Migraine and Pregnancy

Abstract

Migraine affects almost one in five women of reproductive age. Therefore, understanding its impact on pregnancy outcomes and how to manage migraine safely in pregnancy are of particular importance. This review will summarise the clinical course of migraine during pregnancy, the management of women presenting with headaches during pregnancy, the management of migraine during pregnancy and summarise what is known about how migraine and migraine medications impact pregnancy outcomes.

Keywords

• pregnancy
• migraine
• headache
• miscarriage
• pre-eclampsia