I'm coming up to 21 weeks and pretty much every morning throughout my pregnancy I've had to start the day coughing up a vile combo of phlegm and bile. Initially I thought this was all part of the joy of morning sickness but these days I don't feel nauseous or anything, in fact I've been feeling pretty good since 14 weeks or so.
It starts off with waking up with the feeling of a lump of phlegm on my chest that I have to cough up (I'm vaguely prone to chest infections so this isn't unfamiliar, but in this case it's clearish phlegm, not yellow or green as it would be with an infection), but then the force of doing this leads to bright yellow stomach acid coming up too. It's particularly violent when in the shower! I've tried sipping hot water with lemons first thing but this just made me feel like I was suppressing something that needed to come out. Once I've got it out I feel absolutely fine. I know extra mucus is common in pregnancy but does this all sound normal or should I see the doctor/midwife (at the moment my next appointment isn't for another month or so)? Is it acid reflux? I've recently started getting a bit of heartburn/indigestion as well so don't know if it's all linked. Just want to know if it's just a standard pregnancy PITA or something I should be worried about.