Heartburn

[LionsandBears]

Anyone have a magic cure for acid reflux? It's currently kicking my butt.

i have Acidity tissue salts that I'm dropping like tic tac's but they barely make a difference. I realise this is just related to my current gestation, but I'm open to ideas. Apart from milk - I'm not tolerating dairy.

[Arimeh]

I eat fruit tingles

[Dot Face]

I suddenly got hit with bad heartburn at around 22 weeks and for a week I took 1-2 tbsp of organic apple cider vinegar mixed in a glass of water after meals and not only did it help me at the time but I haven't had heartburn since (I'm 25 + 4 now) except the rare acid up my throat here and there (VERY rare though! Once it was after I had nutella which sets HB off for me).

Worth a try I think. I tried other home remedies and even gaviscon tablets and liquid and they didn't help much. Eating a handful of almonds after hb had hit helped once or twice but nothing worked for me as well as apple cider vinegar. Probably worth mentioning I did also try and cut back on things I knew would set my hb off as well as sleeping slightly elevated at night.

[LionsandBears]

Thanks.

Do the fruit tingles really work?

dot face - I usually drink ACV like it's cordial, but it burns going down and then meets the acid coming back up. I'll give it a go though. I already sleep on a wedge pillow to keep me propped up. I have pregnancy rhinitis, which is disgusting and I can't breathe properly lying down flat.

[Arimeh]

Fruit tingles work for me until I eat something else and it flares up again.

[~Hestia~]

I had bad reflux with Moo, my midwife recommended Slippery Elm. I found it in a vitamin shop in capsule form, from memory I had to take it 2 or 3 times per day.

For some reason I didn't take it when I had a flare up with Buster, I found Tums helped though.

[Olive]

Accupunture
Xxxxx

[ladybirdflies]

I stopped eating sugary treats and the heartburn was much better. Sometimes it was still there but not as severe.Try drinking peppermint tea as well. I also put a pillow under my matress so the bed it us on an angle that helped as well. With my two longer babies (54cms at birth) some things would help reduce the discomfort but not stop it completely.
I hope you get some relief.

[ladybirdflies]

I eat fruit tingles

That's hilarious!!! Must be because they are like bicarb?? the sugar would have made me worse.

You can drink Bicarb too L&B!!

[LionsandBears]

I'm constantly drinking soda water

[tk1999]

Tums, Rennies, Fruit Tingles, Peppermint Tea - sometimes a combo of all 4.... I had really bad heartburn with DD and have had varying degrees of it with this pregnancy but when it is bad it is really bad.... I have at least a packet each of Tums, Rennies and Fruit Tingles close by at all times - Peppermint Tea I tend to drink with my evening meal as it seems every and any thing we have for dinner causes a flare up.

[AnyDream]

Gaviscon. It soothes & also creates a barrier that helps keep tummy juice inside your tummy. There's a double strength one for when you're really desperate. Just don't get the aniseed flavour.

[Eenee]

It's the bicarb in fruit tingles that make them work.

And don't worry about dairy as its converted to acid after you drink it and can make heartburn worse in the long run.

Bicarb mixed with lemon juice and water and drink while fizzing is supposed to be great but I find it hard to drink things like that with morning sickness which seems to be continuing still...

[sepata]

My go to when its bad is a tsp of bicarb in a glass of water. If its not bad/just started eating an apple helps nip it in the bud - I prefer to try to do that than the bicarb water. When I'm in bed I've found that lying with my arms above my head helps ease it.

[Tinks]

My heartburn was so bad, my dr presribed Zantac for me. It was fabulous!

[Stevie]

i use gaviscon at night time (the pink bottle double strength stuff.. works instantly) mines more indigestion which is just aweful, i wake up choking on all the refluxy stuff..
tums and rennies dont work for me, but i always have quickeeze chewy on me. dont last very long but temp relief is better than none..
i cant do bi carb and water, makes me vomit lol but have heard it works great (my mother swears by it)

[Nai]

Tums worked for me and sleeping on a raised pillow.

[tippytoes]

Quick ease! Xx hope u get some relief, it's awful! Xx