https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:15:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154805 Thu, 10 May 2012 20:03:05 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 154805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TUMS! the acid reflux was pretty horrible this time around. I have a whole bottle of tums in my purse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154786 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:56:56 +0000 SleepyMonkey 154786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have acid reflux in general, when i'm not pregnant. i usually take pepcid, which works wonders, but now i'm pregnant, i use tums, which usually helps...until you eat again, and then the acid comes back. with pepcid, it doesn't do that. one trick i learned is when you are lying down, lie on your left side. if you think of your stomach as an L - your esophagus is the vertical part and your stomach is the horizontal line. your stomach bends to the left, it helps the acid stay in the stomach when you lie on your left and not go up your esophagus. If you lie on your right side, it makes it easy for the stomach acid to go up. i didn't explain it well and i could be completely medically incorrect, but i find that it works for me. greasy food exacerbates it, and certain things like tomatoes are bad...but it varies for everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154762 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:50:09 +0000 Tidybee 154762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started at 13 weeks...and continues especially after eating dairy (but sometimes I have it without eating dairy). Tums has been a godsend and it works super quick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154759 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:49:42 +0000 yin 154759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Chew gum!</p> <p><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/remedies-chewing-gum-for-heartburn/" rel="nofollow">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/remedies-chewing-gum-for-heartburn/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154758 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:49:39 +0000 mrsjyw 154758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: @banana: Yep, DH is picking up tums on his grocery run! hope that kills the pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154754 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:48:48 +0000 banana 154754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took tons of tums whenever I had reflux. It helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154736 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:45:33 +0000 chopsuey 154736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Take Tums!<br /> I didn't have acid reflux or heartburn when I was pregnant, but I hear it helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/acid-refluxheartburn#post-154731 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:44:19 +0000 mrsjyw 154731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm about 13 wks and have recently felt tight chest pains which I think are related to acid reflux/heart burn.</p> <p>It makes it really hard to breathe and uncomfortable to lay down.</p> <p>Did you have these symptoms? How did you deal with it? How long did it last? </p>