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I suffered from migraines for years and no meds helped. The only thing that finally helped was acupuncture. I looked like the pinhead from Hellraiser, but after a couple of sessions I was totally cured. acupuncture isn't painful. I actually like it.

Years later they still come back once in awhile, but nowhere near what they used to be. I highly, highly recommend acupuncture... I'm a believer!

I never had migraines before getting pregnant, but experienced them regularly with both pregnancies — yes, they were a pregnancy symptom!

My OB actually prescribed me Fioricet (Butalbital, Acetaminophen and Caffeine) to help me cope with the migraines during pregnancy, and while they helped, there were some days when I could hardly get out of bed and had to lie there in the dark because every light would bother me. Luckily, on days like this I was able to call my mother or SIL to come help out with Claire.

Now that I've given birth, I haven't gotten a migraine yet but if I do, I want to look into acupuncture.

Fortunately, mine have decreased now that I'm pregnant, but I so feel your pain and I'm sorry you're suffering One thing I did a couple of years ago was take an IgG and IgA immune response blood test with a naturopath to see how my body reacted to over 125 different foods. I found out that while they aren't allergies, I have some pretty big, delayed reactions to quite a few foods. Apparently those foods can build up in your system and help trigger a migraine, so I cut back on those foods and have since seen a HUGE decrease in migraines. Might be worth a shot.

I had no migraines/headaches for the 1st Trimester but now that I'm entering the 2nd, I've been having headaches for a week straight! My doctor prescribed me Fioricet and it works, but I hope I won't need to depend on it for too long. Coffee helps too but I try to limit my intake.

I've had migraines since at least high school and it took me until I was married to really figure out a lot about them. Once I started FAM and tracking my cycle, I realized my migraines were somewhat hormone-related (I'm more likely to get a migraine around ovulation than any other time of the month). Because I charted my temperatures and fertile signs, I also began charting my migraines. I wrote down foods or activities I thought might have been triggers—not enough water, not enough sleep, too much coffee, red onions, changes in air pressure, etc. and it helped me tremendously. I adjusted some of my eating habits (less caffeine, avoiding MSG and red onions which seem to be big triggers for me) and was just careful to get more sleep and drink more water around ovulation. It's not fool proof, and I still get migraines. They're never fun, but they're definitely less fun with a toddler.

When I got pregnant, I had one really bad migraine in the first few weeks and another one about three weeks after Elisha was born, probably as my body was adjusting to all the crazy hormones.

I have yet to find a medication that works. The last medicine I was on was supposed to work if I took it when I started to get my aura, but it only worked once or twice. Eventually, I'll stop being lazy and go back to the doctor, especially since I am armed with all the information I've been keeping about them.