Merry Christmas: A Reflux Tip

MNeforos · December 2013

Hi ladies and babies! Merry Christmas! This past weekend my sister-in-law went into early labor (she isn't due until February!) While I was in the hospital with her, she complained of heartburn to the nurse. My sister-in-law says OJ makes her feel better but the nurse gave her the suggestion to drink a little OJ mixed with the Fruit Punch (red) Gatorade. It tastes yummy and reduces the amount of acid that just sits in your stomach from juice alone. My sister-in-law said it was delicious and made her feel better. Hope this helps! My gift to you all who are battling reflux!

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

And I thought OJ made reflux worse because it is acidic? Interesting though, I will try anything!

klgallup · December 2013

I can't drink OJ when I have reflux. Makes it 100 times worse. I am open to other suggestions though.

Emmalou05 · December 2013

klgallup said:
I can't drink OJ when I have reflux. Makes it 100 times worse. I am open to other suggestions though.

This. Def makes it worse and is sometimes the cause :-(

Mrs550 · December 2013

Mine has been so bad for over a week now. Im willing to try anything at this point.

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

Mine also also been really bad over the past week. I'm so hungry right now and there are delicious left overs in the fridge but I am afraid to eat since it is already 8:30 p.m. I haven't been able to get the reflux to settle down (even with zantac) until about 4:00 a.m. every morning so I end up with about 3-4 hours of sleep a night. It sucks.

kelley72 · December 2013

zantac 150mg X 2 a day... still nastiness ugh

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

I'm at my in-laws and my FIL is a retired doctor who delivered many, many babies in his time. I was talking to him last night about the reflux and he said that medicines like Zantac are used to suppress acid and antacids like Tums are used to neutralize acid. They do 2 different things and it's ok to take them both. I had only been taking Zantac and was still having problems as I posted above. So, last night I took a few Tums before bed on top of the Zantac I had taken earlier and it was the first night in a looong time that I was able to lay on my side in bed and fall asleep right away. Glorious!

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

dani+california said:

I'm at my in-laws and my FIL is a retired doctor who delivered many, many babies in his time. I was talking to him last night about the reflux and he said that medicines like Zantac are used to suppress acid and antacids like Tums are used to neutralize acid. They do 2 different things and it's ok to take them both. I had only been taking Zantac and was still having problems as I posted above. So, last night I took a few Tums before bed on top of the Zantac I had taken earlier and it was the first night in a looong time that I was able to lay on my side in bed and fall asleep right away. Glorious!
Tums is the shit! The only problem is the label says 'Pregnant women-max 3 tablets a day'. I'm not sure why since it's only calcium (I think?) but I plan on asking my OB next time I see her.

I think pregnant woman have to be careful not to take too much calcium a day. I was told to stop taking my daily calcium supplements when I got pregnant since my prenatals would be enough plus a healthy diet. Too much calcium can lead to kidney stones, maybe that's a reason?

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