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Heartburn

motocox307motocox307 member
in 3rd Trimester
Anyone else getting the worst heartburn ever? What does it mean and is there any other way besides Tums because it doesn't help much.
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Re: Heartburn

  • Gingermom15Gingermom15 member
    30 weeks here. I've had heartburn since week 6.
    Prilosec is my best friend.
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  • modanz1modanz1 member
    It doesn't mean anything. If tums aren't helping ask your doctor for a prescription or a suggestion for an over the counter equivalent.
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  • OliveOyl2014OliveOyl2014 member
    My midwife suggested papaya pills. They work like a charm.
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  • ZoeyRaeJamesZoeyRaeJames member
    I'm at 28 weeks, and have had HORRIBLE heartburn for the past 12-24 weeks. :-S I usually head for the pickle juice, since that helps me! But call up your doctor, and see what he or she can prescribe for you. I have to watch what I take, because of my allergies. So Pepto, Pickle Juice, and Milk are my best friends on this.
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  • TarHeelMomToBeTarHeelMomToBe member
    It means you have a baby squishing your digestive system and forcing acid back up your throat -- very common and it will go away after baby is born.

    I use Zantac, my OB approved it.  He also said Prilosec was fine to use.
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  • delujm0delujm0 member

    My OB wrote me a prescription for preventative Zantac (so you take it twice a day and it stops the heartburn, rather than doing the OTC kind that you wait to take until you have symptoms already).  I waited until 28 weeks to go get it because the Tums were completely worthless at that point...and OMG I was so stupid to not start it earlier.  it was awesome.  very occasionally, I would feel a tiny bit of heartburn so I'd take 2 Tums and it would go away completely.  As soon as DD was born, it never happened again.

     

    Talk to your doctor about OTC or prescription meds.  It's so so worth it.

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  • Mommajones0315Mommajones0315 member
    I finally broke down after MONTHS of misery and got a rx from my OB for Zantac and it has been a life saver can breathe and eat with out the hot acid spewing back into my throat
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  • ErinkaErinka member
    My OB said Zantac! And it's working well. I take 150 mg before breakfast and again before dinner. Thank god! My heartburn was keeping me up at night!
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