wife is "seeing stars"

Her blood pressure is fine, protien levels in urine tests are fine, she gets
these even just sitting around, she doesn't have to get up or sit to have
them occur.
It started around the same time her ankles/calves started swelling. OBGYN
says she's fine, she's just wondering what's causing this stuff. She's 33
weeks.

Is she feeling lightheaded? It might have to do with blood sugar. has she
eaten recently?

What sucks is I know this happened to me a bit earlier on, but I don't
remember what became of it. (Well, the big picture is that my daughter was
born healthy and wonderful...)


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Rob wrote:

Her blood pressure is fine, protien levels in urine tests are fine, she gets
these even just sitting around, she doesn't have to get up or sit to have
them occur.
It started around the same time her ankles/calves started swelling. OBGYN
says she's fine, she's just wondering what's causing this stuff. She's 33
weeks.

The "seeing stars" may be the preliminary visual disturbances ("auras")
of a classic migraine. Auras can occur without the usual following
excruciating headache, nausea, etc. She can count her lucky stars :-)
if she is not having the whole migraine thing going on.

During the final two months of my pregnancy this year, I saw auras
almost daily but had a migraine headache etc. only a few times.

Rob writes:
: Her blood pressure is fine, protien levels in urine tests are fine, she gets
: these even just sitting around, she doesn't have to get up or sit to have
: them occur.
: It started around the same time her ankles/calves started swelling. OBGYN
: says she's fine, she's just wondering what's causing this stuff. She's 33
: weeks.

This may or may not be related to pregnancy, but I would suggest having an
eye pressure test done to test for glaucoma.

Larry

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The "seeing stars" may be the preliminary visual disturbances ("auras")
of a classic migraine. Auras can occur without the usual following
excruciating headache, nausea, etc. She can count her lucky stars :-)
if she is not having the whole migraine thing going on.

During the final two months of my pregnancy this year, I saw auras
almost daily but had a migraine headache etc. only a few times.


Hmmm, could be related. She was just saying she has a headache
tonight and hasn't had one in a while. Thankfully they're not
migraines.

Hi Rob

From about 20 weeks I found when I was on my feet I started to feel
dizzy with a weight pressing down on my head & if I didn't sit I
started to feel feint & saw seeing spots/lights in my vision. I
sometimes got this just sitting down too.

These lights were totally different in nature to those I get with
migraine.

I know you're wife isn't feeling dizzy but the things suggested to me
were.

Drink plenty fluids.
Eat when hungry don't wait for meals (breakfast bars are great for
this)
Light compression socks (Like you would wear for a long haul flight)

In my case the compression socks though difficult to put on seemed to
help alot.

Hope this helps

Denise
#1 EDD 29 Jan 05




On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:18:33 GMT, "Rob" wrote:

Her blood pressure is fine, protien levels in urine tests are fine, she gets
these even just sitting around, she doesn't have to get up or sit to have
them occur.
It started around the same time her ankles/calves started swelling. OBGYN
says she's fine, she's just wondering what's causing this stuff. She's 33
weeks.