Intro and a question!

[sequins]

Hello all! 

I'm a regular on ML. This is our first kid and I'm about 8 weeks along. My H had absent vasa (born with a vasectomy) , so we had to opt for an IVF and we are very lucky that it worked the first time!! 

I had a question about headaches. I've been waking up with headaches almost everyday this last week. Did you have these? How did you deal with them? 

TIA

[626]

Hi and welcome!

I started getting headaches around 14 weeks. They've gotten better as time has gone on.

I took tylenol and started my day with a full caffeinated cup of tea. They didn't go away completely, but it did help some. Talk to your doctor if they are really bad.

[natsnow]

Oh yes. I thought my head was going to explode a few times. It was horrible. I would take tylenol and a coke usually. I got them about 3-4 times per week. The good news is that they stopped around 15 weeks and haven't come back yet.

[formerlyllizzyb]

Oh goodness yes. I only had them a bit in 2nd tri with my 1st pg, but this time they started around 10 weeks and just eased up at about 25 weeks.

My OB gave me Fioricet, which is truly a wonder drug.

[Deleted]

Yeah definitely had some headaches, ditto the caffeine and tylenol route. Caffeine is perfectly safe up to 200mg/day (so stick with 1 cup of coffee).

[cheeseandcrackers]

Hi and welcome I take occasional tylenol if the headache gets really uncomfortable.

[Bonita]

Yay! I'm so glad to see you over here

I had a few headaches early on and took Tylenol for them, and a couple weeks ago I also had headaches every day (I assume from our weather changing maybe?) and the doctor told me I could take Tylenol for them.

[tacocat]

Congrats and welcome!

I was getting 3-4 headaches a week. I tried to keep my stomach full and usually drank a Coke or drink water. I think you can get headaches if you are even a little dehydrated. I tried really hard to not take any Tylenol, but I had to cave on that once or twice.

[estrellita]

Welcome and congrats! Yes, headaches all the time, although it's not much different from before I was pregnant, lol. I take Tylenol, take a nap, keep hydrated, stay cool, pretty much whatever I can. I miss Excedrin though!

[pennylane]

Welcome & congrats! I had headaches regularly for a while during first tri, and then they went away. All I did was drink a lot of water, and have some caffeine & tylenol when necessary. I hope the headaches don't last for too long for you!

[natsnow]

Oh yeah, and an ice pack on my head!

[sequins]

Thank you ladies! I probably slacked a bit in drinking enough water. So I'll definitely up that. Might end up taking some tylenol after dinner though. Ugh.

[krystee]

I had them a few times a week for a few weeks. I got through them by whining incessantly about them to H. I'm sure he loved it.

[katie80]

Welcome and congrats!!

My first thought was dehydration- actually the first symptom I noticed was that I was incredibly thirsty all day, no matter how much water I drank, and it always seemed worse in the morning. Other than that, Tylenol and a little caffeine might help.

[jorja]

Congratulations!

I had a lot of headaches first tri. Tylenol (man, I miss Advil!), caffeine, and making sure I was getting enough water throughout the day seemed to help.

[Deleted]

Ask your doctor about this stuff:

m.cvs.com/mt/www.cvs.com/shop/health-medicine/pain-fever/non-aspirin-pain-relief/cvs-aspirin-free-tension-headache-pain-reliever-pain-reliever-aid-coated-caplets-skuid-693411

It's only acetaminaphen and caffeine and works great on headaches generally.

[Deleted]

I agree with @astrid. Hydrate and eat before bed (or hell, In the MOTN!).

I haven't had headaches, but I hurt everywhere else. I hydrate like crazy and have had minimal swelling (i hear actually drinking water helps to minimize swelling).

Congrats!

[stategirl08]

My doctor suggested taking a magnesium supplement. 250-500mgs a day. Take it at night bc it can make you sleepy. It's also a stool softener so be careful jumping right to 500mgs.
It helped me a lot taking 250mgs each night.

[nextbigthing]

Welcome and congratulations!

I have either a diet coke or cup of coffee every morning and it definitely helps. Also make sure you drink plenty of water.

This is a great group, stick around!

[azurely]

Congratulations! I had headaches in first tri too. Ditto others, Tylenol and caffeine helped.

[miss.colorado]

Hello and welcome!

[kballerina]

Welcome! Headaches are the pits. Hope they fade quickly for you!

[sequins]

I'm glad to report that guzzling a ton of water and a big helping of coffee ice cream helped me wake up with no headache today!!