It’s Canadian Thanksgiving next weekend, but my in-laws were nice enough to move our family festivities to this weekend, since we had plans to go up to the cottage anyway. We had ribs, baked beans, two different kinds of salad, and some amazing cheesecake samosas that DW picked up from a local chef. The cottage was warm from our wood stove, and filled with the sound of children playing and adults laughing. It was wonderful. The leaves are also changing, and at one point, we heard fluttering in the woods. When we went to check it out, we were shocked to discover what it was…..
Wild turkeys perched in the trees! Three of them! On Faux Thanksgiving!
Anyways, DW is doing well. She is still super tired, has a weird taste in her mouth, and her heartburn is out of control! Ladies who have had heartburn, what have you taken that is safe during pregnancy?
Other non-fun pregnancy things that she’s noticed are: pimples, and her stomach is still unsettled when she’s hungry or tired.
Her favourite foods this week: A&W Rootbeer, gourmet butter chicken samosas from that local chef, pasta, and oranges.
DW is excited to finally stop her fertility drugs soon. She’s already started tapering off of her Endometrin, and soon she will also be off Estrace, Fragmin, and will start tapering off her Prednisone too.
We’re also super excited to see Mochi on Wednesday. Given her recurrent pregnancy losses, she’s been super nervous because she hasn’t seen Mochi since she was discharged from the fertility clinic at her six week ultrasound. I know a lot of you can empathize.
Anyway, stay tuned! Lots of exciting stuff happening next week 🙂
Mama et Maman 
Tums is a given for heartburn, but I also found that my Diclectin helped with heartburn extremely well! If she’s not already on that, I would give that a go since it’s the safest thing aside from Tums. I know Zantac (ranitidine) is also suppose to be safe, but I think it’s Category B. Anyways, I can’t wait to hear all about your wife’s next scan! xoxo
Thanks for the advice 🙂
LOL!!!! I drank A&W for weeks with my little one until my nurse advised against all the calories….only craved it for a second trimester 🙂
Lol. She drinks the diet version, which we know isn’t the best either- with the artificial sweetener. But she’s loving it!
Magnesium is supposed to help a ton. Liquid that you rub on your skin. Pills are hard to absorb. And tums and antacids really exacerbate the problem in the long run so try not to take them
I’ve got her taking Natural Calm, which is a magnesium citrate drink, but haven’t noticed if it has worked at all because she doesn’t take it consistently.
oh yeah that stuff is awesome for restless legs! definitely try the magnesium liquid (sometimes called oil) because the citrate is difficult to absorb in edible or drinkable form. I’ve been tryong to stay on top of the magnesium for myself because it is supposed to pre-e
mptively help with morning sickness haha
Ranitidine is a prescription heart burn med that worked for me as well as gaviscone.
Awesome, thanks! I will get her to ask her midwives for a prescription 🙂
Your welcome it works very well if taken daily.
It’s OTC here not prescription, mamaetmaman. 🙂
Tums for heartburn all the way! I took it almost daily!
Yeah, she’s taking the Tums, but needs something stronger I think. Did you have heartburn your whole pregnancy?
Poor thing! My memory is a bit hazy (OMG I’m so tired!) but it seems like it was primarily the first & third trimesters. Maybe she’ll get a reprieve in a few weeks. I hope she does!
Thanks! Me too. She normally gets heartburn prepregnancy, so this is kinda a lifelong battle for her 😦
Green apples. And this will sound gross, but shots of apple cider vinegar took my heartburn away.
Maybe it is just me and apples or something?
These sound like delicious ways to combat heartburn (to me), but DW is not a fan of ACV lol. I’ll let her know though. Thanks!
I had a prescription for ranitidine for heartburn. I also took Gaviscon liquid for when it was really acting up. I’ve read that the calcium carbonate could have attributed to my anaemia, so make sure if she takes it she also takes or gets enough iron. My naturopath reccomended licorice root. That may be a good first step if you want to try the natural route.
I second the licorice root if she doesn’t want drugs. You can get ranitidine over the counter (OTC) if you want to try that first before asking for a Rx.
Oh good to know! Clearly, I’ve never had heartburn lol.
I know, I have only ever had it in pregnancy.
Yes, DW is pretty anaemic too, so maybe licorice root is a good place to start. Did your naturopath recommend a particular dose? Thanks!
I’ll check today and let you know. I actually bought some even though I haven’t used it yet. I’m not sure ranitidine is breastfeeding safe so I thought I’d keep some licorice root around in case my heartburn doesn’t go away immediately. I’m down to one dose of ranitidine left and don’t plan to refill it before baby arrives.
I remembered the dose: two licorice root pills per ranitidine dose. So I was on 1 ranitidine am/pm = 4 licorice root/day. I am switching to it tomorrow. Will update whether I notice a difference between the two.
Thanks! I hope it works for you 🙂
Do the in-laws know that you’re both pregnant?
Yup! Close family knows 🙂
Lovely! Must have been a very special Thanksgiving then : )
I took OTC Zantac once at night, OTC Nexium once in AM, and had a rX for Carafate liquid suspension that I only needed in the last couple of weeks. The over the counter meds controlled it well enough during most of the third trimester, but so didn’t have it too bad prior to the 3rd. It was awful, waking me up in the middle of the night choking on vomit kind of awful…and on top of hyoeremesis. Brutal.
Wishing Mochi, Dumplin, and you ladies all the best!
Thanks! Sounds like your heartburn was pretty bad too. And with the HG… Yuck you poor girl. I’m sure the babies are totally worth it though! Thanks for the advice 🙂
Zantac & Tums from what I gather are ok.
Oops, sent too soon. I’m so stoked for you ladies getting your scans on Wednesday! I’ll be anxiously awaiting your fun update! I’m also excited for DW being able to stop that boatload of meds soon. What a relief that’ll be. I only had baby aspirin, estrogen & progesterone to take and that was already a pain. Xx
Thanks! We’re so excited for Wednesday! When did you stop taking your baby aspirin? Our RE had me on it until 34 weeks, but told DW to stop at 14 weeks, so we’re confused lol.
From what I read it’s not normally good to take long term through pregnancy, but maybe more to do with people who don’t have clotting issues per se. I stopped around 11 or 12 weeks I think. I was hesitant too, but all was fine.
Gaviscon is safe and helped me. Somewhat anyway. Tums did nothing for me. Careful not to take either near in time to any other meds as heartburn remedies prevent or reduce absorption of other meds. I hope DW feels better soon. Glad you two got enough prednisone to keep her on it until now and glad you all had such a lovely weekend.
Yes! I was meaning to email you and thank you for all of your support. It turns out that we will be able to get her to about 13-14 weeks including taper.
Heartburn sucks! But if the old wive’s tale is to be believed, it means lots of hair, and it sure was a truth with ours! I had terrible heartburn. I drank a lot of milk and chewable Papaya Tablets were my friend. Great stuff, those things!
Quite possible that Mochi will have a lot of hair. Most Asian babies come out with a full head of it haha. What were the papaya tablets for? Digestive enzymes?
Coconut water and ginger chews healed my heartburn. I took tums, but they did nothing.
Interesting! We have lots of coconut water at home, but I’ll have to see if she’s willing to eat ginger chews 🙂 Thanks!
We also celebrate thanksgiving at the cottage. I am so looking forward to this weekend, with the wood stove going and the cozy vibe. Good luck on Wednesday! Seeing Mochi will be so exciting!
Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving 🙂
The metal taste in the mouth is awful. I experienced it with Dylan and just about cut my tongue out. I felt like i had to be chewing gum at all times and that didn’t even really help!
Yeah, she finds that spearmint gum (which she normally loathes) helps a bit with the metallic taste.
I got this from a Young Living oil testimonials page:
I have encountered horrible heartburn during my pregnancy, and it seems to not matter what I eat, I still get it. I have found that drinking Alkalime twice a day, once in the morning and once at night, and I don’t get heartburn at all during the day or at night.
Also, I have discovered that peppermint either directly on my tongue or applied on my chest has helped greatly, in times where I don’t have access to Alkalime. I drink lemon oil in my water, and if I don’t drink this daily, I am more susceptible to heartburn and indigestion.
If you’re interested, let me know and I can give you the info to order the peppermint and lemon oils. Excited for her scan on Wednesday…praying all is well!
Lots of great info here. Thanks! We’re trying magnesium first, but will let you know if we need to get some of the peppermint and lemon oils. Heard Mochi’s heartbeat on Doppler today!
Can’t wait for tomorrow’s ultrasounds!
Yay for the heartbeat! Hope the magnesium helps. 🙂
Thanks hun 🙂
Try the natural ginger chews from The Ginger People for heartburn. Trader Joe’s has a version too.
Thanks!
Wishing you guys all the best for the upcoming ultrasound. I can imagine how nerve wracking it must me. ps my mouth started watering when I read about these samosas. Sounds amazing. I need to go home now so I can eat.
Aww thanks! Yeah, I can’t eat gluten, so I couldn’t partake in the samosa madness, but from what I heard, they were gooooooooood! I hope you’re doing well.
all good over here thank you! no complaints for once 🙂
I’ve heard eating cucumber and taking papaya enzymes but so far I’ve just done Tums myself. Hope she finds some relief with all of these ideas!
Actually, she’s been feeling a lot better with the magnesium citrate at bedtime. Plus, it has helped with her constipation! Double plus!
Nice!