Heartburn

[sewingmomma]

I am huge I am uncomfy Is it fair I also get heartburn from EVERYTHING including water?
I am so over pregnancy i swear I can't eat hardly anything without popping tums. I wished this baby would drop some so I can one breathe and 2 eat!!!
Sorry I had to vent a minute

[Mama2-4]

I am the same way. My only relief is to take 75mg of zantac before I eat dinner. If it continues later in the evening I will pop another before bed. This stuff workslike a charm! I was so sick of Tums and how they barely worked to relieved my symptoms. I was also waking up burping so much that I actually threw up on several occasions. It is safe during pregnancy, and I have discussed it on here with other Mama's who use it....so,think about giving it a try!

[sewingmomma]

I might pick some up.
I am puking acid sometimes It is almsot more miserible than the hyperemesis I had.
I think the heartburn is the cause of my not being able to sleep.
I keep repeating this WILL be worth it in the end LOL

[SamuraiMom]

Keep some almonds by your bed, just a couple will drive away the HB, but you can eat as much as you want and not have calcium deposits on your placenta. I have to say that HB is my biggest complaint right now, my only complaint, but I get it most when I haven't eaten anything for awhile, it sux.

[Quella]

I have the same problem, and I've been drinking a TB or so of raw apple cider vinegar in some water. Not the most tasty, but it really helps my heartburn.

[firecat]

no real advice here, just some sympathy! I have the same thing... the constant burps, sometimes with acid sometimes not. The burning will wake me up out a doze and I have to sit up for a few until it goes away, along with the large amount of saliva. It makes it really hard to take a nap!!
I found it usually appears 1 1/2 hours after eating so I have been trying not to eat for a couple of hours before bed. Of course that means when I get up for my 5th bathroon trip around 5:00 am I am starving!!
good luck I have just been trying to stick it out with the occasional glass of milk or dose of cal/mag. Baby dropped last night and seems to be there still this morning so maybe it will get better... although I am sure she will pop back up sometime today.

[Mommy2Austin]

Few natural remedies I've heard of are:

Tbsp of Apple cider vinegar in a glass of water

Tbsp of Baking Soda in a glass of water (although I was also told that this could cause worse heartburn as it makes the fluid in your tummy too basic (as in acid/base))

Papaya Enzyme Tablets (what I use)

I was told to avoid TUMs because the calcium in them isn't absorbable and can cause deposits on your placenta. If I have to use something like that I have found that Original Rolaids (the mint kind) work 100X better than tums ever have!

[Dea]

I'm in the same boat so to speak. The natural remedies that everyone suggested used to work, but now they don't even touch this HB. I've started taking a pepcid at night so I can sleep. I would like to just suffer it out, but the acid can do a lot of damage to your esophagus, and it's not worth the scarring and the resulting HB for life.

[Quella]

I agree with you Dea.

This is an extreme case, and not meant to scare. But a woman I know is awaiting a lung transplant right now because the doctors say she aspirated acid from her acid reflux problem into her lungs. I'm sure this particular situation is rare, but I would take care of heartburn as you can. good luck!

[operamommy]

Pepcid hasn't been working for me; I think I'll try some Zantac tomorrow. I'm having major issues because I have heartburn all throughout the night and first thing in the morning - when I have to take my thyroid pill. Unfortunately, you can't take an antacid w/in 4 hours of the thyroid pill, (antacid stuff blocks the thyroid med) so most mornings it's a choice between the thyroid med or feeling better.

[gingerbane]

I felt like this a couple weeks ago. It was the worst thing since being constipated early in pregnancy. It was worst for me at bedtime when I had heartburn so bad I couldn't sleep. Sorry I don't have any advice, just a whole lot of sympathy.

[Mama2-4]

I think the natural remedies are great for mild cases, but mine has always been so severe with pregnancy that zantac is really the only thing that works. I have also always had hairy babies which is of course the old wives tale about heartburn!