# MAV and Pregnancy

**URL:** <https://mvertigo.org/t/mav-and-pregnancy/12289>\
**Category:** Women's Biz 💁‍♀️\
**Created:** [January 18, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/mav-and-pregnancy/12289 "2016-01-18T00:50:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![NAUGirl](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/naugirl/32/401_2.png) [@NAUGirl](https://mvertigo.org/u/NAUGirl)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/mav-and-pregnancy/12289/1 "2016-01-18T00:50:24Z")

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Hello everyone,

So I just found out that I am 5 weeks pregnant today. I also have MAV and prior to becoming pregnant I have been experiencing a rough patch after years of being symptom free. I started getting symptoms of MAV again in August. Anyways, have any of you been pregnant before and had MAV? I am so scared that I am going to feel even worse plus have all the pregnancy symptoms on top of it. I already can’t walk around much for long it makes me feel unsteady and dizzy already ☹ also if any of you have any tips with coping that would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![liv85](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@liv85](https://mvertigo.org/u/liv85)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/mav-and-pregnancy/12289/2 "2016-01-18T14:22:09Z")

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Congrats, NAUGirl! That’s really exciting news. Unfortunately I don’t really have any advice aside from trying to avoid fluorescent lights (I’ve sometimes thought being a stay at home mom would be nice!) I’m starting up topamax again while I’m on a low dose of gabapentin to help ease my experience while topamax isn’t working that well yet btw. I just feel like topamax is the only solution but obviously you can’t take that while pregnant, but maybe afterwards? Take care, Liv