To ask if you experienced really burning indigestion in pregnancy ?

[Manorbier]

Currently 10 weeks pregnant and it just feels really uncomfortable

Yes. All the way through I’m afraid. I eventually got some tablets which were a godsend.

its so unpleasant. I feel for you xxx

Oh yes it was so bad I thought I was having a heart attack. An ambulance was called

Thank you - it's just awful !! Had it in first pregnancy as well - I'd forgotten how bad it was!

Yes it's horrendous! I really feel for you 😢 Currently 22 weeks with my second and I've started taking omaprozol, it's absolutely life changing!

Yes. I’d never had indigestion or heartburn before I was pregnant - woke up with it in the middle of the night thinking I might be dying!

Go to the doctor and they can prescribe you Gaviscon, tablets or liquid. I used to have two or three tablets on the go alllll the time it sometimes got that bad. It’s fine to take as many as needed.

Yes, with all 3 DC I'm afraid. I had those little triangular packs of gaviscon tablets tucked away everywhere - in my handbag, drawer at work, bedside table, side pocket of the car! Good luck.

Blimey that's extreme ! Thought I had it bad last pregnancy!

Yes , drinking milk seemed to help

These!! I had these tablets and my word what a difference.

Yep. Never had it before in my adult life. Thought I was dying one night and called my DH in a panic. Told him my symptoms. He told me to take some gaviscon, I thought he was mad, turns out it was the one and only time he's ever been right about anything. Absolutely horrific and I feel your pain OP. 🥺

Thanks for all your responses - didn't take any medication in my last pregnancy- just tried to power through it! Thanks for that tip - I'll see if milk helps

Yes, both times, but particularly when pregnant with DD.

Gaviscon sorted it out though but it was quite uncomfortable. Never had it before or since being pregnant though.

I've always felt milk and gaviacon works well with normal GERD issues but I remember a pregnancy thing that green apples work ... never tried myself but just sharing 😉

Thanks all - sorry to hear that some of you have had it to such extremes

Yes, first pregnancy it was awful and as I'd never had it before I had no idea what was happening. I drank Gaviscon from the bottle (midwife approved) and ended up on ranitidine towards the end.

Second pregnancy it started really early (before 18wks I think) and at first the GP didn't want to give me anything as "there's no way it could be that bad yet". I told him that I'd woken up three nights in a row, gasping for breath because my throat was burning so much. He gave me omprazole, and I had to take it until I gave birth.

The meds did help but didn't get rid of it entirely, and I still get bouts of it now, 9 & 4 years later.

Hope you feel better soon

@custardbear - Green apples ! Blimey ! The last thing I feel like eating right now !!

Yes, endless, and with all four pregnancies.
Now I'm an old lady, I get heartburn a lot.

Yep. It was my only pregnancy symptom really. Milkshake (by the gallon!) helped.

God yes, I bought gaviscon in those massive bottles and took great gulps of it.

Yes with all three of mine and it was horrendous. There were some days when I'd literally neck gaviscon like I was doing shots at a party!
I want to say it gets better but here I an 18 years later taking daily omeprazol for excruciating heartburn !

Yes im 37 weeks and it's horrendous! I also had an aversion to milk and indigestion tablets in the first 14 weeks or so that was fun 😂🤮
But now I am never without my rennie.

Awww. This post made me feel quite nostalgic. I used to drink gaviscon from the bottle throughout both my pregnancies and even now the smell makes me feel happy. Probably weird.

Also hot chocolate (made with milk!) helps before bed - I used to be woken up in the night with terrible heartburn but not if I have a warm milky drink as others have said

Pink gaviscon and omeprozole if that doesn't work. I drank bottles of pink gaviscon when I was pregnant with DD.

Thanks @sanityisamyth - gonna get on this milkshake thing - not that I need an excuse to drink milkshake!!