You can pass out while laying on your back while pregnant! A friend from high school posted a Facebook comment a couple months ago about how she had passed out during her ultrasound, seeing her beautiful twins. I had never heard of it, but now understand.
Yesterday, I was seen in the office for another non-stress test. I was hooked up to the monitors, laying on my back. Everything was going great. I was enjoying listening to Maddox's heartbeat, but suddenly felt "funny".
The room starting spinning and I broke out in a cold sweat. I felt sick to my stomach as well. I tried yelling for help, but apparently no one heard me. I am honestly not sure if I did in fact pass out, but it seems likely. I was in the room for at least 40+ minutes, yet it does not seem to me like I was aware at the time of just how long it had been. Rumor has it that Nurse Ratchet forgot about me.
When Nurse R came into the room, I told her what had happened. She explained that when pregnant, laying on your back can cause dizziness and faintness, resulting in passing out.
Still seems crazy to me. I felt a little off for the remainder of the day yesterday. Slipping in and out of sleep at no will of my own. Hubby pushed me full of liquids when he got home from work, which seemed to help me come back.
Upside to the appointment, my blood pressure was down to 128/78, which is still crazy to me. My blood pressure is ALWAYS 120/70, but still 128/78 is perfectly safe and normal. Looks like the prescription of bed rest worked for that. I am still having contractions though.
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ADo they have you laying on your left side for the high blood pressure? Supposed to make it easier to pump the blood to your heart since gravity will help the blood flow towards your heart that way. All that I've heard was that laying on your back during pregnancy is bad because the large size of the uterus actually blocks flow of a major artery cutting off blood supply. Ask next time you go to the dr...
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