Headaches - OW !!!
Over the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing really bad headaches, usually situated over one eye which I can only get a bit of respite (but not pain free) by closing the offending eye !
I've been taking paracetamol but i'm worried that I shouldnt be taking it every day - so am struggling to cope with work and well....daily life with this searing pain !
I just wondered if anyone else experienced this early in the second trimester and what you found to ease it !
MrsW
15+2
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Kristina 17+3
At first I thought it was the stress from the weekend - we had a very very poorly kitty
But now perhaps its something that happens at this stage? I hate taking paracetamol for a headache at the best of times, let alone now! Saturday / Sunday it was that bad, I gave in and took one.
Hoping to get to a chemist at lunchtime as lots of ladies recommended 4Head after I posted this weekend.
Joo xxx
Hope yours ease off soon! xx
I have been headaches in the 2nd trimester too. First one started at 12 weeks and was a constant debilitating headache lasting 2 and half weeks! Went to GP, he signed me off sick and said it was just "hormones" as the placenta was taking over. BP was fine. He prescribed co-codomol which helped a little but not a great deal. It eventually went away on its own. Had another 4 day headache at 16 weeks and then a bad one (only 1 day this time thank god!) at 18 weeks. Have had BP checked each time and it is normal. Doc just says it is "one of those things "in pregnancy. I'm sorry I have no words of wisdom, keep hydrayted and rest - headache will go away eventually! I've been lucky that my work have been undersatnding as I have had quite a few days off as headaches have been so bad that work would not have been possible
Fingers crossed headaches subside a bit for us all!
Mrs S2B
19 weeks + 1