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I've always had tension headaches and migraines. Thankfully, throughout the pregnancy I've been blessed! I only had a week of bad migraines and for the most part, have been headache free!

Prior to pregnancy, I've tried immitrex and excedrin migraine. Naps, sleeping, and honestly just time...

I get migraines that are triggered by the weather- mostly when the weather changes, specifically when it gets overcast and rainy. Usually I can catch it really early and just get a headache, take Sudafed, and a pain reliever, and I'm OK. Excedrin Migraine definitely helps a lot but I think they pulled all Excedrin from the shelves! I finished our last bottle so I had to get Advil Migraine, which also seems ok.
However, the first month after stopping birth control, I had a bunch of really wicked menstrual migraines. I never noticed them connected to my cycle before, but I had so many in one month that I finally put it together. My regular remedies took the edge off, but nothing really made me feel better except sleep. Thankfully, they seem to have subsided now that I'm over a month past stopping.

I have gotten migraines for years. At one point in my life, I was getting them daily. My triggers are stress, weather (when it's going to rain, I know it before anyone else), and lack of sleep. I finally saw a headache specialist. He had me start taking 1000mg of magnesium because they've found that people with chronic migraines have low mag levels. He also had me start taking melatonin to help with sleep. For a rescue medication, I took Excedrin Migraine )until they pulled it off the shelves) or Aleve. If that didn't work, I have a prescription for stronger Aleve and Reglan (helps with stomach upset from the stronger Aleve, also relaxes me a bit). If that doesn't work, I have a nasal spray called Migranol that is like a miracle drug.

Since I started the magnesium and the melatonin, I've seen a significant decrease in my migraines. Like, going from missing work once a month to missing work once every 4 months. And luckily the magnesium was cleared as safe for me during pregnancy. Melatonin isn't, but I'm hoping I'll be ok without it.

Good luck! It is awful to live with migraines!

Sumitriptan is headache medicine of the gods. It's worth going to get the full neuro eval to have this stuff on hand. All my migraines (and I get them often) are cured within 30 minutes. I couldn't live without it!

@MrsJacks: Agreed! Pre-pg, my drug of choice was Imitrex injections. Because I get horribly nauseated when I have a migraine, it was the only thing that ever worked for me.

@MrsBlue: From Weeks 16-21, I had daily intense migraines. They were so bad that even after falling asleep, I would wake up if/when the migraine intensified (and it did regularly). I worked with a Neuro and my OB to find a safe method to manage my migraines during the pregnancy (it included, among other things, benadryl and fioricet, and the option to take a narcotic, but nothing got rid of them, it just took the edge off). It sure made for a long (and frustrating) 5 weeks. I have only had a few since then (I am 24 weeks now), but they haven't been nearly as intense, and don't last for days on end.