Holy Heartburn

laceymb

I have the worst heartburn lately! I have never had a problem with heartburn before. In fact with my first pregnancy I had it once and I have never had it while not pregnant. I think the twins are finally crowding me so much that no food is able to stay in my stomach. Its so gross. I guess I'm going to have to start eating little bits all day so I can keep this under control. I hope that works. I'm eating tums and drinking milk to try and stop the burning. Any other suggestions?

goldenmama

eat an apple! seriously in 5 minutes it will be gone!!!!

i had it really really bad and got an rx for prevacid. tums did nothing for me.

laceymb

Seriously heading to the fridge to get an apple now! Thanks for the tip. I may talk to my dr about getting a rx because tums seems to be doing nothing for me either.

jenn_darrin1515

I got the permission from my doc to take pepcid...it helps a bit better than the tums...

gymrat

Tums did nothing for me but milk worked - I drank a ton. Pepcid also worked pretty well. I would take it before bed - that's when it was the worse. UGH, I had heartburn right from the beginning and it never stopped.

scoobyranda

Mine was bad with Maddie and is even worse this time.  With Maddie I was able to just take Mylanta at bedtime and was fine.  This time it started at 16 weeks and by 20 I told my Dr I needed something else because that wasn;t working anymore.  They recommended Prilosec before bedtime.  I usually take it before dinner though.  I did run out a few weeks ago during some bad weather and (I swear it works) took a 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda in 4 oz water.  No more burning!  Just don't take the baking soda if you remotely have and HBP, it is just sodium carbonate.

heathb21

Watch out about taking too many tums.  My dr said that taking a lot can cause constipation!  You don't want to trade one problem for another!

RobynK

If it doesn't go away your doc should be able to call in a prescription for you.  I took one the last half of my pg and it was a miracle!  I took it every night with my PNV and it helped SO much.

Temp159135562506975

i hardly had any hb with my first pg - but the twins are a different story- i have had it so bad i thought i was going to die - but thankfully i sell a drug for heartburn so i knew what the pain was lol

i have been taking prevacid on days i know i'm going to eat a lot or have spicy foods, etc.  it's cat B (it's the drug i used to sell) and works great for hb.