Does any one else get acid reflux during pregnancy or is this not a normal occurance?!

Allie - posted on 03/30/2010

yup.. lovely it is.. try using pillows behind you to sleep nearly sitting up.. keeps the tummy below the throat.. and some people, including a curently expecting friend, get prescriptions for this while prego.

Katrina - posted on 03/29/2010

with my first only during last trimester, but this one ive had it since the second.... so painful and annoying. got 7 weeks to go. sad to say but i cant wait til its over. lol

Jackie - posted on 03/28/2010

I feel for you! I have REALLY bad acid reflux... try not to eat too soon before you go to sleep since you say that later on at night is when its happening.. That seems to help quite a bit!

Allyson - posted on 03/24/2010

I had terrible heartburn in my first pregnancy but not at all with this one. It's completely normal, so don't worry about it.

Annie - posted on 03/22/2010

going to docs tomrrow, will let you know what he says!!!!Only thing is, if he tells me a certain med to take, you will have to go to the doctor yourself..lol...i can only tell you if he says its normal.all women are different and cant take the same meds!

Kaylie - posted on 03/18/2010

Yes its "lovely" symptom of pregnancy!! Im having my 1st in Aug and Ive never had heartburn so bad in my life!! I eat Tums every night..my advice to make it better..tums milk and honey!!

Kaylie - posted on 03/18/2010

I eat tums every night..Im expecting my 1st in Aug and Ive never had heartburn like this..the advise I can give is milk honey and tums!!!

Sally - posted on 03/18/2010

i get it just about every day!!!

Krista - posted on 03/18/2010

oh yes. i had it everyday during my third trimester!

Pam - posted on 03/18/2010

It probably is another symptom of pregnancy I find my Acid reflux is worse at night when my little one is moving around the most. Tums and zantax have helped me out in the past with my first pregnancy but then again with my second pregnancy Tums seems to help. The old wives tale about acid reflux and hair was certainly true for my first pregnancy as my daughter had a full head of hair and never lost it. Her hair is now halfway down her back at just 12 months.

Annie - posted on 03/17/2010

i have horrible acid reflux!!!! i was wondering if it were normal myself! I think heartburn is normal...but this is NOT heartburn...i will ask the doctor next tues!

Emma - posted on 03/17/2010

reflux is the most horrible part so far of my pregnancy i can have up to 2 bottles of gaviscon a fortnight and some times it dont even work

Michelle - posted on 03/17/2010

I actually throw up acid ! And it hurts and is just all around horrible . Ask your dr about diff otc meds or RX ones ., Tums failed for me .

Angelina - posted on 03/16/2010

It's most definatly a symptom. I use Tums, and might I add, are a total life saver lol.

Maggie - posted on 03/16/2010

I'm actually on baby three and I had never had it before with my other two pregnancies. I am into the last two weeks and I have it all the time!! It's very frusterating!! But Zantac definately helps!

Stephanie - posted on 03/15/2010

I am right there with you. Mine started out as heartburn but I get really bad acid reflux at night and it is very painful. I was wondering the same thing and I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one.

Myra - posted on 03/15/2010

I get heartburn ALL the time and it's usually always at night and it gets on my last nerve!!! I am 7 months pregnant and it started somewhere around five!!! It's completely normal!!!! :)

Abigail - posted on 03/15/2010

I had acid reflux all the wat through my pregnancy but it got worse from 30 weeks onwards to the point where i was sick like 2 times a day. i found that things i ate caused some of it to bu i tried everything to get rid of it and it didnt go

Tami - posted on 03/15/2010

yes i had with first and i do now but my first little girl came out with an inch of hair stickin up off her head so wives tale or truth? i found that when i ate right before bed it was worse so i tried to eat a lil earlier and not lay down on the couch or bed right afterwards

Angii - posted on 03/14/2010

I had acid reflux all the time. I noticed some things I ate were the cause of it. Try to watch what you eat when you get it and try not eating whatever it is. I know when I had cheese flavored crackers I got it badly.

Raysha - posted on 03/12/2010

Yup!! I take a tiny sip of water and boom there it is. I don't even have to eat anything spicy to get it. It just happens. And Tums rarely helps. The wive's tail isn't always true though, with my first, I had heartburn from 2 months till the day she was born and that kid had no hair. lol

Shelaine - posted on 03/12/2010

i have had really bad heartburn along with acid reflux since the middle of my second trimester. i would spend hours of my night and morning throwing up and taking hot showers to relax my chest and relieve the pain. my dr recommended for me to take prilosec every day, and also sleeping in a more of a sitting position as high as you can handle really helps, even if you can only stand to be in that position for half of the night, also i've found that eating earlier in the evening and not eating things that trigger heartburn help.

Meghan - posted on 03/09/2010

yes this is very common, it happens because one of the pregnancy hormones relaxes all the muscule, and your stomach moves up to make room for baby,

Kara - posted on 03/09/2010

Yes, it is very common. I have had it off and on throughout the 2nd & 3rd tri (i'm currently 32 weeks)...most often at night. Not eating a few hrs before bed, and elevating your head/back with an extra pillow will help. Your doctor may also recommend an over the counter resolution like Prilosec or Zantac.

Heather - posted on 03/09/2010

lol yes never had it before about halfway through the pregnancy and it just gets worse

Tonia - posted on 03/09/2010

thanks lauren.. i've tried stuff for heartburn but it doesnt work on the reflux :( I suppose i'll have to go to the doctor :(

Lauren - posted on 03/09/2010

Heartburn definitely is a symptom. I am on pregnancy #2 and with both, I started getting terrible heartburn by 8 weeks. Zantac helps me most. And there actually is truth to that "wives tale" about heartburn and hair!

If you are really having terrible reflux, ask you dr and they may give you a RX that will help more.

The good thing about pregnancy induced heartburn is that it pretty much goes away after baby! I did still have heartburn occasionally after, where I NEVER had before my pregnancy.