37 weeks pregnant and worried

[lilly02]

For the last week I've felt so unwell.
Hot and cold,
Weak and faint. I'll be doing something and I'd have to lay down because other wise I'd just feel so dizzy.
I've been sick a few times. But I feel sick every afternoon and evening.
I can barely eat.
I make sure I have breakfast and the rest of the day is just a struggle to eat when usually my appetite is good.
My lower back is killing me and I'm getting restless legs at night.
I understand allllll of this is pregnancy related but I've felt fine throughout except the past week! So that's why I'm worried.
Rang the midwife line today and she basically said to rest and that's it....
any advice? Is this normal for this stage of pregnancy! Thankyou!

Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? How is your temperature.

Sounds like anemia to me, how are your iron levels? Perhaps up your intake with floradix or similar.

Have you actually been physically seen by a midwife or obstetrician? That doesn’t sound that normal to me! And definitely need BP and urine checked

I had a midwife app just over a week ago. Blood pressure was fine.
Around 3 weeks ago I had a blood test and everything was normal!
I just don't know what's going on.
I rang today and she just said to rest but didn't ask to see me.
I will check my temp as I have been feeling hot then cold today.
I'm going to ring the docs tmo morning and ask for a urine and blood test as I know it's not right.
Thankyou for your help everyone.

Sounds similar to what I had at 39 weeks in my first pregnancy. Like you I called the midwife and was told to rest. Went to the doctors and they checked my blood pressure and it was fine. Asked me to give a still sample as I had such an upset stomach, couldn't eat. Came back fine.

I ended up having to go into hospital with unbearable upper right quadrant pain a few days later and they took my blood and did blood tests at the hospital and turns out I had a problem with my liver function and my platelets. I had to be induced and I was quite unwell for a week after.

Please push for bloods. I'm not saying it's what I had but it's better to be safe

Thank you!! I will do!
I just did my temp and it's 37.8...
I guess that's classed as a mile temperature!

That sounds a temperature. I’d actually ring triage given your other symptoms.

As a minimum appt tomorrow for being looked over.