Progesterone can cause headaches. Women who have chronic migraines often find they have migraines more in the luteal phase of their cycle as that is when pregesterone is at its highest. Once pregnant progesterone is even higher then that so maybe its because of your pregnancy progesterone levels. Progesterone levels for memory do reduce towards the second half and third trimester of pregnancy. Not sure if that could be causing them but maybe its contributing to it especially if they have been there dull in the back ground for many weeks.
kungfubecca I hadn't thought a a soak in the bath to rehydrate but gosh it sounds great with a bottle of water and an icy pole!
Em I also hadn't thought of progesterone.... Does progesterone contiune to increase throughout pregnancy... If it does and that is the casue of the headaches I hope not!
An update... I have gone a whole 9 days without a headache I got a faint one of Friday but nothing more come of it Woohoo... Can't say that I've done anything differently though so it's still a bit of a mystery.
I have been having really bad head aches lately, and I went to the Dr yesterday, and found out I am VERY low in iron...my level is 5, and it should be at 30 minimum, so maybe that has something to do with it too....I had to have a jab of iron yesterday, one tomorrow and then next Tuesday too...ggrrr they don't make me feel very good....
So maybe ask your Dr next time and see what they say....
Totally agree and wish i found this thread earlier. i too have had a headache the whole pg I think it stopped at 14 weeks but has come back again this week, i changed my pillow and now sleep slightly upright and find this is helping me, oh and also eating helps lol
sleepy, that is interesting about the iron, I am vegetarian so have been on top of the iron issue, a month before I got pregnant I was 'just' under the ok range so I was deficient so I up'd my iron tablet to daily and have had 2 test so far and I am not deficient anymore, my 2 test were done through different labs and one said teh minimum was 10 and the other 9... My last result was 12 so I'm ok now. I thought 30 or 33 was the upper range of normal levels not the minimum????? I'm at work so can't check my paperwork but a couple of weeks ago my result was 12 and that is def ok... 5 is very low though I take Fefol
Cas you poor thing maybe get your iron checked too?
cherished1 - Thats just what my Dr said...I probably should research it a bit tho...altho I know 5 is super low....I have to get some iron tablets today, and Dr said to double my dose of 2 tablets a day. After I had the jab yesterday I did however get the runs *TMI I know, but it hasn't stopped this morning either......i'm just wondering if my body is taking in the iron or getting rid of it......
Sleepy: ahhh it could be the iron. i am anaemic with my levels barely hitting 3 at the best of times. i am on a legion of supplements, but maybe because i am so low the artificial stuff just doesnt fully cut it IYKWIM....hmmmm food for thought!
cherished: i *think* there are a few different ways to measure the iron. so with my GP he said they like to see around 25 to 30...but i have heard of other levels around the 12-13 mark being normal. so must be a diagnostic thing??
Sleepy I thought iron can make you constipated not give you the runs, it does sound like your body may not be absorbing it? I'd go back to your dr straight away? Hope it all settles down for you... My headaches have stopped now, maybe my iron is slowly creeping up to an exceptable range.
Thanks so much for everyone for posting in this thread, it does seem like low iron is a valid reason for the headaches considering 3 of us all have/had low iron.
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I got a faint one of Friday but nothing more come of it Woohoo... Can't say that I've done anything differently though so it's still a bit of a mystery.
I take Fefol 
maybe get your iron checked too?
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