started freaking out about PE too. No swelling at all so I discounted it. DD also has a cough and my Dsis had symptoms like this over the weekend too when I saw her so I'm sure it's a fluey bug that is going around but will ring the midwife now. Thank you all.

You don't always have all the symptoms though. I'm really glad you're ringing them. Keep us posted op

Have phoned and the midwife is going to pop round to check my blood pressure and take a look at me.
Thanks all

Great, hopefully it is just a bug but you really can't be too careful.

I had very mild PET with my only symptoms being a very mild headache that went away with paracetamol, and protein in my urine. No high blood pressure, visual disturbances or swelling, so all your symptoms are quite tell-tale and worrying. I hope all is well and that you feel better soon.

How did you get on?

All of those symptoms can individually be explained away quite innocently, especially if you are feeling like you have a bit of a cold (or the dreaded pregnancy sinusitis, which can cause migraine like visual disturbances) and pain along the bump isn't uncommon at 30 weeks, and exhaustion and nausea are just a hazard of being pregnant. However, so many symptoms all at once- definitely best to get it checked out to be on the safe side! really hoping you are ok x

I would suggest attending your day assessment unit to see a midwife and have your BP and urine checked.
Nausea and vomiting
Visual disturbances
Headache
Pain on top of bump
All signs of pre eclampsia but also signs of other things. Best to be seen by a midwife in this scenario

Hope everything's okay

hope your ok OP. I had these symptoms which lasted about 2 weeks and i called the midwife to checked, all fine, (viral bug) but better to be safe.

Midwife has just been - BP and urine ok, just a bug luckily! Still feeling awful but glad it's nothing serious.
Thanks to all for the advice and checking in messages

Glad you are OK op!

I'm really glad you're ok!

So pleased you're alright :)