Re: 3rd tri, AWFUL headaches

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At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Valerie wrote: >
>23, 3rd pregnancy(2 prior m/c's) 29+4, recently put on work from home
>(lie down or sit with feet elevated for the past week) due to too
>frequent braxton-hicks and a hernia manifesting in left labia. Recently
>taken off 200mg progesterone twice daily, currently taking 137mcg
>levoxyl thyroid supplement and a pre-natal vitamin
>
>Now I have begun to note severe headaches daily... even elevating to
>migraine level pretty often... I have also been VERY fatigued (waiting
>for my doc to call back authorizing a lab test to check for low thyroid
>levels) My blood pressure has been consistently low throughout this
>pregnancy, even at my appt 6 days ago, and at my Level II ultrasound the
>specialist said I had great uterine bloodflow and therefore low risk of
>PIH/pre-eclampsia...
>
>Any ideas what's happening here?
>
>Tylenol seems to take a touch of the edge off, but I worry about taking
>a dose everyday?
>
>Caffeine seems to also be helpful (truth be told, when i have a migraine
>I take my tylenol with Dr. Pepper and then cover my eyes and ears and
>try to sleep)
>
>I am trying to keep it to one intervention daily (tylenol or caffeine)
>so which one crosses the placenta more? (Which one should I prefer to
>use when I am able to stick to just one?)
>
>Is using tylenol daily (one dose daily)for a few consecutive days all
>that bad? I feel guilty, but this is beyond misery at this point.
>
>--
>Valerie
>

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Hector Nemirovsky MD
Former Head Obstetrics Division,
Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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