Is this normal? Just over a week ago I started experiencing breathlessness when I speak, and it's steadily getting worse and worse. Now I can barely raise my voice above a whisper and people are struggling to hear or understand me. I'm running out of air before I can reach the end of a sentence. It's becoming increasingly frustrating for me that I can't communicate properly. The thing is the breathlessness only seems to effect me when I'm talking. I have no problems walking or going up and down stairs for example.
My partner thinks I should phone the midwife, but I'm reluctant to do so, as I understand from googling that it's a normal side effect of late pregnancy? I feel well in all other regards, I don't have a cough, sore throat or fever. However at the same time I worry I might not be able to speak at all if it progresses the way it has been doing.
The symptoms get worse after I've eaten so I assume the baby is in a position where it's pushing up my stomach and lungs. (I have quite bad acid reflux as well.) I'm not someone who generally suffers from health anxiety, but I guess I'd like some reassurance this is normal or that I wont come across as hysterical if I phone the midwife?
(I'll add, In case it's relevant that I've never smoked or suffered from Asthma.)