https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:36:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993708 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:44:01 +0000 MapleMoose 1993708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pregnancy the heartburn was way worse. Orange juice, pizza sauce, eating too late were some of the most prominent triggers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993664 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:18:56 +0000 Thenetexan 1993664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It hit me pretty early in both pregnancies and it did not matter if I ate plain pasta, plain oatmeal with water, cereal or something spicy. I was miserable. It was so bad that I often threw up an hour or so after going to bed. I am not a fan of taking any medicine and Pepcid was not a cure all when I did take it. I looked up natural remedies. The most palatable option was a red delicious apple. I ate an apple after most meals and always just before bed. The heartburn would magically disappear and I could eat anything I wanted. I know this seems crazy and this remedy can't work for everyone, but I highly recommend trying it. I wish I had discovered it during my first pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993597 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:36:50 +0000 Snowdrop 1993597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ne er had it before, started getting it in the 3rd tri and an empty stomach triggers it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993589 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:22:28 +0000 MrsH 1993589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It started at like 8 weeks and didn't stop until pp. It was constant and the only thing that helped was extra strength zantac twice a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993584 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:14:46 +0000 Applesandbananas 1993584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time from very early. I just left a bottle of Tums on my desk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993520 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:13:08 +0000 miramira 1993520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting it early on, then it disappeared until the end of the last trimester when it was pretty brutal. It even woke me up at night! Nothing in particular seemed to trigger it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993518 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:12:00 +0000 macintosh 1993518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had really bad reflux for about a week from week 5-6. I was taking Mylanta because tuns wouldn't touch it. My doc was really conservative and wouldn't let me take anything stronger. Now I just take tums a couple times a day as needed and I'm fine. I'm still in my 2nd tri. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993471 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:52:25 +0000 Mrs. J 1993471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many tums...it was bad at the end. Usually right before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993436 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:04:04 +0000 JerricaBenton 1993436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early on. Anything acidic triggered it but I didn't really change what I ate because I got it all the time regardless. I drank ginger tea or ate ginger pieces for a little relief. If it's any consolation it stopped immediately after she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993337 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:47:44 +0000 blackbird 1993337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Orange juice does it for me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993333 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:39:17 +0000 travellingbee 1993333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had it terribly in my first pregnancy starting around 20 weeks. It came with anything acidic like tomato sauce, coffee, citrus etc. and at night every night. Nothing seemed to help besides prescription acid blockers. But a warning: acid blockers don't allow your body to absorb iron and I ended up severely anemic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993324 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:12:27 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1993324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it started second trimester, i'm not exactly sure when. it gets worse throughout the day, usually flares up right after i eat, so i have to eat smaller meals and that helps a little. i eat a lot of tums and have one pepcid after dinner so that the heartburn doesn't wake me up at night. i also try not to eat a really big dinner and try not to drink too much water before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993316 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:48:06 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1993316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also took papaya enzyme which you can take a lot of because it doesn't gace calcium. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993301 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:19:33 +0000 Anya 1993301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had a lot of luck controlling my heartburn by eating very small meals throughout the day, about every two hours, and by sleeping on an incline, propped up with my pillows. I do still get it but so far I can manage with tums. Sometimes in the night I'll accidentally roll out of my incline and lay flat and then I'll wake up with killer heartburn. Some triggers I noticed for me have been bread, sugar and tomatoes so I try to avoid those now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993292 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 06:34:09 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1993292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep....got it with both pregnancies around the end of the 1st tri til the end. Usually triggered by acidic food/drinks...orange juice, coke, lemons...etc. I'm sipping on ginger in hot water right now to calm it down. Its so horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993259 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 04:35:01 +0000 matador84 1993259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS I had it from probably 16 weeks until the end. I was throwing up all the time from the acid that would creep up. I wasn't taking enough OTC Zantac. Dd I had heartburn but minimally compared to the first child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993224 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 02:09:31 +0000 anonysquire 1993224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I got it when implantation happened. Everything triggers it. Bleh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993216 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 01:13:38 +0000 marionberry 1993216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd never had it prior to being pregnant. But while pregnant I usually get it mid-second trimester. It's worst in the evenings after I've eaten carbs. I live on tums by the end of my pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993210 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:49:18 +0000 Littlebit 1993210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had horrible, horrible heartburn. It started in the beginning of my third trimester and I had it until I gave birth, then it turned off like a switch! The only thing that worked was a prescription. I had it constantly - even when I hadn't eaten anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993206 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:14:04 +0000 Adira 1993206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pregnancy, I got it around the beginning of the third trimester. Anytime I ate, I'd get it. I popped a lot of Tums. Chocolate seemed to be the worse. Second pregnancy I got it even earlier (20 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993198 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:42:48 +0000 cascademom 1993198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it near the end of pregnancy. I gave up tomatoes because it hurt so bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993197 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:40:59 +0000 Emsmems 1993197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember when exactly, but mine started pretty early! First it was just when I ate something spicy or acidic, and then as I got bigger it didn't matter what I ate, I got it all the time. Eating a lot close to bed time was the worst! Pepcid made it a little more tolerable. Birth made it go away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993196 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:35:36 +0000 wonderstruck 1993196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Yep, the thing about the right side was also true for me! I took Zantac sometimes for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993193 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:31:27 +0000 Torchwood 1993193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My response is pretty much the same as @wonderstruck. Sleeping on my right side made it worse sometimes too. My doctor put me on pills that made it much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993190 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:20:24 +0000 wonderstruck 1993190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started in the second trimester - it didn't matter what I ate; every day I would start off feeling fine and gradually as the day went on (so basically, the more I put in my stomach) the heartburn would get worse and worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartburn-while-pregnant#post-1993188 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:15:52 +0000 LindsayInNY 1993188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you experienced heartburn during pregnancy, when did it start? Was there anything that triggered it? When did it typically happy (after meal(s), all the time, etc.)? </p>