scary

yesterday on the way to work i nearly passed out while driving. i was getting on the highway and very quickly began to feel like i was going to pass out. thankfully i made it off the highway and on to a side street before anything happened. it came on so quickly. i sat in my car for 45 min trying to decide what to do and ended up going to work. after i got to work i realized i should not have come. and with the advice of our prenatal worker and my midwife went home. my sweet friend at work, soledad, drove me home. she didn't want me to have to drive myself, and then she took the skytrain back to work. i ended up sleeping all afternoon and going to bed early.

today i feel better. i am at work now. i have an appointment to go in and see the midwife this afternoon just to have everything checked out.

when i spoke with the midwife yesterday she told me right now my body is making a lot more blood in preparation for the third trimester - so that could have been it. i also found out today from my supervisor that a bug has been going around where people are getting a fever and are lightheaded for 24 hours, which i also could have caught. so who knows. thankfully yesterday the baby was very active. i think it was his/her way of saying, "it's ok mama, i am ok. don't worry about me."

the whole thing really shook me up. i pretty much cried my way through the whole morning, but i am doing better today. tim took great care of me yesterday afternoon and i was so appreciative of my friend for taking me home. it was also a relief to hear other stories of friends who also had near-fainting spells while pregnant.

i am just so thankful the baby and i are ok. hopefully it was a one time deal. but with my sensitive body who knows... it all makes me think of the timeless amy grant song, "angels watching over me, every move i make." a childhood classic.