Heartburn and Funky Taste In Mouth

Hi Ladies

Im 8 weeks in and it seems that anything i eat is giving me heartburn.
Esp spicy foods.

Also, sorry for the TMI, but I have terrible gas pains after EVERY meal and often what seems like ALL day.

Is it normal to have a TON of heartburn and gas this early?

It also seems that everything I eat does not taste how it did before I found out was a prengnant. I dont have that metal taste in my mouth, but everything just tastes a little bland.

Thanks Ladies!

Amanda

Re: Heartburn and Funky Taste In Mouth

at about 6 or 7 weeks i started with the heartburn/reflux. it got so bad at nite too that i couldnt keep dinner down.

and everything left a FOUL taste in my mouth..especially any sort of cake/cookie. Everything tasted funny.

im on prevacid for the reflux b/c nothing was working. and by 16-17 weeks it got better and the foul aftertastes were much less.

i was chewing gum constantly, which oddly enough helped the queeziness.

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i don't have heartburn yet but i did with my first.

but nothing, absolutely nothing, tastes right to me. not even my favorite comfort foods. it stinks!

Re: Heartburn and Funky Taste In Mouth

The BEST advice I got on this site was to chew peppermint gum. 2 years later, I still chew ONLY peppermint gum and anytime my tummy is acting up, I pop a piece in before any other treatments .

My doctor also told me to eliminate: cheese/dairy, spicy/italian/mexican, greasy/fried foods and basically anything with flavor. It was a boring existence, but it definitely worked! There was a time that if I ate a slice of pizza, by the time I finished the last bite, it came back up. Cutting these things out and the gum truly helped.

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Thank you for the advice ladies!

Staying away from all of those foods is going to be tough for me, but well worth it in the long run!

I will def. try the gum!

:) Happy and Healthy 9 months to us all!

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