Do Not Want: Evening Light-headedness

[netmouse]

On Monday my blood pressure clocked in at 84/56. We took it again. 96/54. Definitely lower than normal for me. The comment was that this could be due to dehydration: my blood supply has now increased by 45 to 50%; I need to drink more water.

I'm trying, I really am. In the meantime, every night since then I've started to feel positively woozy, and it's not a sensation that I particularly like. In fact, I don't like it one bit. Moving around more helps. Eating and drinking help but only a little bit. I really feel not-well in this condition. Advice is welcome.

Comments

[alicebentley]

I second the Gatorade comment - it's one of the only times in my life that I found the stuff tasty, but it was like my body was saying Thank You!

I was really good about drinking lots of water while pregnant, but it was the electrolite-stuffed sugar water that helped the woozies.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

hrm. I usually can't stand the stuff, but I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[vylar-kaftan.livejournal.com]

If Gatorade tastes good, your body is telling you that you need it.

Some flavors are better than others. I like the ice lime and the orange flavors. Lemonade is pretty good. The blue flavors are nasty.

[shadowriderhope.livejournal.com]

One downside of Gatorade and similar drinks is that they're usually also very high in sugar, which really isn't needed unless your blood sugar is also low, so they can pack a lot of unnecessary calories. My favorite thing for electrolytes is made by Camelbak, called Elixir - they're basically effervescing tablets that you put into water and they make 24 oz of electrolyte replacement fluid (tasty lemon-lime flavor, too!) that doesn't contain a ton of sugar.

Bottom line, though, is to talk to your doc, though I'm sure that's what you're doing. :)

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Cool. I went to Indigo Forest and asked for advice and ended up with some little packets made by the people who make emergen-C that look very similar and have electrolytes in them but not all the sugar. I also hit whole foods and got a couple of things to try, like their electrolyte water and Essentia, which is also electrolyte water.

Good news: no wooziness last night.

I also got some pregnancy tea at Indigo Forest, which I'd been needing anyway. :)