headaches in 1st trimester?

[allhailtheaubergine]

I never get headaches.

6 weeks pregnant and this is my 3rd blinding headache this week.

It could just be because I am violently ill, nauseous, vomiting, gagging and utterly knackered. And struggling to eat and drink.

Is that likely?

[MyNameIsInigoMontoya]

Could well be that you are dehydrated. Also it seems quite common to have a phase of daily headaches during the first/early second trimester, but in my experience and from previous MN threads I think this usually comes a bit later on, I think for me it was usually somewhere round the 12 to 18-weeks mark and then went off again after that.

You can use 4-Head for headaches in pregnancy, it helped me a bit; but if dehydration is the problem then only getting more fluids somehow will actually stop them I guess... can only suggest keep trying to drink and eat (though I know it's hard!) and try to get as much rest as you can - and chances are it will just be a phase and will pass soon, I hope so for your sake!

[grottielottie]

It's probably a combination of your other symptoms, particularly dehydration, and the amount of extra hormones running around your body.

I had awful headaches which I had rarely had before, in my first trimester. I did my best to sip water constantly and took the occasional paracetamol when it got too much. They gradually got better and disappeared at around 16 weeks.

[allhailtheaubergine]

Thanks both.

I will make an effort to sip water more.

[Oeisha]

Just out of interest, how much paracetamol should we take in 1st trimester, both in 1 go, and over 24h?
I've got a viscious headache. If I wasn't pregnant (wk10/11 according to a 7wk scan) I'd assume I was pre-migraine...been lucky enough for the migraines to have gone so far...
Plenty hydrated (day off, so have been supping away at fluids).
Feel a bit hot, but then it IS hot (23.6*c), and have had plenty of rest too. Can't think of anything I've eaten that would trigger a migraine - but I did have a BAD day at work yesterday, so that'd usually be a good enough excuse for a migraine...

[Oeisha]

Oh. and I've had a few headaches before, including yesterday, but have put this down to tiredness previously. They've not been this bad and they've not lasted very long. Only about 1h into this one.