22wks and I have landed in Heartburn Hell! HELP

[childondaway]

Does anyone know of anything that is safe to take for severe heartburn when pregnant?

It doesn't matter if I eat. drink, or lie down the heartburn is a killer and very uncomfortable when awoken in the middle of the night!!

[AliBaby]

Mylanta worked for me.

Zantac is what they told me to get when my heartburn got really really bad and it worked a treat!

[Ozziehoffy]

I came across quick eze... I think it is..the chews in wildberry flavour, you can buy a multi pack of them from Woolies/Safeway ....YUMMY and do the job for me! You can also try fruit tingles.

[BekZ]

Renni worked for me, as did Mylanta but Mylanta made me feel sick.

Don't eat big meals especially at night, don't eat/drink coffee, onion, garlic, pineapple, orange, chocolate, tomatoes or any acid type foods. With DD1 I slept upright for most of my pregnancy.

Pepermint tea helped sometimes.

[MamaPan]

i get it bad (and have a stomach ulcer which makes it soooo bad)... mylanta when it isnt too bad, then move onto gaviscon and then finally zantac. my OB recommended the gaviscon route to me..
i am also trying a natural remedy now, umeboshi plums (japanese pickled plums) - you eat a tiny amt. they are a natural alkaline i think... some ppl swear by them.. i am just trying so will let you know how i go - you can get from health food shops.

[briggsy's girl]

if it's really bad (which it sounds like it is) speak to your care provider - i eventually got put on some anti-reflux meds - and omg - they are my saviour!!

between them and quiz eze (the chewy squares, not the chewable round powdery ones) - i have been feeling a fair amount less discomfort the past few weeks

i was going through a pack of quik eze a day - it's now down to maybe one a week....

[Maybebabie]

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.

[SSmiles]

I had heartburn & reflux bad with DD...the OBS put me on Zantac because he said the heartburn/reflux could cause permanent damage if I didn't treat it. It worked soooo well and as soon as DD was born, I didn't need it any more.

[MamaPan]

how are you going now? mine is REALLY bad the last 2 days... ouch and yuk!

[angelaartsstudent]

Tums are the ONLY thing that works for me. They are a supermarket line and not expensive.

Zantac works great too but when I was on it it was prescription only so will be a bit more $$.