Im 14 Wks, and im waking up with painful headaches...

Is it okay to take an extra strength tylenol?
And is anyone else experiencing this going into the second trimester?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Lovely_Lis:</b>" Is it okay to take an extra strength tylenol? And is anyone else experiencing this going into the second trimester?"</blockquote>




Yes and yes. But always call and inform your doc.

Me!!! I've been having them off and on for a few weeks (I'm 15 1/2 wks now). Sometimes drinking sweet tea or something with caffeine helps (even though I was never a caffeine drinker prior to pregnancy), but the list my OB gave me says I can take one extra strength tylenol every 8 hours, or one or two regular kind every 4-6 hours.

Thanks! I never had headaches when i was pregnant with my daughter, who is three now. I only remember having one bad headache with her, and that was it.
Appreciate the quick responses, this really sucks! Just when im starting to not feel so nauseaus....Lol

I've been having them daily for 10 weeks now.
Tylenol is perfectly fine, but don't take any more than 8 pills a day and if the headaches are persistent and/or accompanied by vision changes you need to let your doctor know so they can rule out other causes.

Quoting Dahling:" Me!!! I've been having them off and on for a few weeks (I'm 15 1/2 wks now). Sometimes drinking sweet ... [snip!] ... the list my OB gave me says I can take one extra strength tylenol every 8 hours, or one or two regular kind every 4-6 hours."

  Caffine is my best friend for this reason. I prefer coffee or tea, but soda will work in a pinch. My doc says limit it to 12 oz a day though.

I had horrible, horrible headaches in both pregnancies that didn't get better until I was further along (23+ weeks). Extra strength tylenol is OK as well as (tylenol) sinus medication and allergy pills such as Claritan. I mention sinus pills because our sinuses suffer in pregnancy and a lot of that pain and pressure could be from that. It sometimes helped take the sharp edge off mine.

Hang in there.

Quoting Soon 2B Mom of 2:"   Caffine is my best friend for this reason. I prefer coffee or tea, but soda will work in a pinch. My doc says limit it to 12 oz a day though."

 
2 extra strength tylenol and a can of soda always helps me too.

Quoting Just Ames:" I had horrible, horrible headaches in both pregnancies that didn't get better until I was further along ... [snip!] ... and a lot of that pain and pressure could be from that. It sometimes helped take the sharp edge off mine. Hang in there."

Sudafed is safe as well!
I have found that peppermint tea helps take the edge away too for whatever reason.  

For some reason, peppermint tea suddenly makes me want to gag! Lol
(among other things...)

Quoting Lovely_Lis:" Is it okay to take an extra strength tylenol? And is anyone else experiencing this going into the second trimester?"

OH I had the worst headaches no matter what I took(could take anyways) or ate around 13-14 weeks. . lasted for 2 weeks or so

Quoting ♣ Lauren ♥:" OH I had the worst headaches no matter what I took(could take anyways) or ate around 13-14 weeks. . lasted for 2 weeks or so"

Weird.....i wonder why this is happening NOW as opposed to earlier than now..

Quoting Rabbit™ {24wks}:" I've been having them daily for 10 weeks now. Tylenol is perfectly fine, but don't take any more than ... [snip!] ... are persistent and/or accompanied by vision changes you need to let your doctor know so they can rule out other causes."

Totally agree they were worried with mine that it could have been preeclamsia (sp) but because the ES Tylenol helped and eased them they were not to concerned. So take some tylenol with a lil caffine and go lay down in a dark room for an hr hopefully you feel better

Quoting Lovely_Lis:" Weird.....i wonder why this is happening NOW as opposed to earlier than now.."

I have low blood pressure during my pregnancys, and the doc says thats what is causing mine.

Quoting Lovely_Lis:" Weird.....i wonder why this is happening NOW as opposed to earlier than now.."

Progesterone.