Postpartum headache?

I spent the day in the ER yesterday with excruciating headache on the left side only. It started out of nowhere. I am 12 weeks pp and breastfeeding. I have no history of migraines or headaches. I had a swollen spot above my left eye and the headache was so strong it made me scream and cry. the ER couldn’t find anything in CT scans and blood tests and sent me home but now it’s been over 48 hours in same level of pain. Pain meds are not responding to this at all. My blood pressure at the ER till now is in 150’s/upper 90s. The only way this pain goes away is when I sleep. Then my BP goes back to normal once I’m not in pain. Once I wake up from my sleep, in 15 mins the pain is back. Standing up and sitting up makes it worse.

Has anyone had this kind of experience? Is this postpartum related?

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No advice but sending u love and prayers that it goes away fast beautiful 💖🥺

Did you have a c section?

I had a normal delivery and took an epidural

Okay mmm when I had my c section they were very concerned when I developed a headache the next day as it can be a very rare side effect of the spine injection. I would get a second opinion because they said to me that the headache would get worse sitting and standing and would only ease when laying down. They told me they would have to do another injection in my spine to fix the headache

oh my goodness. I am gonna bring this up to my PCP tomorrow. I can definitely believe that this could be related to the epidural shot.

thank you so much for your prayers 😔😔

it’s normal for your bp to be high when in pain. the headache might be stress related and you just need a lot of rest. you will be fine

Your symptoms are consistent with leaky cerebrospinal fluid because it gets better when you lay down! Very important to tell your doctor that the headache is better when you lay down. It is easy to fix with something called a blood patch!

that’s what my doc said too. The BP could be caused by the pain.

I am gonna bring this up to my PCP. I did a whole research about this overnight and it seems like this condition would come within 6 day period of taking epidural. But I’m 3 months post partum. Do you think it could still affect me?

I’m really hoping it has to do with hormones. I still haven’t had my periods. I’ve been sleep deprived last couple of days -like only getting 3 hours per night. That went on for 3-4 days straight. Then this happened.

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