acid reflux?

hey ladies i'm just wondering if anyone else here is dealing with acid reflux or anything like it. i had never experienced even heartburn until i got pregnant so it's all very new to me haha! anyway i awoke at 4 am last night and got very sick, however nearing the end of pregnancy throwing up doesn't bother me so much anymore haha! what bothered me was the INTENSE burning i felt in my throat, all i could think to do was eat ice and sit in an upright position to sleep . i was told that it was the actual acid reflux that got me sick last night which i had no idea could even happen. does anyone have any suggestions on how to help tame the pains of acid reflux?...aside from tums...i exhaust that resource haha. thanks!

I had it TERRIBLY to the point where I was waking up at night with it. Nothing worked, Tums, sleeping on two pillows, milk, etc. I called my Dr. and he prescribed me Zantac... it is WONDERFUL! No problems at all since I feel great.

Quoting JulietlovesBabyDavyn:“ hey ladies i'm just wondering if anyone else here is dealing with acid reflux or anything like it. i ... [snip!] ... have any suggestions on how to help tame the pains of acid reflux?...aside from tums...i exhaust that resource haha. thanks!”

for me, i drink milk. I take tums and it works for me. Ive been having the same issue lately and as wierd as it sounds drinking room temp water helped. Its horrible tho! i stack all my pillows up to sleep upright!

i have had heartburn really bad since I was about 3 months preggo. I can't chew tums or anything like that becuase it's so chalky it makes me sick. If I drink a cup of cold Milk it makes it go away. My doctor also told me that Zantac was okay to take. I haven't been trying it yet, becuase I drink out 4 or 5 cups of milk a day, and I like that she gets that much calcium! And I'm afraid that if I don't have heart burn... I'll forget to drink my Milk!

I had heartburn before I was pregnant but it has gotten SUPER bad, It makes me very sick to my stomach all day and I cant even lay down... My dr gave me a perscription for Omeprizal(sp) or and it is amazing... I dont get sick as often and if I have a little bit of heart burn during the day I can take tums and it actuallyhelps along with the perscription...

My heartburn gets so bad it makes me naseaus and makes me throw up!!
 
Ive heard Zantac and Pepcid is ok but I will have to check with my doc bcuz Ive only tired TUMS and they dont do anything...

I get reflux but not the heartburn kind (just the "retasting of my lunch" aspect -gag-) I never get heartburn and have never had anything like this with the other pregnancies. It's disgusting!

I have been dealing with this same issue for the past 2 days and nights. I had been taking Tums and they did not help at all. I couldn't stand it anymore so I took a Pepcid complete and I rested wonderfully last night!! I have also heard that Zantac is good. Good luck I know how you feel.

Quoting Rome*K:“ My heartburn gets so bad it makes me naseaus and makes me throw up!!   Ive heard Zantac and Pepcid ... [snip!] ... Ive heard Zantac and Pepcid is ok but I will have to check with my doc bcuz Ive only tired TUMS and they dont do anything...”

i guess im just lucky, Tums works for me. But i have to take 2 at a time

My doc recommended Maalox and i sleep with my pillows on an incline!

Since 25 weeks or so it's been prety much constant. Especially at night. You can get Zantac over the counter. I get the generic from the drugstore and it works beautifully. Much better than the Tums, which I tend to eat too much of and then get constipated for it.

i just called my doctor to ask about zantac and they told me to get it asap if its that bad haha! yeah tums work for approx 10 minutes after i take them then it comes right back haha. my doctor also told me its okay to have a piece of toast beforegoing to bed because "it will act as a cork", but obviously nothing else really- i've made that mistake before haha! thanks ladies for all ur help!

Quoting JulietlovesBabyDavyn:“ i just called my doctor to ask about zantac and they told me to get it asap........doctor also told me its okay to have a piece of toast beforegoing to bed because "it will act as a cork",

Oh im excited now... I will be getting some too!
Toast?? interesting, thats what gives me the worst heaertburn!!

Sorry you are having to go through that. I have an extreme case of acid reflux, i have a reaction to anything and everything. water, milk, bread, tums....hahai hate it. I have a strong prescription for zantac, and i have had to sleep sitting almost straight upright for 9 months. Hope that the zantac works for you, cuz nothing else works for me.

Wow, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one! I wake up every night with it. It makes me throw up. I wake up with it up in my mouth   I've gotten to where I sleep with the bottle of tums beside the bed, cuz every night I wake up with it :/ I've heard all kinds of things (like the ones you've mentioned) and NOTHING works for me, except to just give in, run to the bathroom and throw up, then take a couple tums. You might find it helpful to swish some mouthwash (it helps me, since I wake up with it in my mouth :/) They also say not to eat 2 hours before bedtime, but I've even tried that, and I still woke up with it :/