Heartburn..

[bsd]

..ABSOLUTELY SUCKS!
I've never had any acid reflux anything before and I actually didn't know I was getting heartburn when I first started too. I thought to myself, "Dang every time I lay down to go to bed acid keeps splashing up my esophagus and burning and it sucks!" Turns out that's what heartburn is...

Anyway it's getting worse. Probably because I'm so far along now.. but it literally woke me up at 4:30 this morning because it felt like it had BURNED my lower throat area! I really hate tums but ate them anyway because I seriously couldn't take it. I drank lots of ice water just for the quick relief of the burning pain and the tums subsided the splashing up for a hour or so but it's coming back and I want to go back to bed ..oh and I can't take anymore tums for a while due to the directions on the box.

I'm so clueless with this problem because its something I haven't experienced before I got pregnant! What are you ladies doing to ease this symptom? Any natural remedies I could try? (besides a glass of milk because I've tried that..)
This is so irritating I can't wait to not have to deal with this one anymore!!

 

[ClairAye]

Nothing worked for me fully, I had it right from the start, it would wake up up 2-3 times a night, chalky tablets were the best for me!

 

[bsd]

Aww dang that's sad news haha. It hurt so long after I had gotten up and taken tums I was afraid it caused some sort of permanent damage.. I googled it just to see if it was possible..

 

[xx~Lor~xx]

I used gaviscon. And munched dry crackers. Helped but it didnt go completely hope yours lessens.

 

[bsd]

crackers.. good to know. Thanks I really hope so too! either way I'll only have to deal with it for 5 more weeks.. tough it out until then and then it's good riddance!!

 

[x__amour]

Ugh, isn't it awful? You can use Zantac, Ranitidine, and Mylanta.

 

[bsd]

Haha I don't even know what those are! I've only taken tylenol twice this whole pregnancy and tums 3 times. I'm so afraid to take medicine even though its okay!

 

[x__amour]

They're just OTC heartburn medicines. I promise they're safe to take. Tums too.

 

[Mommy2be7720]

Mine was SOOO bad! My OB told me to take Prilosec OTC. I take one pill and it helps me for days!! No more tums or drinking so much milk anymore.

 

[Mummy2B21]

I suffer with acid reflux hun duebto a hiatus hernia and I have tabs for it but drinking milk also helps to the point it eventualy goes give it a try

 

[bsd]

Oh jeeze maybe I'll mention it to my doctor.. I suppose it could really be worse though! Only a few more weeks and I won't have to deal with this anymore thank gosh! I'm excited to be able to lay down more than two hours after I eat..