17+2 and still suffering with headaches and migraines :( anyone else??

[mrs_lukey]

Please someone tell me they will go soon

 

[BubsMom17]

Sorry, wish I could help, but 20+5 here and still getting them 4-5 times a week.
Doc put me on magnesium and it hasn't helped. I have tried ginger tea everyday and it hasn't helped either. I hope it gets better for you! I hope mine let up eventually, but I have pretty much lost hope.

Did you get them before you were pregnant?

 

[mrs_lukey]

Sorry to hear you're suffering too

I have always suffered from migraines but could take medication to help which I can't now

Getting so fed up with constantly feeling bad now.

 

[ama]

Waking with the worst headaches here and then again there back before bed .this is almost every day so i feel your pain they are horrible !! I get bad bad headaches in all my pregnancies too .eases about 24 weeks

 

[Louppey]

I'm still getting them at 23+3

I find a couple of paracetemol and a caffeinated drink help (think coke more than tea though), followed by a dark room with vicks vapor rub on my temples and a cold compress on my forehead.

 

[marleypops]

17+5 here and getting them too... every morning

 

[BubsMom17]

If I don't wake up with them (which is about 3 times a week), they develop in the afternoon. If they are there when I fall asleep, they are there when I wake up. Sleep does not do it.

Honestly, I take 3 tylenol (paracetemol) and have 8 ounces of coffee (with creamer as the headaches make me nauseas and black coffee doesn't help). It usually helps, but then I get really tired after the headache eases up... I have tried the vaporub thing, but the smell makes the headache worse. They aren't always migraines though. Sometimes they are more like really bad tension headaches.

Like Mrs_Lukey said as well, I always suffered from migraines on a monthly with my cycles, but imitrex always helped me. Not an option now... I NEVER got headaches in my first pregnancy. I was surprised when they seemed to come so often with this one.

Let's hope 24 weeks comes and they do let up a bit...

 

[AussieBub]

Aww man and here I was hoping they were going to ease off soon. I'm getting migraines everyday and I've literally just been crying in DH's arms because of my current one. I got out of bed, ready to get some housework done and bam! Migraine! I've tried paracetamol, migraine forehead rub, cold compresses, dark rooms etc and nothing gets rid of them. Moving around is unbearable as it makes my head start thumping and feeling like it's squeezing my brain. I've spent the majority of everyday for the last 2 weeks in bed because these migraines are killing me. I feel like my life is being put on hold again!

-AussieBub

 

[MirandaH]

If they are really bad, I don't see why they can't put you on something. Mine are so bad that they have scheduled an appointment for me with a neurologist because they are afraid that it might be more than just migraines and they have put me on Fioricet. I only take it when I just cannot stand it anymore, but they gave it to me a couple months ago. Sometimes it doesn't help much and only takes the edge off, but most of the time I do gt relief...and then pass right back out.

 

[BubsMom17]

I know they can give you tylenol with codeine, but I don't know how much it helps... it would actually make my nausea worse I think... plus the relief is so temporary...

 

[mrs_lukey]

I'm going to see a specialist tomorrow afternoon who deals with deep tissue massage to help relieve migraines, tension headaches etc. I really hope it helps even if just a little!

 

[Dstnie]

I suffered from migraines before my pregnancy and the doctors all told me they would most likely go away as soon as I got pregnant. I've had 4 in the last week... I'm 16+4.

My OB told me that Imitrex is safe while you're pregnant - not to exceed 200 mg a day. He also has me waking up 20 minutes earlier in the morning and drinking 24 ounces of water and then laying there for the next 20 minutes to hydrate my system. He said the reason I get the migraines is because I have low blood pressure. Who knows if he's right... My regular doctor and neurologist never told me that. But those of you who get migraines know you'll try anything!!!

 

[BubsMom17]

Oh my doc I can't take imitrex, but I also take an antidepressant, and you are not supposed to mix them, pregnant or not...

But you're right... I'm willing to try to see if it helps, even if it is just a placebo effect!

 

[808babysteps]

Hi! I suffer from migraines too. I was wondering if you took imitrex during your pregnancy, and if everything was okay with the baby?

Thanks!

I suffered from migraines before my pregnancy and the doctors all told me they would most likely go away as soon as I got pregnant. I've had 4 in the last week... I'm 16+4.

My OB told me that Imitrex is safe while you're pregnant - not to exceed 200 mg a day. He also has me waking up 20 minutes earlier in the morning and drinking 24 ounces of water and then laying there for the next 20 minutes to hydrate my system. He said the reason I get the migraines is because I have low blood pressure. Who knows if he's right... My regular doctor and neurologist never told me that. But those of you who get migraines know you'll try anything!!!

 

[VickyLou]

I suffered badly before pregnancy. Then they went away but they have started again this last week or so I've been taking paracetamol but they don't touch it.

Hope yours go soon.

 

[Jcliff]

I had terrible migraines with my daughter. I actually had to quit my job because I couldn't function. Nothing really helped until I gave birth. With this baby i have had none!

 

[RandaPanda]

I got them bad before pregnancy, and initially (like, the first month I missed my period and found out I was PG) I didn't have any for a while and was thrilled! But I still get them every few weeks now that I'm further into the pregnancy, and they last several days usually.

Two weeks ago, the pain was so bad a few days into it and it was causing me to projectile vomit anything I ate or drank and just cry my eyes out, so I tried everything that I could think of without using my usual pre-pregnancy meds. I ended up getting rid of it by doing the following (some of you may have heard of it already, as I think I first read it on Facebook!)

Before bed, I put hot water into a foot tub (as hot as I could handle) and then put ice packs on the back of my neck and leaned forward like this (ice on neck, feet in hot water) for about 20 minutes. I then slowly drank a big glass of water and took Tylenol. Switched the ice to my forehead (I might have kept it on my neck, but I had it wrapped around my head with a dishtowel and couldn't get comfy with it behind me while I slept) and went to sleep on the side that was most comfortable for the migraine pain (I always find that one side puts more pressure on my head than the other when I have a migraine). When I woke up the next morning, the migraine felt gone, but I was only cautiously hopeful, as they sometimes don't kick in full force until I'm up and moving around a bit. But it stayed away! I also drank water before I got out of bed, and took one more Tylenol (when I have a migraine, I always set my alarm about 30 minutes before I intend to get up, take the pill and drink the water, and rest again). I was able to go to my teaching job that day without it flaring up again at all.

Then, last week, I could feel one coming on again, and I did the same trick and had a little caffeine, and the migraine never fully developed before disappearing altogether.

I know we have to be careful about raising our core body temperature too high, so that made me a little nervous, but I hoped that just having my feet in the hot water was okay for baby...

Follow it up by drinking lots of water (I use a straw when I'm feeling nauseous - it seems to help).

I don't know if this will work for anyone here, but it's worth a try. I know how awful it feels to have a migraine and how desperate we become for some relief