Is it normal to feel a little dizzy in early pregnancy?

Pregnancy is very difficult. Pregnant mothers not only have to endure the physical discomfort caused by pregnancy, but also have to face the health of the baby. Moreover, every prenatal check-up is like a battle, and you can't relax at all. Most women in the early stages of pregnancy often experience various symptoms of discomfort due to the influence of early pregnancy reactions. Some people experience dizziness. Is this normal?

Is it normal to feel a little dizzy during early pregnancy?

During pregnancy, the body will undergo a series of physiological and immune changes, which may affect the blood system, causing abnormal blood counts in pregnant women, leading to anemia and thrombocytopenia, and thus dizziness. Symptoms are generally more obvious within 12 weeks of pregnancy. Therefore, it is normal for pregnant women to feel dizzy occasionally in the early stages of pregnancy.

Dizziness in early pregnancy is mainly caused by the expansion of the circulatory system due to the needs of pregnancy and insufficient blood volume. It usually gets better after a while. Usually be careful not to change your body position suddenly. Dizziness should first be treated with a blood test to rule out anemia, and then considered to be physiological. The specific reasons are mainly as follows:

1. Anemia in pregnant women

Pregnant women with anemia should usually consume iron-rich foods such as animal blood, pork liver, and lean meat. Once anemia occurs, iron should be supplemented urgently. Pregnant women often experience symptoms of dizziness and headaches. If not treated promptly, it may develop into preeclampsia, which can cause convulsions, coma, and endanger the lives of pregnant women and fetuses. This is a serious complication in early pregnancy and requires timely detection and treatment.

2. Low blood pressure and cerebral ischemia

This type of pregnant woman will usually faint when standing up suddenly. In the early stages of pregnancy, the formation of the placenta will cause blood pressure to drop to a certain extent, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. If a pregnant woman already has high blood pressure, the drop in blood pressure will be greater. When the blood pressure drops, the blood flow to the brain will decrease, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, resulting in cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, which in turn causes dizziness. Once dizziness occurs, you should sit down immediately or lie down flat to prevent the dizziness from getting worse. Avoid standing for long periods of time to prevent attacks.

3. Eating too little leads to low blood sugar

This type of pregnant women sometimes experience paroxysmal dizziness, accompanied by palpitations, fatigue, and cold sweats, which usually occur when they eat less. In the early stages of pregnancy, early pregnancy reactions cause many women to not only lose their appetite, but also often experience nausea and vomiting. Eating less leads to low blood sugar, fatigue, dizziness, cold sweats, palpitations and other discomforts.

How to deal with dizziness during pregnancy

1. Dizziness in pregnant women caused by hypoglycemia

You can eat more and better for the three meals, especially breakfast. You can eat more high-protein, high-fat and high-carbohydrate foods such as milk, eggs, meat porridge, cakes, sugar water and noodles. You can have a fourth meal if necessary. You can also carry some convenience foods with you and eat them immediately when symptoms of hypoglycemia appear, so that symptoms of hypoglycemia such as dizziness can be relieved in time.

2. Dizziness in pregnant women caused by low blood pressure

Posture movements (the process of changing from lying, squatting and sitting to standing) should be slow to avoid sudden blood supply deficiency to the brain; when dizziness occurs, you can eat salty food and drink more boiled water to increase blood volume; you should avoid sweating when exercising, and avoid too high water temperature when showering to prevent blood vessels from dilating and blood pressure from dropping; when dizziness occurs, you should immediately sit down or lie on your side to rest, and go to the hospital to ask a doctor for symptomatic treatment if necessary.

3. Dizziness in pregnant women caused by supine syndrome

You should try to sit flat. If you feel tired after sitting for a long time, you can change to side-lying position, or take a walk indoors or outdoors. In short, try to avoid supine and semi-recumbent positions. Once supine syndrome occurs, you should lie on your side immediately, or slowly sit up after lying on your side, to relieve the pressure of the uterus on the heart and inferior vena cava and restore blood supply to the brain.