Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 455 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Migraines During Pregnancy Posted: 01-15-07 09:14am
Hi girls,
yesterday morning when I woke up I was
seeing strange bright spots on one side
only (my right eye). It took about a half
hour to an hour for it to go away. Once
it went away I developed a major migraine
which was with me all day and didnt go
away until I finally broke down and took
some tylenol last night before bed. (i
hate taking anything during pregnancy, but
I didn't have a choice at this point it
was take it for the pain or start throwing
up)
i was wondering if anyone else experienced
what they call migraines with aura during
their pregnancy and how they delt with
them?
Anyone with any information, I would
greatly appreciate. I am going to see my
doctor on wednesday this week to talk
about them among other things.
Thanks,
mary
14 wks....3 days due july 13th
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onmyway_0x
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Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 759 Location: Canada
Posted: 01-15-07 10:22am
I too have been getting severe headaches.
I've read the main cause for bad
headaches or migraine's during pregnancy
is hormonal changes, stress and tension on
your neck and back as you get bigger.
Tension in you neck and back will cause
nasty tension headaches, what I usually do
is try and relax have a hot bath and get
someone to give me a nice back/neck rub.
As for stress headaches , again you just
have to ease your mind ... But in the
end sometimes headaches just dont go away.
Make sure you talk to your doctor
because migraines are a terrible thing to
live with.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 01-15-07 10:26am
Be careful with writing off headachs
during pregnancy. I got one really bad
and I called my doctor and went to the
hostpital and about 1/2 an hour later I
started have seszers. The spots and
headaches are sometimes a cause of
hypertension in pregnancy.
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mayhi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 455 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 01-15-07 10:33am
Yeah, migraines are aweful. I have
suffered most of my life with them. At
one point I was on meds to keek me from
even having them. They were wonderful,
but I didnt want to take them forever.
Today I have such a serious sensitivity to
smell that I just hurled my breakfast up.
It was aweful and of course now I feel
terrible. I stomach hurts from getting
sick.
I am going in to see my doctor wed, so we
will definitly be talking about whats
going on. I already have bad back pain,
as I am overweight to begin with, so I
suspect that I am going to be put off work
early, which would not be good as my hubby
is on his way home from alberta on
saturday and will be out of work for at
least a mth from what we know down here
with the company he works for in halifax.
Frustrating, but normal for this time of
year.
Anyways, I just hope that I start to feel
better soon. This sensitivity to smells
is killer tho!!
I have arnold chiari malformation i.
I've had severe migraines since I was 12.
Pregnancy worsens my condition. If you
don't lik etaking tylenol then you
probably wouldn't like that I take vicodin
when absolutely necessary.
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Becky
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Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 6225 Location: London, England
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Posted: 01-16-07 07:22am
I get migraines like you describe about
once or twice a fortnight. I'm not
pregnant and I don't know what causes them
but they are getting more frequent and i'm
too scared to go to the doctor in case
something is wrong
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tigresacanela24
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Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 5261 Location: Treat your children well, eventually they'll choose your nursing home.
Posted: 01-16-07 08:58am
Becks it could simply be migraines and
nothing worse. I've had them for about
the past 8 years or so. I usually get
about two a month. I thought something
was seriously wrong with me, but that
wasn't the case. Simple migraines and
nothing more. I took excedrin migraine
until I got preggo and that stuff works
beautifully. I had a script for imitrex
before that but the imitrex made me sick.
What works really well too is to drink a
can of coke (quickly) and lie down for a
few. You'll get up a new person.
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mayhi
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 455 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 01-16-07 09:18am
Hi girls,
i am not worried about my migraines. My
family is tho. I had an aunt who died at
the age of 26 (i think) from a disease
that she had, some sort of brain disease
and I cannot remember the name of it for
the life of me. She had all the same
things going on that I have, but I have
told the doctors and they are not worried.
Often times its just migraines and
nothing more than that. I am sure thats
all you are having beckster, it could also
be due to stress. It doesn't hurt for you
to go to the doctor because if something
was wrong, wouldnt you want to know and
get it taken care of so that you can live
a long happy life with your kids?
