To those with heartburn...

vrlc1403 · December 2012

What are you eating/drinking these days?! I am losing my mind! Everything I ingest causes discomfort/burning. Per my OB, I am currently taking Zantac 75 every 12 hours and taking Mylanta before meals. I'm thinking about asking to try something different. My main issue though is FOOD. I can't seem to find anything that doesn't punish me

mroy82 · December 2012

You poor thing. I mainly get really bad acid reflux when laying down. For the most part I suffer through it. Before bed, I drink a big glass of milk, and have 4 tums. I usually still wake up if I roll over, and it gets bad again so I ask my hubby to bring me some more milk and he does without a question. Sometimes when I'm feeling it bad, I sit up quickly and it forces the air bubble up and I can just burp and retry laying back down.

Enchie · December 2012

My doctor had me try 1/2 tsp of baking soda in 8 oz. of water. Stir til dissolved and drink as much as you can as fast as you can. You'll drink it fast just to be done with the less than appealing flavor. He said I can do it again 2 hours later if needed, but if I do it once a day, I'm good all day.

I tried Tums, Mylanta and wanted to try this method before moving on to Zantac. I hope its a viable option for you.

Enchie · December 2012

Sorry, you asked about actual food/drink when heartburn is bad... rice with a pat of butter, milk, teriyaki chicken and if the chicken was too much I'd have the rice with teriyaki sauce, salads, smoothies, ice cream.

meggipi5 · December 2012

Sometimes a sour candy or carbonated beverage helps with the taste/discomfort of the acid reflux part of heartburn.

I also like to chew gum.

Like PP mentioned, milk can be helpful. Yogurt is also a good snack that doesn't seem to cause heartburn for me.

tdmd09 · December 2012

I am of no help. Water gives me heartburn. I don't understand it. Zantac is my BFF.

bobcatsteph · December 2012

I got a prescription for proton is pretty early on..and my OB doubled the dosage about a month ago when it stopped helping. Definitely talk to your OB about other options.

pitterpatter129 · December 2012

I eat a lot of bread and drink a lot of milk. I also take Zantac, but the 150. I'd up your Zantac intake.

Katierudolph31 · December 2012

Papaya is your new best friend!! Dried or fresh it takes away and prevents heart burn

kbates85 · December 2012

I have no answers but I can commiserate! It's horrible! The reflux is the worst part to me. I've never had heartburn in my life and now I have it everyday, several times a day. Even if I don't eat!

lbonga1 · January 2013

I get heartburn no matter what I eat or drink. Oatmeal, milk, water...doesn't matter. It tends to get worse at night and I sometimes can't even eat anything past lunch because of it. I usually take Zantac but if I need some quick relief ill take the zantac then eat a maximum strength tums or two.

kleigh926 · January 2013

My reflux was so bad I didn't want to eat or drink anything. I lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks partially because of it. I had it almost constantly and would burp probably 10 times an hour. I had to start taking Nexium. It is very expensive, even with insurance in my case, but it has been worth it. It pretty much got rid of all my acid reflux problems and I literally feel like a new person. I would talk to your doctor about different medication or treatment options if I were you. Heartburn in pregnancy isn't so much caused by specific foods as it is by delayed gastric emptying and the fact that we're just running out of room in there!

marionravenwood · January 2013

I've had heartburn since September and have tried altering my diet, natural remedies, Zantac and maximum strength Pepcid. Nothing has worked. I just started Nexium (category a week ago. It's working about as well as the Pepcid so far, but I'm hoping it's just taking a while to kick in. Most people have a lot of luck with Nexium.

The three big things that have helped the most were 1 elevating the head of the bed 6 inches 2 eating multiple tiny meals 3 not drinking water with meals. Also I've read black licorice helps too.

kat1221 · January 2013

My issue is really acid reflux but it is caused by EVERYTHING I eat which is very frustrating. Zantac also helps me with that.

My friend said that the only thing that worked for her heartburn was root beer.

Angeline924 · January 2013

I was having awful heartburn and Zantac didnt help. I started taking Prilosec 2 wks ago and haven't had any issue since then. Check w/ your OB, maybe you can take that. GL

JACKIE_RS88 · January 2013

For the most part I'm staying away from tomato sauce and spicy foods. I eat cereal almost every night. Seems like a bland diet is the way to go, it's tough but hopefully not much longer.

tamarar5 · January 2013

When I was prego with DD#1, drinking just plain tap water gave me the most gawd awful heartburn, to say nothing of actually eating food. The only suggestsions I got were the BRAT foods: Bananas (which I'm allergic to), Rice, Applesauce, and Toast. I know... highly nutritious foods, right? I ate everything bland as heck. NO spice, NO salt, NO pepper, NO butter, NO dairy. That helped some, but made meals boring as heck. I pretty much slept sitting up and ate what precious little I could that wouldn't make me feel like ripping my chest out. DD was born with hair long enough to braid though.

Thankfully, this time around (so far, fingers crossed, knock on wood and all that) the Zantac is taking care of the heartburn so that I can keep eating and sleeping.

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