migranes when pregnant

[monorailsilver]

Oh god yes!! I got migraines with all 3.

I swear I used to get them every Monday am. Partially they are from lack of sleep. I still get them if I don't get alot of sleep. They'd go away by Tuesday mid-am.

What I did was take ES Tylenol every 3-4 hours, drink some tea & have 2 Pepsi's. I still do that. OH & I don't drink alot of caffeine either on a normal every day basis.

One other thing that helped me was when I puked, the headache would almost go away.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Oh god yes!! I got migraines with all 3.

I swear I used to get them every Monday am. Partially they are from lack of sleep. I still get them if I don't get alot of sleep. They'd go away by Tuesday mid-am.

What I did was take ES Tylenol every 3-4 hours, drink some tea & have 2 Pepsi's. I still do that. OH & I don't drink alot of caffeine either on a normal every day basis.

One other thing that helped me was when I puked, the headache would almost go away.

I agree...once I get the heaves, if I am lucky, I feel better a short time later. Not always though...sometimes I get round 2, 3, or more with the heaves before life starts to get better.

I found a lot of my migraines were from too much sleep (guess too little does it too though) and from not eating (not a conscious effort mind you, but life is busy).

 

[Paull117]

At my doctor's recommendation, the minute I felt one coming on I took two Tylenol and drank a Coke. A real Coke, not diet or caffeine free, a real one. Worked like a charm. I was worried about the caffeine, but my OBGYN assured me this was okay.

Good luck!

This is what my DW's doctor said to do.

Paul

 

[Lesley Mahler]

My doctor would only let me take over the counter medicine also, but he told me to take it with a coke!! Boy does that work. I even do that now not being pregnant when I can feel them coming on and it works if I catch it early enough and don't have to take any of my prescription meds!!

 

[emh1129]

This is my third pregnancy and the first time in my whole life that I've ever had migraines. I've only had two, but I hope to God that I don't have any more. I couldn't see and the pain was so intense. My midwife told me that it's fine to take a half dose of Excedrin and that did the trick for me, thank goodness. Caffeine helped tremendously- I think mostly because I never drink it, so it was new to my body.
My blood pressure is perfect and there are no other problems, so I don't have a cause for the headaches. I just hope that was the end of them.

 

[nessz79]

With my first son, I had migraines about every week for weeks 6 through 14. It was awful. Of course, I had the intense migraine behind one eye usually, but I would also be weak and nauseous. If I tried to move across a room, it usually resulted in my throwing up. I would basically spend 24 hours in a dark room, wishing terrible things would happen just so I wouldn't feel it anymore.

My doctor told me to take Tylenol at first, which did absolutely nothing. The last week of my migraines (go figure) she prescribed Tylenol-3 w/ codeine in it. I know- a narcotic...however, she said it was the safest prescription she could give me. I was tired of throwing up and missing work, so I took it and it worked relatively well. I would still throw up, but the pain was so much better.

I'm glad to see some people had better experiences. The good thing is that I never had them again, even when pregnant with #2.

 

[Reese]

I had wierd migraines when pregnant...they were called retinal migraines. I saw stars but felt no pain.

Mine started like that. It was my warning sign to go lay down. If I could get to sleep quick enough I could manage to ward off the pain and vomiting. If not it was a good four to eight hours before I could feel human again.
Watch your blood pressure. Mine were related to elevated blood pressure (not high just higher than my normal).

 

[maedelken]

Thanks everyone for all the advice. Migranes are really awful. I have had two already with this pregnancy and they sucked. They are scary and I feel like I am just walking around wondering if will happen again today. Oh god don't let it happen today. With my other pregnancies I had problems with pre term labor and had to be magged. Let me tell you the migranes freak me out more then the other stuff. I tell my DH I rather be magged then get another migrane. Just thinking about them now makes me want to cry. When you don't have one for awhile you get lulled into a false sense of security and then wham its like you get hit by a truck. How can you tell you are getting them. How do you catch them in enough time? What do you feel like when you take the tylenol and coke?