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[erbie]

Argh! Ophthalmic migraine! I never had a single migraine when I was pregnanct with Bob, but now I have an ophthalmic one, and I can feel the vise tightening on my head in preparation for all out migraine. And I can't tell if the nausea is just from the regular pregnancy nausea, or from the impending migraine. Please excuse any typos. I am just now getting my vision back after about 45 minute of pretty flashy squiggly lights. Still can't really read, but I can sorta touch type.

I hope this is not a harbinger of the rest of the pregnancy. I've been getting a lot of headache later in teh day, which I think is caffeine withdrawal. Seems to clear up with I have some iced tea. I'd like to cut back more, but I"m not going to go through migraines wihthout the solace of ibuprofen.

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[lietya.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor thing! I know what you mean about the flashy squiggly lights - I get those. The ibuprofen is a necessity, I think.

And I suspect you were there for Oriana's discussions of caffeine in pregnancy; the latest theory seems to be that it may not be so much that caffeine can cause miscarriages as that women who are already more likely to miscarry (the pregnancy is already in trouble) have less of the caffeine aversion in the first trimester and therefore CAN drink more. In other words, the recent wisdom seems to be that by second trimester, a cup of coffee or two a day will do no harm. And if it spares you some misery....

Anyway, I hope you recover soon, and this proves to be an aberration!

[erbie.livejournal.com]

According to both my OB with Bob and this one, up to three cups of coffee or the equivalent are fine. I generally have an iced tea at lunch during the week, and I tend not to have any on the weekends. It has recently occurred to me that the headaches I've been getting in the afternoons on the weekends are caffeine related.

Interesting theory on caffeine and early pregnancy. I do have a coffee aversion, but more to do with the milk I always put into coffee than the actual coffee. I have no problem with iced tea, and in fact, it's preferable to water even. I'd refer to drink only that, but it's too much caffeine and it would dehyrate me.

Water has to be distilled and not too cold, not too room temp. Like cold water left out for about 15 minutes. Unless it's not distilled, then it has to be ice cold. Pretty much any other drinks, I'm just not interested. Funny that I don't much want hot tea either. I haven't been able to stand the thought of my favorite peach-passion fruit tea.

And llnaughty thought I was picky before pregnancy! Heh.

Migraine seems not to have developed, though I'm still a little light and noise-sensitive and not entirely pain-free. But at least I'm not in a darkened room, writhing in pain. I took some tylenol, which never touched my migraines before, and I had a glass of iced tea, and I seem to be mostly okay.

[lietya.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the migraine doesn't seem to have completely kicked in! That's good news, at least.

Interesting preferences you've developed - it could be worse, I guess, but I can see how it's a bit complicated to make sure you get enough water AND caffeine in your system these days. (And it's a shame about the hot tea.)

[erbie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a really hard itme staying hydrated in the morning. And I can tell when I'm not, because it hurts in various places. I try to rink a full glass of water before I leave the house and then I keep a case of water in the car so I can drink some on the way to work. If I can get it in me, I'm okay. But I've also been having trouble drinking more than a sip at a time, as it makes me nauseous. Fun!

[evilbirdgirl.livejournal.com]

you should not be typing at the computer if you have a halo!!! get to a dark quiet place!

[erbie.livejournal.com]

It was all but gone at that point and I was tired of not being able to see. I never did get the full-on migraine, thankfully.

[brokenmellcifer.livejournal.com]

Ow, not fun -- I get those too :(

And congrats on the pregnancy -- somehow I managed to miss that?

[erbie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been getting them about 5 years now. Before that, I only had the pain and sensitivity to light and sound and chewing. The first time I had the aura, I thought I had a brain tumor or that I was having a stroke. Scared the crap out of me.

Thanks on the congrats! I didn't make a formal announcement on LJ, and I haven't been talking about it much, so no surprise you missed it. :)

[brokenmellcifer.livejournal.com]

ME TOO! I thought I was dying. And then a bunch of blood vessles in my eye burst. I thought it was the end.

Then my doctor said it was normal.

Scary stuff!

Apparently if you put your feet in really hot water and let them soak it draws the blood down from your head. Supposed to work.

Congrats on the baby! I'll have to start knitting something :)

[erbie.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had never heard that about putting your feet in hot water. I'll have to try that next time. Though I'm rarely at home when it happens. My auras usually only last about 30-45 minutes, and then most of the time I get the full on migraine, but sometimes nothing.

There are a lot of migraine sufferers on my flist. I hope this helps some of them too!