Probiotics for Reflux

[smeisnotapirate]

I'm 14 weeks pg right now, and reflux is hitting me HARD. I had to call off work yesterday because it kept me up the night before and I didn't trust myself behind the wheel to get there.

Someone suggested probiotics to help it out. I have been REALLY bad at TF recently with my tiredness and weird food aversions, and really need to get back into it.

So any suggestions for good pre-bedtime probiotics?

[guestmama9904]

my DH has refluz and he takes an rx and probiotics, both of which seem to help. also try tums, its just calcium and they seem to help.

[Rachel J.]

I didn't get awful heartburn/reflux when pregnant but did have it enough to know that it's pretty miserable. I tried papaya enzymes, helped occasionally; and a handful of almonds (or filberts) chewed really well which worked every time. I carried around a bag of almonds in my purse while pregnant

[PeggyinNC]

Kombucha helps me with reflux a lot, over the long term, but also gives almost immediate relief when I have a bad bout with it. I brew my own with green tea that has been pre-steeped to remove most of the caffeine. Good luck.

[quietserena]

Congrats!

Sorry to hear about the reflux.

If you can, I'd recommend kefir, water kefir or kombucha.

what helps me with reflux usually is a small amount of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water. a teaspoon or so. i worked my way up to a tablespoon but any more than that didn't work. i'm not sure why that works so well but i think it has to do with the whole theory that when you have reflux you need more acid in your stomach.

HTH

[suzukiaustin]

i was researching gerd for a friend a few days ago and came across this:

http://www.westonaprice.org/askdoctor/gerd.html

have you read this yet? hope it helps!

[Pilgrim]

I have heard numerous times (and both of my NDs concur) that most people do not produce too much stomach acid, and that the problem is actually too little stomach acid. I got relief from mine by taking HCL and digestive enzymes with each meal. That prevented heartburn most of the time. Then if I still had a problem, an extra enzyme capsule would work. I also took the bulk of my calcium at bedtime.