| Women feel handcuffed, and rightly so, when | | | | lack of sleep, dehydration, hunger, or low blood |
| they are pregnant and suffering from a severe | | | | sugar. |
| headache. Normally, most women will simply take | | | | Obvious relief methods for these headache |
| a pain pill for their excruciating headache, but the | | | | causes will be reducing stress, improving sleep |
| health of their unborn baby now takes | | | | habits, drinking ample amounts of water, and |
| precedence over their suffering. Taking painkillers | | | | eating smaller meals more often. Many women |
| may cause harm to the baby so this option is no | | | | who drink coffee will quit once they find out |
| longer available. The only option left is using natural | | | | they're pregnant. However, caffeine withdrawal |
| treatment approaches, but which ones? | | | | can cause headaches, and the symptoms are |
| Pregnancy is a very special time in a woman's life | | | | most severe when consumption is stopped all at |
| and requires a woman to go through some pretty | | | | once. Gradually weaning yourself from coffee will |
| huge and amazing changes to both their lives and | | | | stop or at least lessen the effects greatly. If you |
| their body. Not only will the new baby change | | | | are thinking about getting pregnant you should |
| their life tremendously, but bodily changes will also | | | | wean yourself off coffee before getting pregnant |
| occur during pregnancy, particularly due to wild | | | | in the first place. |
| hormonal changes. Headaches are one of the | | | | Most painkillers are not recommended during |
| most common types of pain experienced during | | | | pregnancy so these should usually be avoided. |
| pregnancy and fluctuations in hormone levels, | | | | Other popular natural relief approaches such as |
| especially estrogen, can play a big role in causing | | | | taking herbs feverfew and butterbur are also not |
| them. | | | | recommended for pregnant women. Now that we |
| Women who have never experienced a migraine | | | | know what not to do, what are things we can |
| attack before often experience their first one | | | | do? The treatment options you choose will |
| during pregnancy. Most of the time these attacks | | | | depend on the type of headache you have. |
| occur during the first trimester and become less | | | | Tension headaches may be relieved with a cold |
| frequent during the latter two trimesters, but no | | | | compress to the back of the neck while sinus |
| matter when they happen they're painful. | | | | headaches can have a warm compress applied to |
| The first thing that needs to be done is to find | | | | the sinus areas in the face and possibly temples. |
| the cause. Hormonal changes are the biggest | | | | Lying down in a quiet and dark room can help |
| culprit, but it's not the only one. Headaches during | | | | relieve the stress and pain of most headache |
| pregnancy can also be caused by poor posture. | | | | types, including migraines. Eat smaller meals more |
| However, poor posture is more likely to cause a | | | | often, drink more water, and maintain good |
| headache during the third trimester and can be | | | | posture. Massaging your temples is another great |
| helped by maintaining proper posture. Other | | | | way to relieve pain, especially migraine headache |
| causes of headaches during pregnancy are stress, | | | | pain. |