Heartburn remedies please!

kristen1606 · December 2014

I have acid reflux and can't take my prescription while pregnant. My heartburn is killen me! Any natural remedies you can recommend?

ravinraven216 · December 2014

I, too, can't take my prescription (Omeprazole), but I've been using Zantac75 instead. My doctor also recommended some others, like Prevacid, but DH works for the company that makes Zantac. It's the only thing I've found that makes any difference. Tums and Rolaids are like trying to chip away at an iceberg.

You could try eating foods that are low acid in small meals. Mint candies or gum supposedly take the edge off, too.

erbear84 · December 2014

Why can't you take your prescription?

I'd die without mine and I still have terrible reflux.

tinavonsparkle · December 2014

I kid you not, I've just got back from my SO Christmas party and one of his employees who's 4ft 6 told me that she had acid reflux for the last 6 months of her pregnancy and the only thing that gave her tempoary relief was drinking double cream! She drank a couple of pints a day and gained 5 and a half stone!!!! It's taken her 3 years to get back to her pre pregnancy weight. Whaaaaaaat! I love the things people share once they know your in the "mum club" too!

rvasq · December 2014

I popped Tums like Tic Tacs my first pregnancy. Sorry you're going through this so early - mine started later on last time.

crashski13 · December 2014

I too am curious why you can't take your prescription omeprazole? I was taking it before pregnancy but stopped and my midwife actually rewrote me a prescription for it last time because tums was just like candy and she was worried about too much calcium.

iheartpancake · December 2014

My doctor told me mylanta, tums, or Pepcid. Welllll none of them did anything for me. Minty ice cream and making sure I was sitting up for at least an hour after eating has helped. Also, propping myself up at night has helped, too. Ugh, throwing up from acid reflux is the absolute worst!

musictchr25 · December 2014

tinavonsparkle said:

I kid you not, I've just got back from my SO Christmas party and one of his employees who's 4ft 6 told me that she had acid reflux for the last 6 months of her pregnancy and the only thing that gave her tempoary relief was drinking double cream! She drank a couple of pints a day and gained 5 and a half stone!!!! It's taken her 3 years to get back to her pre pregnancy weight. Whaaaaaaat! I love the things people share once they know your in the "mum club" too!

What's double cream? And also, 5 and a half stone? I have no idea what that means.... Help please?

ravinraven216 · December 2014

erbear84 said:

Why can't you take your prescription? I'd die without mine and I still have terrible reflux.

Omeprazole is a class C medication, which means that there isn't any research available on how it affects pregnant women. My OB didn't tell me to stop taking it, but he made some suggestions for alternatives that were less risky. DH is a pharmaceutical chemist and agreed that I stick to class B or higher. I'm probably just being overly cautious, but the Zantac works fine in the meantime (it's a class B drug), so I'm content. If it didn't work, I'd be back to the Omeprazole.

missjenniebean · December 2014

I normally take a bunch of tums but they weren't helping the other day so my SO brought me vanilla frozen yogurt. Worked for a while. The relief was nice.

tinavonsparkle · December 2014

musictchr25 said:

tinavonsparkle said:

I kid you not, I've just got back from my SO Christmas party and one of his employees who's 4ft 6 told me that she had acid reflux for the last 6 months of her pregnancy and the only thing that gave her tempoary relief was drinking double cream! She drank a couple of pints a day and gained 5 and a half stone!!!! It's taken her 3 years to get back to her pre pregnancy weight. Whaaaaaaat! I love the things people share once they know your in the "mum club" too!

What's double cream? And also, 5 and a half stone? I have no idea what that means.... Help please?

Double cream is like really thick whipping cream (and a gazzillion calories) you normally whisk it up and put it on top of cakes/trifles. And 5.7 stone is the equivilent to 36kg. Basically its like she was drinking actual fat. Absolutely crazy! She gave birth early and the baby was only 5lb. It's a healthy 3yr old now tho and she's finally lost the weight.

KikiCohen · December 2014

Root beer is literally the only thing that is working for me.

erbear84 · December 2014

I'm on prescription pantoprazole which is also class C. My drs just (accurately) figured that taking me off of it would be more detrimental than switching me to something - and I did have to switch to regular omeprazole when my insurance messed up my prescription and I did feel my absolute worst. I don't feel badly about staying on it because I'm not in complete misery daily, you know? To each their own, though.