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I've had this, and I too usually associate it with low blood sugar and try some food, I also used to get shaky when I had spikes in my blood pressure. My "normal" blood pressure was always fine, but then all of a sudden it would spike causing me to get dizzy, see spots, ect. and it would take an hour or so to calm down. This happened the last 6 weeks or so of my first pregnancy it was awful.

This happened to me in late pregnancy. It was low blood sugar. I called my OB and they got me in the same day. My blood sugar level was 60 I think. Very low. I didn't have any diet changes either. They did blood work and stuff but they just told me to take it easy and try to eat regularly to keep my blood sugar up.

@Mrs. Blue: It really depends on what he had to eat/drink and how low it was. Usually withing 15-30 minutes. He usually drinks some orange juice or Pepsi to bring it up quickly, and then he eats either cereal or a PB sandwich. When he passed out a few years ago, the paramedics told me to fix him a PB sandwich once they woke him up to get a good amount of carbs and protein in his system.

Ive been feeling like this this week too. I thought it might be the meds im on, but i haven't taken them today and I still feel that way. So weird!

Definitely sounds like low blood sugar to me.

Could be blood sugar, or maybe a vasovagal response to a cervical check? Did they do one at your appt? I think another January mama experienced something similar, and I did twice when they checked my cervix while in labor. Once my blood pressure dropped pretty low and they put me on oxygen because baby's heart rate fell. How are you feeling now?

ETA- that probably would have happened during the check, but I'm just throwing it out there as a reason - seems to happen to a lot of people with checks.

I had this a couple of times late in my last pregnancy. I agree with others that it's usually for me related to low blood sugar and/or dehydration. I once got like that in a giant target line and almost opened up a candy bar right there in the store so I didn't pass out while waiting to check out. Luckily I made it to the car just in time and ate some fruit snacks I had in my purse.

My husband is a diabetic as well and he gets this way with low blood sugar too. The best thing to do, like @avivoca said, is to hurry and get sugar in your system - liquid works fastest (soda, juice) but hard candy, oranges, and peanut butter are great too. They actually make little sugar disks for diabetics that you can get in a bottle from the pharmacy OTC for around $3 that you can just keep in your purse or the car, etc. He usually feels better about 30-45 mins afterward, though with me I usually felt better about 15 minutes after getting sugar/water.

@Mrs. Blue: are you feeling any better?