I have heard peppermint oil helps. If you can get your hands on some and sniff it often...I had to improvise and use peppermint extract on Than ksgiving. It helped some. But I am having the same problems. I find drinking a ton of water helps me too. (Even though I do not want to drink water.)
I also drink watered down pedialyte or gatorade when my headaches are bad. I am getting to the point of going back in for some acupuncture. I will keep you posted on if that works and for how long.
I've had a few over the past few months. I take tylenol, put a few drops of peppermint oil on a towel, and lay down in a dark room with an ice pack that's wrapped in that towel on my head to take a nap. It usually eases up within an hour or 2. I haven't found anything that's worked quickly though.
I was just in the er after having one for 5 days. I tried everything at home....cold towel,peppermint oil,tylenol,dark room.....I ended up with iv fluids and what they called a migraine cocktail. Benadryl,a pain med( which it took 3 dr to convince me that it would not hurt the baby) and anti nausea medicine. After 7 hours of treatment it finally lifted enough that I went home. I now have an appointment with my ob to discuss a treatment plan for this. Good luck let me know what works for you please....
I have been experiencing the exact same thing for the past week. Tylenol wouldn't work. Went to the drugstore and the pharmacist made sure my blood pressure was normal. She then informed me that most common complaints are due to dehydration.
So I began drinking way more water (although it meant even more frequent bathroom trips), and in less than 24 hours felt so much better!
Please make sure to stay hydrated. I know it is a pain, but we gotta replace the water being loss from urinating so dang much while pregnant. :-)
I too ended up in the ER last week for a migraine and it took them hours to get the pain to a manageable level, nothing they tried was helping. I ended up getting morphine and a few other pain meds that were able to take the edge off. When I saw my OB to discuss further treatment he told me to alternate fiorcet, ultram, and ibuprofen every two hours when a migraine starts to get bad. I'm 14 weeks now and he said this safe to do until about 20 wks. He said the risks of taking the medicine far outweigh the stress the pain was causing me and the baby.
I've had migraines my whole life. Sucks not being able to take immatrex or Advil to help them now. I've been told by the dr that there is a ibuprofen free version of excedrin migraine (basically Tylenol with caffeine). I was also told to take vitamin b12 and magnesium to help prevent them. We'll see if that helps
Unfortunately, nothing I've done helps except to reduce my intake of sugar and drink much more water. Plus to just go to sleep. Nothing else, really. Hopefully the migraines go away after the baby.
Re: What to do for a migraine?
TTC #1 4/2009 - DD 2/5/10
TTC #2 since October 2011
2IF issues
Mommy to my sweet boy, JG, born May 15, 2014
Baby #2 due 4/26/16!