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Marcie
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Headaches from epidural
Did anyone get headaches from a side effect of an epidural?
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Nope.
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BrunetteMom
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Nope.
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smiles
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No and 7 of my friends have recently had babies and an epidural and no one had any side effects at all.
The epidural is your friend 
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paulandles912
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No
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Marcie
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Re: Headaches from epidural
I just had to ask, I have heard it does happen, I am very prone to headaches, so I wanted to see what the consensus was. Thanks 
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AndreaLMT
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No, thank goodness.
I had heard about getting a bad headache as a possible side effect of the epi, but I luckily didn't get one- I am also prone to headaches.
Apparently there is something they can do if you DO get a severe headache after it is administered. I believe they inject some of your blood into the epidural space & it apparently gets rid of it.
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Texas4Good
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Yes- it lasted for a day or two... just took tylenol for it every 4 hours
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btrflygrl
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Re: Headaches from epidural
nope...I was fine unless being VERY hungry after labor/delivering is a side effect of the epi.
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MrsBumbleb
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Posted by AndreaLMT
No, thanks goodness.
I had heard about getting a bad headache as a possible side effect of the epi, but I luckily didn't get one- I am also prone to headaches.
Apparently there is something they can do if you DO get a severe headache after it is administered. I believe they inject some of your blood into the epidural space & it apparently gets rid of it.
YES! It made my whole experience a nightmare and really contributed to my baby blues. It's called a spinal headache but the funny thing is it's not in your head it's in your neck and spine. I could not sit up or walk and had to lay down flat. I got talked out of getting the blood patch before leaving the hospital so I went home with my baby in this condition. Needless to say three days later I went to the ER and had it done. I felt so much better immediately and was upset I didn't have it done before leaving the hospital so I wouldn't have missed out on taking care of Roman. My Dr. said they see it maybe once a week. I was the lucky one that week
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mishy
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Re: Headaches from epidural
I didn't, but they kept telling me not to lift my head after I gave birth, because I kept trying to peek at her while they stitched me up..
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mommy2bella
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Message edited 12/21/2011 11:46:21 AM.
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momAGAIN
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Re: Headaches from epidural
when I had my son I had a migraine everyday for a week , with no relief I cried and cried the doctor toild me it was from my epidural
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DaniRN
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Posted by AndreaLMT
No, thank goodness.
I had heard about getting a bad headache as a possible side effect of the epi, but I luckily didn't get one- I am also prone to headaches.
Apparently there is something they can do if you DO get a severe headache after it is administered. I believe they inject some of your blood into the epidural space & it apparently gets rid of it.
This happened to me-I guess I was a "lucky" one. I had SEVERE head and neck pains and I was vomiting every time I stood up. I had to go back to the ER 4 days postpartum and had a blood patch and my headaches went away instantly. They took 20cc;s of blood from my arm and injected it into where my epidural was. I went home soon after but ended up getting an infection and spiked a fever of 105 that night and was RE-admitted to the hospital for another week of IV antibiotics. It was so tough on me to be away from my baby at that time.
BUT-I would still definately get an epidural with my next
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pnm1654
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No
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sunny
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No headaches for me.
I did get a wierd pain at the site, kind of like a twinge, for awhile after. It was not bad to make the epi not worth it though.
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aja
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Re: Headaches from epidural
No
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Headaches from epidural
I didn't have the epidural but have a few friends that did and had headaches. I thought it had something to do with where the epidural was put in??
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bellarina
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Re: Headaches from epidural
thankfully- NO! The epi was my best friend!
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michele31
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Re: Headaches from epidural
I had a spinal, so it is a bit different. But this can be serious so you need to alert your doctor.
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mishy626
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Yes, they were horrible. I opted for the blood patch 2 days after giving birth to my son and within an hour or so, it was totally gone.
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Adri
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Re: Headaches from epidural
Nope
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justthe4ofus
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Re: Headaches from epidural
I got them from the spinal from my c-section. I had chronic headaches for about 2 months. Now I am back to getting them as much as I did pre pregnancy which is still often enough 
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