Manage Your Pregnancy Migraine In 3 Easy Steps

To have a migraines normally is bad enough, never mind when you are pregnant

Keeping a migraine diary will help you identify your triggers and avoid them. Let’s look at how.

Try these easy steps to help relieve or stop your pregnancy migraine.

1. Migraine Triggers

Sometimes it seems that migraines happen for no apparent reason. However, something tends to trigger migraines even though it doesn’t seem like it at the time. Triggers can be different things fo different people.

Cheese, chocolate and foods with additives(e.g. tyramine) along with drinks like coffee, tea and red wine. Being tired, too much or too little sleep, bright or flashing lights and even strong smells.

Not having meals at regular times, stress or the time following a stressful situation, excessive noise and weather conditions.

2. Keep A Migraine Diary

To try and understand what triggers your migraine you can use a migraine diary to log when they occur.

You can write down the dates and times of your migraine, keep track of any medication you have taken as well as what you have had to drink and eat, make a note of your sleeping patterns, if you have been tired and activities you have been doing. It is also good to give the severity of each migraine a score out of ten to help understand if they are better or worse at different times.

Be aware that it can be a combination of things that trigger a migraine.

3. Avoid the Triggers

A pattern should emerge that will indicate the cause or causes of the migraines. You can then remove these factors from your life. You should continue to complete your diary, recording the improvements and celebrating your success.

Manage Your Pregnancy Migraine In 3 Easy Steps

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