My gentle readers, in this case - my sibling(s) and possibly one or two peeps that stumble onto this by chance, we had our baby on the December 30th of 2008.
It was due to immeasurable amount of stress from finances, baby's complication called gastroschisis and the raging pregnancy hormones that prevented me from coming online on regular basis and file away my daily posts.
But that's not here nor there - so here's what happened.
Stress had me tapped out. Energy levels were so low I was dragging my heels. One would almost confuse it with onset of depression but it was merely a confused state of a pregnant woman. Emotionally weakened and with level of fatigue that could level a bull, I finally got to the "very scary" part and delivered my baby boy. His surgery went with flying colors, he recovered in half the time most babies normally do - and thank God he's home with us, and been for a while.
Did my migraines bother me a lot during last trimester? No. Stress however did give me several tension headaches and so did any pressure on my head from hair ties, bad neck angle during sleep - you name it.
Did my migraines come back immediately after delivery? No. Labor took 32 hours and 16 minutes on the dot. But with wonderful things like epidurals and skillful nurses on staff checking on me round the clock - everything went by the book... well almost.
The bed I was staying in nearly suffered but pain blocks kicked in at a good time.
Are my migraines back yet? Not yet. I have what I call pre-migraine headaches. It's those tell-tale headaches that let me know that something big and hairy is around the corner and it's not my cat.
As well as I almost always have my auras. Those things follow me like hound follows a scent, but they're not bothersome for most part.
What gives me my headaches nowadays I found out is too much yogurt. Exceeding some unknown limit on "milk sugar" - also known as lactose - not only gives me a headache, but makes my son gassy.
things that trigger it: Yogurt, sugar, bright lights, loud music, piercing sounds, things that seem to constrict my head, not enough sleep, too much sleep, stress, chocolate, lots of carbs.
Things that help it stay away: protein in any way, shape or form, staying away from excess sugars, and sleep. Well latter I never get enough of so...
Anyways, it's been a good run. Toodles to this blog. Thanks for reading.
