Headaches! Every. Single. Day!!

[TheGirlWithTheGreyBunny]

I’m almost 17 weeks pregnant and for over a week now I’m getting headaches every day! I feel so tired also I’m needing 2 hour naps every day! I see my midwife in a few days for my 16 week appointment as my dates were moved around at my 12 week scan so I’ll actually be 17 weeks when I see her although I’m sure that’s not an issue. She did check my iron it was low and Iv been on iron tablets but we think it’s low because I had a copper coil and it was causing very heavy periods right before I got pregnant. I have a son he’s nearly 4, I didn’t get headaches with him. We are having a girl this time. Do girl pregnancies cause different symptoms? Iv had such an awful pregnancy my morning sickness was off the chart I was admitted to hospital 5 times for sever vomiting! I’m glad that’s gone now but people say I should feel amazing at this stage and I don’t get why I feel awful!!

Has your blood pressure been checked? And urine for protein?

Make sure you stay well hydrated too

Best of luck 🤞

I would maybe phone the hospital or midwife tomorrow and ask for an earlier appointment. Let them know you’ve got headaches that have lasted a week.
Always a good idea to get any new symptoms checked over. It could be your iron levels or even just tiredness but worth getting checked
over.

Seen midwife everything was fine I’m waiting blood results to come back with my iron levels

@TheGirlWithTheGreyBunny hi just seen this thread I suffer with migraines an recently had a few headaches apparently you can get more headaches through pregnancy when I spoke to my midwife, she just said if my vision was affected or became unwell with them to then seek advice

Hi! I’m also 17 weeks and have my 16 week appt tomorrow! Last week I had headaches everyday for 5 days, they were awful! Blood pressure was fine.

Have you recently reduced your caffeine intake? I have had hyperemesis with this pregnancy and so I hadn’t drunk any tea since 5 weeks, then 2 weeks ago I had a cup here and there but then stopped again. I thought it may have been caffeine withdrawal so started having a cup of tea a day and they are gone! So bizarre!