3rd Trimester
LadyNikon
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Natural remedys instead of Zantac: Probiotics
LadyNikon
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My husband takes natural probiotics instead of Zantac to deal with his stomach issues. I am finding that Zantac 150's aren't working anymore. Peppermint tea or chamomile tea isn't doing crap anymore. suggestions? I do plan on calling the docs but I wanted to know if anyone had experiences with these.
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Re: Natural remedys instead of Zantac: Probiotics
You can buy probiotics at the store; just ask the pharmacist. : it has directions on the bottle.
I have taken probiotics everyday (nature's made I believe) even before I was pregnant to help with digestion. One time I had really bad heartburn - I woke up in the middle of the night in tears bc I felt like I was dying. Tums did nothing for me so my BF made me a cup of ginger tea and that helped ALOT. Ginger has really been my go to remedy for everything stomach related... I swore by it in the 1st trimester when I had morning sickness or whenever I felt like I was dying from all of these hormonal changes
Yes I'm a little dramatic but in all seriousness I would try probiotics or ginger tea before I try OTC meds. My friend who had twins actually told me about it and she swears it made dealing with her heartburn so much easier.
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I started out this pregnancy with one Zantac 75 in the morning and 2 Tums at night. I am now up to Zantac 150 every morning and every night plus Tums throughout the day. Not sure where I will go fro here.
My OB mentioned adding in either Prevacid or Prilosec (can't remember which), but I am hoping to hang in there like this for a few more weeks.
Zantac hasn't done a thing for me! I take 2 zantac in the morning and 2 at night and still wake up in tears. I have heard ginger helps alot so I will be trying that. Ginger tea sounds like a good idea!
Cut dairy.
I did a Whole30 from week 18 of pregnancy to week 22/23 and one of the results was no heartburn. I never get it outside of pregnancy but had it last time I was pregnant as well.
I did a reintroduction of several different foods to see how my body reacts and as soon as I ate dairy the heartburn came back. Side note: so did swelling in my ankles as soon as I ate gluten.
There was a piece in the NYTs not so long ago about cutting dairy products from diet eliminating heartburn. I am a believer now.
This is exactly what I did. I don't want to try and change to another OTC. I have 5 weeks left til I get my tummy back and we have all this other stuff in the house.