13 weeks

Last Friday, I hit the 13 week mark. I had read that women typically start to feel better in the second trimester and I was looking forward to it! I definitely don't have to wear the wrist bands anymore, but the past few days I haven't been feeling stellar. The annoying thing about it is that I can't really explain what's wrong - just that I'm not feeling great. Yes, I still have the gas issues which can be quite painful, but I at least know what that feels like. Some examples of the "new" feelings are:

* One morning, after getting out of the shower, I felt dizzy but this time my vision got weird and I swear I saw stars! I never really knew what they were talking about in cartoons (seeing stars or tweetie birds), but now I know!
* Yesterday at the gym, I was riding the bike and I had another weird vision/dizzy spell. I stopped pedaling fast and just took it easy the rest of the time. I also felt weird twinges on both sides of my stomach so I made sure to take it easy until they went away. I was able to do 30 minutes on the bike, but it was difficult to stay the whole time.
* Last night, there was a weird feeling in my stomach and I felt like I needed to lay still or I would throw up. Not because I was nauseous, but more like I had eaten way too much food (which I didn't) and it was lodged like a ball in my stomach and needed to come back. Thankfully, I never threw up, but I drank milk when I woke up and sat a few times to keep steady.
* This morning I was walking to my office and all of a sudden my vision blurred and I got super dizzy. I made my way to a lamppost and just held on until my head cleared and I was able to continue walking to my office.

Mom thinks that the dizziness this morning might have been caused by low blood pressure. Hard to say, but the last time I had a dr appt (a week ago) I had higher blood pressure than usual (even though it was normal range for most people). I don't have a way to check my own blood pressure, but maybe I'll see if there's something I can do to check it on my own. I know that pregnancy sometimes causes lower pressure b/c it's all flowing differently to help the baby grow, but I'm not sure if that's what's causing the dizzy spells lately.