I am riding on the BART train this morning, standing because there are no seats left. I’m feeling great after a lovely breakfast with C, and reading this most intriguing book. Somewhere in the transbay tunnel I start to feel this weird sensation in my gut, almost like an internal tickle with a hot poker or an electric shock. I breathe into it hoping it will go away because it’s very uncomfortable. It starts to spread through my body – it feels like nausea at first, then like I am about to lose consciousness. I contemplate sitting on the floor, but it’s nasty and I fear puking. So instead, I grab the bar to keep from falling down, shut my eyes, and breathe really deep. There is a woman next to me snoring, and the snoring gets REALLY SUPER LOUD and echoes in my head like I’m in a tunnel. I keep breathing and thinking “I will make it - I just have to hold on and keep breathing” Finally, FINALLY we reach the Embarcadero station and I stumble off to make my way on to one of those benches where I can put my head down. It takes a few moments, but eventually I feel okay again.
Is this normal? I think I have passed out like this once before, after a couple of months of starving myself in high school. I eagerly await the return call of my OB/GYN.
Update: Spoke to my ob/gyn about this, and she said that it’s totally normal to have these kinds of episodes when you’re pregnant — getting light headed, passing out etc. I googled and found nothing. So there ya go – don’t operate heavy machinery, I guess.
