headaches during pregnancy

[CloudBee]

Suggest your remedy. Right now I'm taking Tylenol and drinking coke. It's going from bad, to tolerable, to hardly there yet annoying. I've been righting it off since late last night.

[ijack]

more water than you ever thought possible.

[CloudBee]

Sept 17, 2012 16:32:25 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Lots of water and rest.

Are you still on zofran? That can cause headaches too. Ugh.

Haven't taken it in over a week.

Will keep drinking, thanks ladies!

[whitemerlot]

I also had a prescription for fioricet.

[dukesilver]

Sept 17, 2012 16:49:56 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I hope you feel better soon! Tylenol is pretty much bullshit LOL.

LOL. I'm TTC and doing some research about what I can and cannot take. When I read that all I would be able to take when pregnant was Tylenol I . I get wicked migraines and Tylenol isn't going to cut it!

[GailGoldie]

talk to your doc.

I got migraines during pregnancy (i get them normally, too). My doc rx'd a few things... none worked that well - but much better than tylenol ever will.

fioricet - it's a barbituate + caffiene.
vicodin - opioid, doesn't really work well for migraines... helps for other types of pain.

my Ob let me take Advil up to 26w pg. said the real risk is in the 3rd tri. That helped more than any rx.

[CloudBee]

Ah! My baby is the size of a peach today!

I may put a call into my doc if I still have a headache tomorrow. I have already had an additional 20 oz of water or so in the last hour.

[acceptthegood]

I've had some terrible headaches the last few days and they told me to go to L&D. They gave me vicodin (which helped some) and checked me for high blood pressure. Definitley mention it to your doc - maybe you can get relief through vicodin, and they will want to keep an eye on your blood pressure too. Feel better!!

[fortmyersbride]

I also took ibuprofen or other NSAIDs until 28 wks. Like Goldie said, the real risk with ibuprofen is premature closure of the DA in 3rd tri. I usually took ibuprofen plus Tylenol plus a caffeinated beverage.

[Deleted]

My Dr gave me the ok to take Advil through the 5th month. Tylenol is useless.

[carolinagirl831]

Ugh I've been getting headaches a lot if evenings, Tylenol I take as soon as I start feeling it, not letting it get out of control ( not that it does much) , drink lots of water and a caffeinated coke, and try not o let myself get overly hungry. I have found that if I let myself go too long without eating I get a bad headaches, small snacks help this. Good luck, I'm trying o figure out dealing with it too , boo!

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Sept 17, 2012 21:19:23 GMT -5 carolinagirl831 said:

Ugh I've been getting headaches a lot if evenings, Tylenol I take as soon as I start feeling it, not letting it get out of control ( not that it does much) , drink lots of water and a caffeinated coke, and try not o let myself get overly hungry. I have found that if I let myself go too long without eating I get a bad headaches, small snacks help this. Good luck, I'm trying o figure out dealing with it too , boo!

This is what I did for my PG headaches too. It usually stopped them from getting worse. If I could, I would usually take a nap in a dark room too.

[teacherjulie]

I am also 13 weeks and get headaches I found Gatorade helps.

[Deleted]

Sorry you're dealing with headaches.