Gaviscon???...

Is Gaviscon safe to take while your pregnant?? Iv had really bad heartburn for the past few weeks where iv even thrown up from it a few times!! and its driving me nutts as it always hits at night times!!! and keeps me awake!!

oh bugger!! thats what my SIL told me to get but i was too stubborn and bought the 1 that i had already picked up!!!

Quickeze tablets are handy for heartburn, I personally wasn't a fan of any of the liquid stuff. You can also get these tablets from the chemist that taste a bit like peppermint... but the heat has melted my brain and I can't remember what they are called !

aww i didnt know that you could get aniseed flavoured Gaviscon!??!! that sounds yummy!! must be just this stink small town supermarket! it only had lemon or mint

With the night time heart burn, try taking Gaviscon at least half ah hour before you lie down and it is supposed to form a raft over the stomach acid and prevents it floating up you gullet when you lie down, that's the theory anyway. May work with Mylanta as well but as i say i have never taken it. Works with all flavours too!!!
My midwife suggested a herb tea called Slippery elm, which is disgusting but did the trick too
Also try not drinking with food as this helps everything float up and gives you that refluxy/heart burn feeling

Edited by Redbedrock

Do you just get the aniseed Gav from the supermarket?? if so which 1??

When did everyone elses heartburn/indigestion/reflux start???
Im only 6 weeks pregnant and iv had it for a few weeks now!!! it was one of the giveaway symptoms because iv never!! had it before not even when i was pregnant with my son...oh i had it with my last pregnancy which was a MC but that was it so really did kinda put it down to pregnancy!!
Its a bit of a pain because i usually get the heartburn on and off during the day then real bad starting about 7ish then about 8-9pmish! the MS starts to join in and i dont know whats worse!! in saying that - i am really enjoying it though because im finally pregnant!!!!

i used to take mylanta - and i kept it in the fridge and would just swig it back at night.

I got the gaviscon from a local pharmacy in a nice pregnancy friendly 500ml bottle for about $13, best investmnet so far. I have had heartburn and reflux since before I even thought I was pregnant. So pretty much the last 7 months, but I have a week or so every now and then when I don't get it, not sure why, obvious foods trigger it, so good old fish and chips are out and a nice hot curry, but otherwise there seems to be no pattern.
BTW I thought they only made aniseed Gaviscon!!!! It's pretty much all I ever saw bafore in the UK

Hope you feel better soon

Claiire

Grrrr! I'm suffering from it too - have managed not to take anything yet as I forgot to mention it to my m/w but don't think I'll last much longer Isn't it funny - mine too is worst in the evening/at night?? And drinking milk is totally out too.

I wonder why it plays up more at night time???? does anyone know???

I was told that if you get it really early on in pregnancy then it means that your having a girl!!...well i think im having a boy! so wel just have to see

I took a gaviscon tablet last night when my heartburn started haunting me and it took the edge off but didnt take it away completely although it was so bearable that i was happy with the results!!

This morning i woke up and to add to the heartburn my MS has kicked in right bang smack on 6 weeks!!! i was only getting it at night but yip started up this morning!! its bearable though - just a yucky nausious (sp???) feeling! and not wanting to eat anything other than oranges!!?? (iv gone through a whole bag in 2 days!) which its still here!! it seems to be getting progressively worse as the days go by so i hope i dont have all day MS!!

Whoops! sorry that was a bit off the subject of heartburn! its just one of things that seems to be going hand in hand with the heartburn!

Im going to go to the chemist tomorrow and hunt me down some aniseed gaviscon!