What to take when you have a headache and pregnant
Migraines during pregnancy
hello I'm Hartford healthcare is Rebecca
Stewart connecting you to healthier a
family's first pregnancy is supposed to
be a time of great excitement but
debilitating headaches topped one young
mom to be in her tracks this is a look
at a newer treatment offered in very few
places Kate Weisman is looking forward
to her little bundle of joy do this
September but as her body started
creating this little miracle there was
an unexpected but not in common side
effect brutal migraine headaches driving
was the first thing that was really kind
of scary because I'd be driving and then
I would lose vision light sound
everything was unbearable the medication
made her feel worse and she was worried
about what she was doing to her baby I
couldn't live with these migraines where
I couldn't work I couldn't enjoy life
couldn't enjoy being pregnant at all
she went to six different doctors and
was finally referred to one of the
world's experts dr. Brian Grossberg at
the Hartford Health Care headache center
the reason why it's even more important
is because most women who were pregnant
we're told that they can't take certain
medications and he had an alternative
one that not many people know about
nerve blocks for headache the nice thing
about the nerve blocks is not only do
they rapidly suppress pain but the
medications that are being used are
generally okay with most obstetricians
as well as many high risk maternal fetal
medicine specialist it's just little
tiny tiny tiny needles they're really
quick
she calls the treatment life changing
and that means she could go back to
focusing on all the adventures ahead I
feel 100% better it's like a brand-new
day for now she's getting those
treatments every four weeks to learn
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