stepbak26
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Pregnancy Heartburn
Posted: 12-13-07 22:46pm
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Hi, PPPLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE tell me what is
good for heartburn during pregnancy? I
have eaten almost a whole bottle of
TUMS(because they say thats all pregnant
women can take) and it is just as the
bottle says, "temporary relief". I go to
the Dr. tomorrow for my 22 wk appt but I
just want to know if anyone has any other
suggestions that are safe.
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strawberi
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Posted: 12-13-07 23:00pm
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Hi! I sorry to say that the heartburn
will really go away when you give birth
and release all that abdominal pressure.
What you can do now is to eat 4 to 5
smaller meals in a day than having 3
regular meals. Eat healthy  I hope you don't
drink coffee. Then wait a an hour or two
after eating before lying down.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 12-13-07 23:00pm
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Taking OTC Prilosec is ok for pregnancy.
I've been taking it all of third
trimester, but check with your doctor that
it's ok to take it in the second. You can
take it every day. The only reason why it
states that it is a 14 day treatment is
because if it hasn't fixed the heartburn
after 14 days, you have a more serious
condition, like heart disease (you should
also check with your doc on that too.)
This will help for acid reflux (GERD) too.
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stepbak26
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Posted: 12-14-07 00:13am
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Thank you so much!! I will definately
check with my doctor tomorrow when I go
for my check up because sometimes it is so
unbearable.
Strawberi --I dont drink coffee. I used
to though and that was before I found out
I was pregnant.
But thanks to you both for responding.
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young Girl
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Posted: 12-14-07 01:54am
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i feel you pain hun
try rolaids instead of tums
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stepbak26
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Posted: 12-14-07 02:07am
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i will try rolaids also. a friend of mine
told me to try drinking some ice cold
milk..... I dont know if that i will help
but I am willing to try anything (safe of
course) right about now..
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Katrinadoodle
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Posted: 12-14-07 02:09am
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Ah, all I can offer is sympathy. I don't
think I've ever had heartburn 
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stepbak26
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stepbak26
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***update***
Posted: 12-15-07 00:12am
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After coming from my check up today the
doctor said the same as you said STRAWBERI
and that was to eat small frequent meals
and she also told me to try a the liquid
mylanta and see if that works for me.
Baby is doing great! His heartbeat was in
the 150's and on my next visit I have to
look forward to the glucose drink.
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Re: ***update***
Posted: 12-15-07 00:13am
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| stepbak26
wrote: | After coming from my check
up today the doctor said the same as you
said STRAWBERI and that was to eat small
frequent meals and she also told me to try
a the liquid mylanta and see if that works
for me.
Baby is doing great! His heartbeat was in
the 150's and on my next visit I have to
look forward to the glucose drink. |
the glucose drink i thought was actually
pretty good LOL
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stepbak26
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Posted: 12-15-07 00:26am
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LOL
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strawberi
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Posted: 12-16-07 10:41am
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glad I could help
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Posted: 12-16-07 10:48am
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Try Zantac over the counter. My dr had to
put me on prescription Nexium. I'm going
Thursday and I'm begging him to do it
again. I can eat a piece of lettuce and
get heartburn.
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jacnay
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Pregnancy Heartburn
Posted: 12-19-07 05:32am
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i do have heartburn also, but its
tolerable, i just avoid oily ,smelly foods
and cold drinks, and i agree a small
amount of meals 4 to 5 times a day w/ warm
tea or plain water.
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Posted: 12-19-07 05:38am
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ive been having heartburn from the
beginning. the only thing that helps for
me is rennies
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Posted: 12-19-07 11:19am
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my doc said tums are ok to take while
pregnant for heart burn relief
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twilightdiamonds
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Posted: 12-21-07 21:19pm
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My doctor gave me a perscription of
ranitidine for my acid reflux/heartburn.
I took it one night and got an intense
headache that lasted throughout the night
and into the next morning. Since then
I've been kind of afraid to take it, but I
took one last night & the middle of
today and so far nothing unusual has come
of it. I also take Tums when I need quick
relief, but I find that rolaids "fizz" and
cool my throat better and more quickly.
So far throughout my pregnancy Ive gone
through 2 bottles of rolaids, 1 bottle of
tums and I have no idea how many little
packs of the rolaids (I buy them whenever
I forgot to bring the giant bottle with me
lol)
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stepbak26
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Posted: 12-21-07 22:31pm
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Thanks to everyone that is giving me
suggestions.
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rosejackson
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Posted: 12-22-07 05:30am
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i hope you start to feel better. heartburn
is awful
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