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HEARTBURN

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OMG I have horrible heartburn and acid reflex!! Anyone else and what do you take for it??
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I had terrible heartburn the first 8 weeks of my pregnancy. I was told that I can take pepcid for it. The things that helped me was I eat small meals, just more frequently and I prop up my pillows at night. It's not very comfortable, but it prevents me from getting itchy burning throat in the morning cos of my reflux.
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I just called my Ob for the same reason. She said I can take Tums. But I read that small meals and not lying down 1 hour after each meals helps. Before coming to work I had a glass of milk and I'm feeling much better now. Somebody told me also that chewing gum helps....
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Same here!! I sleep with a bottle of tums to get by. It's always worse if you lay on the right side so try to stick to the left!!
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igo through a bottle of galviscon a week(the large one) i dunno where your from im irish so thats the best stuff here!!
just make sure what you take is safe to
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I get indigestion more than heartburn and take tums. well i just started taking them. i didn't take em when it was really bad so i can't tell if they helped. but now i just take 2 daily with my prenatal vitamin, and so far the indigestion has been gone. the calcium in them is also great for you and baby! i hope you find a remedy that works for you:) you can always ask your dr what you're allowed to take for it.
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I started with tums, but eventually I went to Pepcid and Mylanta. You can take the two together so you get immediate and lasting relief or you can buy the pepcid complete which is the 2 combined into one chewable.

Milk and graham crackers with peanut butter before bed helped me a lot, but that much protein sometimes makes it worse.
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papaya pills are awesome...i have a hiatal hernia so i take a daily pill but for onset heartburn i take papaya..they work very quickly and taste fine...try health food stores:) best money i ever spent and safe for baby
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