I had really bad heartburn, thought it was a one off and then got it again 5 days later. The first time it was sooo bad i threw up which made it unbearable. I would eqaute to giving birth pain and i am not joking either (my dh could tell i was serious as i was moaning way louder than i ever did in labour)

I took mylanta the second time which did help a bit but wasn't great. It helped that i had it handy and the pain was much less than the first time.


I took preventative mylanta for a week before bed & slept with an extra pillow. A week later the yucky taste was gone from my mouth and have been okay since. I think the trowing up stripped my insides which made me more prone to it. I also noticed the yucky taste flared up after drinking coke.

I now have had heartburn 3 times in my life and only ever wken with it in teh middle of the night, i never ate close to bed time any of the times. Though the common element with the first time non-preg and first time preg was i'd eaten a really rich steak at a restaurant for dinner.