heartburn

[graciem]

Please people help. im 15wks 5days with 3rd pregnancy and suffering chronic heartburn. im still having bad 24hrs a day sickness and not keeping much down. gaviscon wont stay down, i hurl as soon as ive swallowed it, the tablets to chew make me vomit and its becoming agony. i have tried loads of home remedies and nothing seems to work. any suggestions would be fab.

[peanutMD]

I'm having this problem too so you have my sympathy its awful isn't it!

In my last pregnancy it wasn't quite as bad but I find the only things that help are rennies chalky tablets, milk and if all that fails taking slow, deep breaths seems to ease it atleast.

hope you feel better soon :)

[ParrotTulip]

Call your midwife, you don't need to put up with this, she will perscribe you something.

[Coprolite]

I had terrible heartburn in my 2nd pregnancy so sympathies.
I found that avoiding tomato based and anything like orange juice or with a lot of onions helped. Also (and this sounds daft) but eating at the coffee table kneeling upright seemed to help

Good luck!

[graciem]

thank u for all ur ideas, it is awful and i wasnt expecting it this early on in preg. nothing seems to shift it. i think maybe prescription is definatly the way to go.

[chocolatetester1]

My heartburn was horrendous during both pregnancies. The only thing that helped was sucking ginger sweets, the kind you get in health food shops. I couldn't stomach gaviscon etc either. Good luck finding something.

[AlisonDB]

Sorry you are sufferig,
Im 29 weeks still having Ms and now having heartburn too so i sympathise!
There is another post called
heartburn/acid reflux - haven't got any gaviscon

There are about 27 replies from different MN users all giving different suggestions it may be worth you reading it!
Hope you find something that works!

[sundaesundae]

Omeprazole :) GP prescribed it when I went and told him how bad the HB is, it is wonderful. Don't suffer!

[graciem]

thank u.

[katiecubs]

Yep get the Omep from the docs - solved all my problems! Went from being in so much pain and not able to lie down or sleep to being totally cured overnight :)

[SkinnyMarinkADink]

I started with heart burn last week, rennie and gaviscon don't work for me & make me sick so i got these tablets called tums, they are fruit favoured and very nice!

They are fab! Only £2 a box as well.

[kidcrayola]

In the same boat at the mo and not able to keep gaviscon down. I find peppermint tea and extra strong mints help. Doesn't get rid of it entirely but makes it bearable

[PickleSarnie]

Omeprazole is amazing!