hello I saw the post and knew I had to respond. I started getting headaches around 11 weeks into my pregnancy and then I would say around 13-14 weeks they were no longer really headaches but migraines and they just kept gettinng worse to the point that they were keeping me from functioning.
Luckily one day I had one and I had an OB appt and doc saw how bad they were. She prescribed me vicodin which after MUCH hesitation, research, and debate--along iwth 3 more calls to their office LOL I finally broke down and took. There are other pain meds that can be rx but vicodin is kind of the 'old stand by' I guess. I would take a 1/2 and it made it to where I could function a bit but I couldnt stay at work on them because I am a real lightweight and even 1/2 made it to where I couldnt do much. I had to get FMLA for the migraines because they were so bad I just couldnt stare at a computer screen all day (my job at time).
The theory was that once I got a month or so along they woudl stop because the hormones would be at a different stage but they didnt so I asked to be rx a blood pressure med I had read about being used for pregnancy induced hormonal migraines, they dont know why exactly it works but it does for a large number women. It is called Verapimil--sp? anyway I started taking that I cant remember what # weeks and within a week it was better little to no headaches, from then on out I had maybe one a week (which is not abnormal for me anyway) and I had less than 5 the rest pregnancy requiring vicodin.
Next pregnancy I am going to see if I can wait out the 1st tri but I will be going on it right away. Thye didnt think of it or recommended it to me initially because it can cause probalmes in asthma so I measured peak flow regularly and never had a rpoblem with it.
