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groovypeg
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Heartburn relief?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to relieve acid reflux/heartburn????
I have reflux disease and now being pregnant, it is really flaring up.
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Posted 6/7/05 6:39 PM  |
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Stefanie
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Drink Milk and get Tums...especially the tropical fruit flavor.
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| Posted 6/7/05 7:34 PM |
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stepherg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
I agree with the milk and Tums...I unfortunately suffer from heartburn too although I never had it prior to being pg!
Old wives tale says that means the baby will have lots of hair 
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| Posted 6/7/05 8:32 PM |
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MM2004
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Re: Heartburn relief?
I have acid reflux at night. I wake up sometimes choking. I hate this!
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| Posted 6/7/05 8:46 PM |
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groovypeg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Posted by MM2004
I have acid reflux at night. I wake up sometimes choking. I hate this!
Me too!! and I am so early in the pregnancy, only 8 weeks. I don't know how I will survive!!
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| Posted 6/7/05 8:50 PM |
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pnm1654
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Re: Heartburn relief?
I have been taking Tums, but my doc told me last week that Tums is the worst antiacid to take. Not that it hurts the baby, the relief doesn't last long, which is true, for me at least. My doc suggested I take Pepcid AC as directed.
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| Posted 6/7/05 8:54 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Heartburn relief?
I took lots of Tums. Its great for calcium too.
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| Posted 6/7/05 10:24 PM |
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pooh12
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Like the others I live off of tums and milk. But it is true that the Tums effects dont last too long. I wake up at least twice during the night to take more.
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| Posted 6/8/05 7:04 AM |
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jennyg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Do yourself a favor and have your dr give you a prescription for Nexium. It has literally changed my life - my acid reflux was SOOO bad and just kept getting worse the further along I got. Pepcid AC worked better than Tums but even that wasn't strong enough. I am so much happier now.
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| Posted 6/8/05 9:23 AM |
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groovypeg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Posted by jennyg
Do yourself a favor and have your dr give you a prescription for Nexium. It has literally changed my life - my acid reflux was SOOO bad and just kept getting worse the further along I got. Pepcid AC worked better than Tums but even that wasn't strong enough. I am so much happier now.
i didn't know that pregnant women could take nexium! i have a supply in my closet!!! i will def. ask my ob/gyn if i can take it.
Message edited 6/8/2005 10:07:23 AM.
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| Posted 6/8/05 10:07 AM |
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jennyg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Not sure how far along you are - my dr prescribed it in the 3rd trimester. But I hadn't mentioned it to him before then...definitely check!
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| Posted 6/8/05 10:45 AM |
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antoinette
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Posted by skinner
Posted by MM2004
I have acid reflux at night. I wake up sometimes choking. I hate this!
Me too!! and I am so early in the pregnancy, only 8 weeks. I don't know how I will survive!!
do you see a Gastro-- because i ahd acid relux before I was preggo and I used to take achiphex for it. But when I found out I was preggo they gave me keraphate ( I think) and it all but cured my heartburn for the first 6 months- it was so weird becuase I had depended on acid reflux meds for 5 yrs - the I got preggo took keraphte for about 3 weeks and it went away completely- it came back in the 3rd trimester but i can take a couple of tums now to releive it. only a few weeks was it really bad.
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| Posted 6/8/05 2:09 PM |
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DebG
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Re: Heartburn relief?
also, be careful of what you eat and when you eat it. If you are already suffereing from a bout when you go to sleep, sleep sitting up a little...this will restrict the acid from moving up your throat.
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| Posted 6/8/05 2:52 PM |
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groovypeg
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Re: Heartburn relief?
i just spoke to the prenatal nurse and she said tums or zantac. i just tried the tums, but no luck so far. :(
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| Posted 6/9/05 10:10 AM |
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Juliet
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Posted by stepherg
Old wives tale says that means the baby will have lots of hair
My mom says this is true. If I can scan mine and my brother's baby pics, you would see what I mean!
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| Posted 6/10/05 12:03 AM |
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KPtoys
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Re: Heartburn relief?
Posted by Juliet
Posted by stepherg
Old wives tale says that means the baby will have lots of hair
My mom says this is true. If I can scan mine and my brother's baby pics, you would see what I mean!
I say its BS I had awful heartburn with both of the and I gave birth to 2 baldies!!
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| Posted 6/10/05 9:28 AM |
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