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Fainting During Belly Palpation

2 posts on this thread and the last post was on January 3rd, 2009 9:47 PM
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HeatherPit - January 3rd, 2009 3:51 PM
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Hi. I am 36 weeks pregnant and had my regular appointment today. My doctor had trouble finding the baby's heart beat and was thinking the baby may be in a breech position. As he was palpating my belly to determine the position of the baby, I fainted. I haven't had a problem with dizziness or fainting during my pregnancy and my doctor didn't seem overly concerned. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this.

angelmonkey - January 3rd, 2009 4:09 PM

im 34 weeks and had a scan last week and while she was scanning me i felt like i was about to faint and nearly asked her to stop scanning me!

newbaby2009 - January 3rd, 2009 9:47 PM

Im guessing you were laying on your back during this? It was probably from pressure on your inferior vena cava which lowers your blood pressure. The large vein that runs from the lower half of your body to your heart. The weight of your uterus and its contents is more then it can handle.