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Hmmm... I had lots of migraines when I was pregnant (and when I wasn't) and there's not a ton you can do about it. But I'll just tell you what my doctors told me.

My OB told me you can take Imitrex. She said she took it herself when she was preggo. But my neurologist said it was a no no, so I chose not to take it just in case.

Everyone of course said yes to Tylenol, but not too much. It can cause rebounds, and it can cause your baby to become addicted. That's something I didn't know before. Also, you can get tylenol with caffeine in it.

Do you know what your triggers are? A lot of the time for me it was the weather, so if there was some sort of front coming in I could take a benedryl and that would help a lot. Obviously if light and noise bothers you stay away from that if you can. I used to keep the lights off in my office... my coworkers thought I was crazy but it was necessary! Foods can also be a big trigger, like chocolate.

I ended up getting a membership to a massage place which was great. Not only did I get a prenatal massage once or twice a month, but I'm still a member so I'm *forced* to keep going now that I have the baby. Something I wouldn't do otherwise, but really do need.

The only other things I can think of are heating pads (of course not for long periods of time and not too hot), I use a peppermint oil that's pretty strong and sometimes does the trick.

Migraines during pregnancy suck! Many doctors just said that I had to suffer. They had no advice what so ever. I was like really, what do your other patients do? Pregnant women get migraines, I know it! I ended up in the ER every other weekend for my whole first trimester, it was awful. But the third trimester was great, they went away completely.

Hope you start feeling better soon too!