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advice on heartburn

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pud1 · 03/10/2007 13:11

my heartburn is really starting to get me down.
i have been suffering since about week 16 ( am now 22 weeks)and although it is driving me mad in the day i can live with it with the help of bottles of gaviscon. what i would like some advice on is how to prevent it waking me at night. i have got enough with leg cramps waking me up. i am waking up every night with ( sorry in advance) sick in my mouth. i am sure this is all to do with the heartburn. is any one else suffering with this.

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pud1 · 04/10/2007 10:01

its nice to hear that i am not alone. i made sure that i did not eat 2 hpurs before bed last night and i was still in loads of pain regardless of gaiscon so i cracked and had a zantac. it did work so i was not woken in the night but i think i will speak to my doctor before i take anything other than gaviscon.
feel like i am paying the price for a good night now though cos it has come back with avengence

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magicfairy · 04/10/2007 10:31

I suffered real bad with DS1, and he wasnt that hairy!! and am suffering already with DC2, only 7 weeks! i didnt find much that helped, even gaviscon stopped working after a while, but i did find that about 4 pillows at night time, a glass of milk before bed and brushing my teeth at least half hour before lying down made it a bit more bearable at night, also taking stuff out of my diet helped, no more curries, orange juice, acidic stuff or fatty stuff!

GoodGollyMissMolly · 04/10/2007 16:02

Try peppermint cordial, with a little bit of hot water, let it go cool and sip it.
My mum swears by it.

HTH

louloubelle · 04/10/2007 22:12

Both of mine had full heads of hair when born, it was a struggle to get around the shops without being stopped all the time! And I suffered bad heartburn, and appalling sickness, slightly helped by homeopathy. However the heartburn was virtually irradicated by a homeopathic treatment called Arsencum alba...definitely worth a try.

FDTLuckyMumma · 05/10/2007 09:35

Suffered in pregnancy and nothing since the second he came out...
Careful of using too much gaviscon later on - apparently it has lots of salt so can make water retention worse. get pharmacist to make you up some peppermint water, not fabulous but eases it slightly. I was given something fabulous in labour which got rid of it all together but was too out of it to find out what it was!

queenofpuddings · 05/10/2007 21:38

fresh melon is really good

Annie75 · 05/10/2007 22:40

The only thing that worked for me was propping myself up on three pillows. My baby was breech and I think that made the heartburn worse.

PopTastic · 05/10/2007 23:14

Had terrible heartburn with my last pregnancy. Found that sipping milk - often - really helped.

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