What Is Dizziness?

Dizziness is defined to describe a wide range of sensations. Like feeling weak, unsteady, faint, woozy etc. It makes you feel or create a false belief in your mind that your surroundings are spinning or moving.

Dizziness feeling faint or weak is a common symptom during pregnancy. Dizziness is most common in the first trimester. But you may encounter or experience it throughout the course of your pregnancy.

Things You Need To Know:

•  It is common to feel dizzy during pregnancy.
•  If the dizziness persists, call your doctor or consult him/her to ensure that this is not due to any other underlying medical condition.
•  Howsoever normal is dizziness, you should not take it lightly and thus no intense workout sessions should be done, no driving, or handling things that can harm either you or your baby.

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Is Dizziness A Sign Of Pregnancy?

Dizziness during pregnancy is a common thing and thus in the Victorian era, fainting or dizziness was an unsophisticated way to recognize whether a woman was pregnant or not. This is not an accurate sign or symptom to diagnose pregnancy, since dizziness can be caused due to other reasons as well.

Causes Of Dizziness During Pregnancy:

First Trimester:

Dizziness while pregnant is a common thing and just to maintain a healthy pregnancy. one should know the causes of dizziness and have th3 complete knowledge so as to cope up with the complications during pregnancy.

Initially, the body is not producing enough blood to fill a rapidly expanding circulatory system since your body has to be prepared to meet the needs of two bodies instead of one. Thus lightheadedness is likely to happen every now and then during the pregnancy especially first trimester.

Second Trimester:

Around 12th week or second trimester of pregnancy, as the uterus is growing. It puts excess pressure on the blood vessels especially when you are in lying position. During pregnancy, progesterone is produced in ample amount and due to its high level. Blood vessels may relax and widen which increases the blood flow to your baby. But decreases or slows down to you, which ultimately result in low blood pressure. This condition is responsible for the reduction in blood supply to the brain and other vital organs. Which can make your head spin. Other reasons for dizziness might be a drop in blood sugar level or dehydration.