Lights Out?

Today at work I was standing at the desk of a coworker discussing some documentation when I started to feel a little faint. Rather than make a fuss, I kept shifting my weight from one foot to the other. As the conversation came to a close, I began to feel really light headed, so I sat down on her desk for a moment. Within seconds the room started to go dark. My coworker offered her chair immediately and ran to get me some water, as the room went completely dark and I broke out in a sweat, complete with need to vomit. There are only two other times in my life I have come so near to passing out, and both times were following giving a pint of blood. Once I recovered, I went straight to my project manager's office to relay our conversation, and then casually threw in, "I also wanted to let you know that I nearly passed out at N's desk." When I relayed my symptoms, he asked if I had called my doctor yet. I told him I had not, and that that was my next step.

Needless to say, I had an appointment immediately booked for this afternoon, and after working for about another hour, I headed home to get some rest. I got home just a bit ago from the doctor, as I was told not to return to work today, but to go home and take it easy for the rest of the evening, which I didn't mind one bit as I still feel a little "off." The diagnosis: a big question mark. Everything tested in the doctor's office came back normal, so they took some blood to test my iron levels, and we will have to results back on Thursday.

The good news is the baby started going crazy as soon as the episode passed and has been extremely active since then. She even kicked the fetal doppler in the doctor's office, which made my doctor laugh. I told her the baby kicks my doppler every night when I check in to make sure she is doing okay before I go to sleep. She never responds to me pushing on her, but she always kicks the doppler the second I place it on my belly. Even right now she is busy doing her baby aerobics.

Hopefully they will be able to figure out what caused this morning's episode, or if they cannot, hopefully it will be a one time experience.

I do want to share my favorite comment from today. I realized last night that I forgot my badge at work and would have to get in via reception this morning. When I got to work, I asked to be buzzed in, but first the receptionist wanted to talk about my pregnancy. She told me, "You know, if I didn't see your belly, I wouldn't even know you are pregnant. You don't look like you've gained a pound, and from the back you can't even tell." Awww! That is the second time I've been told that in a week! That makes my thunder thighs feel much better about themselves. lol