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Originally Posted by juliebird  I had this happen early in my pregnancy (like 6 weeks or so). I did a little reading, and found that if:
1. You experience a sudden increase in floaters (as dense as what you'd see coming from a salt shaker)
and/or
2. You see flashes of white light (as Maeryn pointed out)
Then you should definitely call the doctor. It is probably nothing but the big fear is of a detached retina. I had both symptoms (sudden increase and flashes). It was like I was seeing a flock of birds swooping down from my left eye and I'd startle, until I realized it was floaters (which I also usually have).
I was going to just ignore but a friend of DH's recently had his retina detach and had to have surgery, not once, not twice but 3 times!
I went to the opthamalogist (not an optometrist) and he checked me out. Everything was ok, thankfully.
Good luck and HTH
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Not only white light, but flashes of light like fireworks or like the sun on a rippling pond.
I've always had floaters since I was in my late 20s. They seemed to get worse through my pgs.
When I was pg with my daughter, both of my retinas split (retinoschisis). I did not have high BP or any other signs that anything was going on besides the floaters (which may or may not mean anything on their own) and the flashing lights in my peripheral vision that just appeared one afternoon.
I was scheduled for laser surgery (after an optometrist saw me, freaked, and sent me to a retinal surgeon that afternoon), but it progressed so quickly that I was admitted for emergency surgery and had a buckle placed on one eye and then laser done on the other. I was 7 months pg. How much fun was that? LOL.
I did lose some vision in one eye, but not enough to affect daily life.
Since then, both retinas have been re-lasered a number of times. All seems to be holding *fingers crossed*
So, if you ever see something out of the ordinary, even if it seems trivial, get it checked ASAP. The surgeons managed to save the majority of the vision in my right eye, but it was a close call.
Normally a couple of advil will take the edge off, but of course that's a no go during pregnancy. Tylonol just doesn't cut it. What I've been doing is drinking a cup of coffee and taking two tylonol. That seems to take the edge off enough to function at least.
I know, and I won't ever take excedrin, even when not pregnant. It makes me jittery, where the cup of coffee seems less intense in that respect. I've been getting them so often this pregnancy though that I've had to do something. Okay....back to the regular scheduled thread topic....lol.
