The Spell

If there’s a spell any pregnant woman would fear happening to her, I guess that’s the dizzy spell – especially when she’s alone!

Last Friday, I had my dose of dizziness while we were out doing our favorite errand – grocery shopping. I'm so thankful I was with the husband when it happened. It was morning, around 11:00 am, and we were already at the cashier when I suddenly felt weird -- the room suddenly looked dark, and when I blinked, it went back to normal only to get dark again after 2 seconds. My initial reaction was “oh no!”, and tried to hold on to the counter. Ryan was busy putting the items to the conveyor belt and didn’t hear me speak, until I finally said in a weak voice, “nahihilo ako!” I dunno what went over my head because instead of holding on to Ryan, my instinct told me to go for the corner glass windows and lean towards them for support until I slowly slid down. Ryan was quick to catch me, asking me repeatedly if I was ok (obviously I wasn’t, but maybe he just didn’t know what to say because he was stunned, too). He said that the moment he saw me, I looked white as a ghost. My lips were so pale na parang uminom ng suka.
The Indian cashier was very kind and gave his seat for me while another Indian helper in the store got me a bottle of water (a 1.5 liter at that!). I caused a quite a stir, and I am just so thankful there were kind souls that morning who helped me & Ryan.

Good thing I didn’t pass out completely because I could’ve hurt the baby. Just the thought of it got me pretty scared. Ryan told me that it’s his ultimate fear, too -- that something like that would happen to me while he’s away or not physically with me. He told me that his Mama experienced that in the past but his Papa wasn’t around. He remembers that story very well that’s why as much as possible, he never leaves me alone.

According to the book, “What To Expect…”, this is quite normal during pregnancy. The cause of dizziness and faintness was either due to the slow bloodflow from the baby back to my body or that my blood sugar was low. I just hope it doesn’t happen again. I promise I will make sure that I will never go out all by myself while pregnant as it may strike me anytime.