Help! 10W Pregnant, Extremely Faint (Needing to Eat) After Napping...?

Take a look at what you are eating. You need things that are long(er) acting. Proteins will stay with you longer. Things like apple, peanut butter and skim milk. Cheese and whole wheat crackers, cottage cheese and fruit, a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with some skim milk, yogurt with fruit and granola, almonds, oatmeal with apples, raisins and wheat germ mixed in (and make it with skim milk instead of water). Sprinkle wheat germ on lots of things that you eat for added folic acid, vitamins, good fats and protein.

I had to eat at least every 2 hours with my first pregnancy.

I never had gestational diabetes, but I would suggest getting a second opinion. You want to have your mind at rest about this. It could be gestational diabetes. Low blood sugar can be dangerous - I would get it checked out.

First, I'm so sorry you lost one of your twins. From what I've read it's my belief that you do have either gestational diabetes or some form of diabetes. The fact you have many moments throughout the day where you feel jittery, faint and feverish worries me. When you say feverish does that mean you have a fever or just feel like you do? How long has this been going on? As an EMT I would get a second opinion right away!! Being that you stated you blood sugar is low a lot of the time you could go into hypoglycemic shock, signs would be confusion, acting like or feeling like you're drunk, slurring words, it's very serious. Do you monitor your blood pressure? If it's within a range such as 100/60 or lower that's another cause for concern. The fact that your doctors said it's not a very common complaint would be a red flag for me, I'd think it would be a red flag for them and the fact that it's not makes me think you need to see someone else ASAP. I totally understand your fears about passing out and I'm not going to lie to you, it's possible. One thing you can do is buy some glucose tubes, you can find that at CVS or Walgreens, etc. Glucose is not going to hurt you or your baby but rather raise you blood sugar fast enough that you won't pass out, it's a good thing to have in the house, even in your purse. Do you own a glucose meter? If not you need to buy one, the test strips DO NOT come with it nor do the lancets needed to poke your finger to test your blood. There are ways to get free ones, if I can find a website I'll send it to you. Please go get some help, some help from doctors that will take your symptoms very seriously.
Keep up the food intake. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich's, all kinds of juice, protein such as chicken and steak, the iron in the steak is a benefit. Keep you blood sugar up as much as you can. If you have meter, test you blood sugar right before you eat and then an hour or two later. If the number is within a similair range you're body is rejecting the sugar for some reason. Healthy blood sugar levels range from 70 to 150, anything lower or higher is cause for concern, more so if it's lower than 70, such as 60 or 50, that would really worry me. If you're getting a reading of 70 one to two hours after eating, that's a problem. Sorry to be so blunt but your situation sounds serious and it needs to addressed. I wish you the very best of luck. Don't stress, just demand the help you need.
Blessed be.

I always felt that way with my 2nd son. I was told to make sure I ate every 2hrs. I was also given a list of foods, if I remember correctly. To ease your fears about the health of baby, my son was perfectly healthy. It's odd though, b/c he has always been one of those kids that has to eat every couple hours or he will have those same symptoms.

I always feel this way around that time too, I am right now 9 weeks pregnant with my 3rd. One of the only things that helped was taking Zofran 2-3 times a day while eating very frequent meals packed with protein and a side of carbs.

I felt this way a lot in both of my pregnancies. I never had gestational diabetes. I had to keep the foods I could stomach nearby and eat often. I felt so much better after 13 weeks with the first and around 28 weeks with the second.

I doubt you are hurting your baby if you are listening to your body. Make a food journal with how you feel through-out the day and take that with you. It might be a good keepsake for baby #2 down the road, too. :)

Good luck! I know it really sucks to feel this way.

Silly question, but are you sure it is not multiples?