Diet and Health FAQ

Tagged As: Pregnancy Headaches

Question:
I have had a headache for three days now. It's not a fierce roaring, no light/no noise kind of headache, but a niggling sort of all over kind of headache. I'm not sick and don't feel like anything is coming on(like cold, flu etc). I haven't taken anything for it...but am almost ready to give in and have some Tylenol. My question is has anyone had this in preg...where you knew it was pregnancy related? Does anyone know if this is something that can occur in pregnancy? The reason I'm concerned is I have a neurological disorder that is in 'remission' now since August '99. The early warning signs for me are a constant headache and I'm worried the disorder is coming back again..so I was looking for some reassurance maybe that you can get recurrent headaches in pregnancy or something??(I know..grasping at straws!). I don't have any of the other signs of the disorder, but it can take up to a few months for it to hit full force and it worries me how I can handle it during pregnancy when it's very hard to deal with on a normal basis.

Answer:
I do remember headaches in my past pregnancies..and since they're so commonplace to me i never really thought anything of them. This one just had me a bit concerned because it has lasted 3 days now. It hit me Fri. afternoon and it's Sun. evening now and it's driving me batty! I decided to give in and take 2 tylenol's and guess waht. Somebody finished the bottle of tylenol's off and didn't tell me and now I just have to suffer. I have prescription headache meds and some tylenol 2's but I obviously can't take them.