The Impact of Migraine on Pregnancy Planning

Key messages

• Previous studies have focused upon the impact of pregnancy on migraine patterns, but there is a large migraine burden on pregnancy planning.
• In particular, migraine impacted the pregnancy planning of the young, those with menstrual migraine, chronic migraine and those without children.
• Migrainous females avoided pregnancy because they believed their migraine pattern would worsen during pregnancy and make their pregnancy difficult.
• Previous observations showed most women have migraine improvements during pregnancy.
• The education of migrainous females about the impact of pregnancy on their disease is important.