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ladylee70

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Heartburn - Ugggg.
Posted: 02-26-07 23:55pm

OH MY! For the past three days, I have been getting pretty bad heartburn. I cut out some bad heartburn provoking foods to see if that makes a difference. Right now my heartburn is so bad that I almost feel stuff coming up or sitting deep in my esophagous. It is almost difficult for me to swallow.


I can't really find what I can take safely during pregnancy. Please don't just tell me something that you read off of the internet. I want someone to reply to me that has had this awful experience and what the doctor stated is safe during pregnancy.

I NEVER had this problem with my first child. I am only 19 weeks!! This stinks!
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Mamma-Wanna-Be

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Re: Heartburn - Ugggg.
Posted: 02-26-07 23:59pm

My doc gave me a list of stuff I can take and one of them is .T.U.M.S.
Hope that helps a little.
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Posted: 02-27-07 00:03am

my doc actually prescribed me *and* my best friend pepcid (generic version tho called famotidine.)

helped *~*wonders*~*

omg girl it was so bad i literally *Cried*!!
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El

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Posted: 02-27-07 00:03am

you're on bedriest right? Or have In got the wrong person???

Lying down alot of the time will agrivate the problem, (acid from the stomach coming up into the oesphagus)
Try putting your bed up on an angle, either by putting something under your mattress, or, propping up the legs at the head-end.
Gravity is your friend!!
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Posted: 02-27-07 01:19am

Sandra, you can relate??

This is horrible. I will ask my doctor for prescription if the .Tums does do the trick. I hope it works! Thanks Momma and Sandra for the meds info.

El, I am now on modified bed rest which basically means don't do anything stupid. I will try the gravity thing at night if the other things don't work or if I get worse. Shoot...I may just try it tonight.
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Sandbox Party

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Posted: 02-27-07 12:35pm

ladylee70 wrote:
Sandra, you can relate??

This is horrible. I will ask my doctor for prescription if the .Tums does do the trick. I hope it works! Thanks Momma and Sandra for the meds info.

El, I am now on modified bed rest which basically means don't do anything stupid. I will try the gravity thing at night if the other things don't work or if I get worse. Shoot...I may just try it tonight.


heck yeah, girl! It actually kept me up at night... And u can sk .Rob. i would cry becuase it got so bad... i'd down a gallon of water a night just to make it stop and that didnt even help most of the time. I tried milk, maalox, tums, rolaids, everything. Nothing helped but the pepcid.
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Posted: 02-27-07 12:43pm

pepcid is over the counter.
avoid tums and anything with calcium. calcium causes acid rebound in the long run. avoid milk too. my son has severe acid reflux, and our GI said steer clear from tums.
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Sandbox Party

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Posted: 02-27-07 13:59pm

it may be over the counter but you cant swipe your medicaid card at the checkout line.

so they prescribed it for me.
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Posted: 02-27-07 14:10pm

I had morbid heartburn starting at around 24 weeks-till the day I delievered!!!!!!!!!!

I would actually wake up vomiting(refluxing) anything that I had eaten.

Tums suck balls, but .rolaids were like tiny circle pieces of salvation!!!

It got bad enough that I was put on .zantac120/5(or maybe 175) by my Dr.

I would cry all day everyday...driving, bathing, anything. The heatrburn was soooooo horrible...and it only gets worse...

Sarah
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Sandbox Party

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Posted: 02-27-07 14:12pm

yeah til the baba's were born lol.
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Posted: 02-27-07 14:24pm

The .Rolaids .Softchews are what helped me best when I was pregnant. That & milk worked wonders.

.Michelle
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