fainting feeling low iron?

Could be but it's more likely to be low blood pressure - very common at your stage of pregnancy.

This definitely sounds like low blood pressure and/or low blood sugars. Suggest you eat a moro bar or chocolate or something like that to instantly raise your sugar level and then ensure you are eating regular snacks/meals to maintain you throughout the day.

I have naturally low blood pressure (although being pregnant means my bp is normal for the first time in my lfie!) and your symptoms are exactly what happens to me when a) I don't eat regularly or b) I'm dieting and not consuming enough sugars (natural or otherwise).

All the best and take care!

Edited by VannesaD

thanks, it was really scary today as i was on my own with my 2yr old in teh shopping trolley. iw as starting to get so worried i almost cried at the checkout. Dh said i was light headed last time when my iron plummeted, but this is different, coz i feel really yuck for ages afterwards. i feel all shaky so figured maybe having some sugar wasn't a good thing? and yet i noticed when i ate lunch, i didn't feel much better. yesterday was just after i'd eaten too. Mum wonders if it's low bp too. I'm also unusually (for me) thirsty for water water & more water. like, drank three glasses at dinner last night & same at lunch today. Now i have a headache & when mum saw me bout 1.30pm (happened about 12pm) she said i didn't look too flash hot. i felt all spaced out. kinda really worried bout it now actually....

thanks rach, yes i often get dizzy spells when i was younger as pretty much always had low iron, but this is really scary & totally different. i feel like i am high on the gas you have during labour. that spaced out feeling. it's really scary for me. almost lilke i'm having an asthma attack, but my breathing is fine.

thanks guys, yea my iron was real low when i had the 26week bloods done. MW wasn't concerned coz apparently that's normal for that stage of preggy. lol. last time i was put straight on iron tabs. i may find she does another blood test earlier to check them & shoves me on iron pills. started taking my iron melts again last night *reminder haven't had one tonight*

floradix gave me migraines last time. yea my midwife last time was worried coz she called me straight away and told me to get the tabs. this time she said she will keep an eye on it as it normal to be low at 26week, if it still low at like 36 week, then i will have a week or two to get it back up or i'll be going to middlemore. deffinately think i will talk to her bout getting it checked again tho. i am taking iron melts,

ETA: Last time i was taking some healtheries ones which had vit c with them to aid absorbtion

Edited by chonny

yea that's pretty much how i felt, altho i had been drinking a huge cup of liquid. and i haev been unusually thirsty. am making sure i am drinking heaps today to try ward it off since i am cleaning and stuff.