https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:58:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743776 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:03:26 +0000 gingerbebe 2743776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Yeah, we have the giant Costco size two-pack bottles of generic Mucinex and pop those bad boys all the time. I literally walk around whining to my husband that my face hurts and he frequently massages my face and forehead and sinuses after a long hot steamy shower so that it can help move and drain my gunk. I also gargle with the salt/baking soda solution to get that stuff flushing the other way too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743772 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:54:31 +0000 hellobeeboston 2743772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Thanks for sharing! I just heard about flonase and everyone swears by it! The humidifier is a great idea, i need to do that, I have one in my kids rooms, but not mine! I definitely have sinuses that are not right. Each cold gets "stuck" in my face, it won't drain... Despite using the neti pot every day... I'm scared to get another cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743770 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:52:24 +0000 hellobeeboston 2743770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: ugh, who knew?! Yeah - I couldn't breathe deep for the week and my chest just ached for an entire week... scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743759 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:34:45 +0000 gingerbebe 2743759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I have chronic sinus issues (I have super narrow sinus passages) and we live in a high allergen area (rural agricultural setting, massive pollen counts, dust, etc). Sudafed makes me incredibly sick, so my constant sinus issues were turning into a vicious antibiotic/thrush cycle.</p> <p>I use a neti pot religiously in the shower every day using 1/2 a teaspoon of a mix I make that's 50/50 sea salt and baking soda. I also take generic Allegra every day and use generic Flonase. This combo took me a long time to find, but its seriously saved my life the last few years. My husband never had allergies until we moved here and he's gotten on board with this combination too and now he wont travel without our neti pots. </p> <p>We also use a cool mist humidifier in our room pretty much every night and swap out our HVAC air filters frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743743 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:17:27 +0000 littlebug 2743743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I got THE WORST reflux on doxy. I actually went to the ED because I worried about a cardiac event, since that sometimes mimics reflux in women. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743733 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:03:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 2743733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: Oh wow, yeah, I truly learned the hard way!! it stinks because I'm allergic to a lot of antibiotics so there's only a few I can take, and every time I've gotten a cold lately it turns into a bad sinus infection :( Next time I'm going to see if there is something else I can take. And i will ALWAYS drink it with water from now on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743731 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:59:50 +0000 MrsADS 2743731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston I have not taken doxycycline in a long time but when I did, I had this happen on a number of occasions. It is the WORST THING EVER. I learned to take it with a HUGE glass of water (like 10+ oz) AND at least an hour or so before going to bed. Glad you figured it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2743725 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:44:53 +0000 hellobeeboston 2743725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>**** UPDATE ON THIS SITUATION.</p> <p>In case anyone looks this up... what was so weird about this reflux/indigestion was that there was NO RELIEF for DAYS. I was taking Zantac, Prilosec, Tums, chewing fruit gum, ginger tea, etc etc... nothing helped.</p> <p>I found out, self-diagnosed, that there is something called Pill-induced Esophogitis. I'm about 98% sure this is what happend. I'm remembering back to the night it started and after my bigger-than-normal dinner I popped my last doxycycline pill I was taking for a sinus infection, without water, and got in bed... So basically I think the antibiotic pill, without any water, got stuck and 'burned' my esophagus.... It took one entire week to heal, I couldn't eat anything for about 5 days lost 4 pounds, could barely drink water either, everything hurt. One week later, I was able to start eating again and the pain was fading, the reflux symptoms stopped around 5 days after. OMG.</p> <p>MORAL: Do not take antibiotics without water, and immediately before going to bed. DUH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740835 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:45:00 +0000 lioneyes 2740835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like reflux. I had it while pregnant BADLY and then also randomly before and since. I actually have it a lot this week, I heard it could be exacerbated by seasonal allergies. Tums smoothies are my go-to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740829 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:31:21 +0000 renee0106 2740829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've found that a combo of zantac and tums worked best for me. Pasta sauce always gives me terrible heartburn. </p> <p>Tums will give you relief instantly but it may not last long (sometimes it would only last about 30 minutes for me)</p> <p>Zantac gave me relief in about 30 minutes and lasted all day. </p> <p>So right when I would get heartburn I would take a tums to get rid of it instantly and then also take a zantac so it didn't come back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740827 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:28:53 +0000 travellingbee 2740827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Nexium is that only thing that helps me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740823 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:27:01 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2740823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: When I knew I had ate something bad or was feeling it coming, I would drink a glass of apple juice before bed. Apple Cinder Vinegar is even better but harder to get down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740819 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:25:01 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: we had been dieting too.... No carbs at night, pretty light dishes. A big bowl of pasta/sauce/meatballs was the most I've eaten at night in a while. I've had sauce, but we were using zoodles or butternut squash instead, so I wonder if it was a combo of that, and me going to bed WAY earlier than normal and laying down so close to that meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740817 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:23:21 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: oh really?! oops.... OK, I have some of that, will try it next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740816 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:21:58 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2740816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Milk is actually not good for it. Try Apple Juice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740815 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:21:26 +0000 jhd 2740815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: not sure if it's helpful but I'm doing a whole 30 now and feel better than I have in a while so maybe other things I was eating with the tomato sauce like cheese and pasta also made me feel bad too so maybe you won't have to be extreme like me and cut the sauce out completely! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740807 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:17:05 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: I had the nausea last night but that's luckily gone today.... OK, maybe I'll just try to wait this out and see, and I see my doctor in a few weeks, I'll bring it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740804 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:14:39 +0000 jhd 2740804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: i get really bad nausea that kind of masks the other symptoms. my pcp told me to use Zantac. i also asked her for some zofran before i realized that it was specifically tomatoes that were bothering me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740801 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:08:19 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: how do you alleviate symptoms? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740799 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:07:51 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: OMG NOOOO... what will I do without Rao's?! </p> <p>It's bizarre that it's all of a sudden, we used to eat pasta with sauce a lot, but have barely had any for about the last 3 months, it must have really affected me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740798 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:06:11 +0000 jhd 2740798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like it to me. I can feel awful for 24 hours or more after eating tomato sauce. I finally just had to cut it out of my diet. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740794 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:02:53 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: oh no! so it's not abnormal that 12 hours later I'm still feeling like this?! this is so weird.... what do you take? I've taken 3 TUMS, and drank milk, been eating pretty bland food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740793 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:01:57 +0000 travellingbee 2740793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had a on and off lifelong battle with acid reflux, and that sounds like it to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-this-acid-reflux#post-2740791 Fri, 26 May 2017 13:00:42 +0000 hellobeeboston 2740791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you ladies help figure out what's happening with me?</p> <p>I think I'm having acid reflux for the first time ever, I have never had it before, and never got it with either pregnancy!</p> <p>I woke up at 2am feeling like there was a lump in my throat, and some burning sensations... Felt like what I imagine indigestion/acid reflux would feel like. I got up and sat up for a couple of hours, had some milk and some water with baking soda - didn't have any TUMS, bought some today.</p> <p>After a couple hours felt better, got back to sleep. Woke up with the same feeling and now it's 2pm and I can still feel it - like a burning in my chest and when I drink I have to burp a little to make room (if that makes sense)... like there is still a block in the bottom of. my throat.</p> <p>Is this normal acid reflux/gerd???? What the heck.</p> <p>I did eat a larger-than-normal dinner of pasta with red sauce and meatballs, and after bathing the kids and putting the younger one down I laid down in my bed on my phone for a while before going to sleep really early - so I laid down pretty quickly after eating... I've never had this reaction to pasta sauce but know it can happen... just seems weird that I'm still having symptoms this long after. </p>