5 Foods That Cause Heartburn During Pregnancy

May be just an old wives tale but my first 2 babies had so much hair the nurses had to show them off and I had heartburn from Haties! My second 2 were bald as eagles and no heartburn! Milk usually did the trick.

Of all things that have given me terrible heartburn/indigestion during this pregnancy - it has been one of my favorite cereals in the world - Grape Nuts!!

Coconut works...sometimes, unless its really BAD heartburn. Water gives me the worst heartburn, not good for dehydration...good thing milk doesn't want to kill me like water.

Wow, and I thought I was the only one. I have had heart burn/acid reflux pretty much throughout my pregnancy and I am in my 36th week. Lots of water seems to work most of the time. Tums sometimes makes me puke. I am going to the store right now to buy some watermelon! Thanks for the hot tip :o)

i am 34 weeks prego an this is my 3rd i have tried everything. Nothing has worked tums please that never worked.Milk doesnt help at all i really dont know what to do. please help if ne of you have an idea ill try it.

I am 10 and a half weeks pregnant and have heart burn so so bad it literally makes my heart hurt this is my 5th baby and never had this with the other ones. My dr told me maylox or zantac i have not tried either yet have not had the chance to get it. If i eat any thing to heavy i throw up from the heart burn pain i can not even do nothing at all my husband is getting frustrated with me becuase i am so sick all of the time i feel dissabled i think he thinks i am faking it. i need help

I'm in my 22nd week right now and I get heartburn NO MATTER what I eat or drink, including water, of all things. Yea watermelon helps a little, tums doesnt help me at ALL, and I also have noticed when I lay down its worse. So... thanks for the tips ladies, i will be trying them!

Tagamet is the best heartburn meds to purchase while pregnant. Usually you can buy the generic brand at your local drug store and save $$! It is worth it to get these rather than tums!

im 23 weeks pregnant and have heartburn too.Usally when im trying to go asleep i would get it the worse. i use tums and drink lots of water and that helps

Have a serious talk with your DR. There are a lot of RX meds that are "very" safe to take for pregnancy heartburn. In the long run, with good insurance, you may end up spending less money, getting more relief, and not having that lovely chalky taste in your mouth all day! oh yeah, and maybe even be able to indulge those cravings without burn or vomitting!!

I suffer from terrible heartburn as well but the doctor told me to take Prilosec,it has really helped. I still get heartburn some but not nearly as bad as when i'm not taking Prilosec...As for TUMS when it comes to pregnancy heartburn TUMS just doesn't cut it! Drinking a glass of milk often helps ease the burn as well. If you're really suffering from heartburn check with your dr about taking Prilosec mine has assured me it is perfectly safe for me and the baby and it has helped tremendously!

Here's some info on watermelon: Watermelon eases heartburn and reduces swelling; its high water content (92 percent) and fruit sugars alleviate mng. sickness and dehydration; the minerals it has help prevent third-trimester muscle cramps. It is richer than tomatoes in lycopene, an antioxidant that protects against cancer and cardiovascular disease, boosts the body's immunity to infections and raises the skin's SPF, according to Steven Pratt, M.D., author of SuperFoods Rx (HarperCollins, 2003).

Amazingly enough, watermelon helps with heartburn! I had terrible heartburn for a couple of days in a row, the next day we stopped at a road side stand to buy a watermelon. It was so good I ate it every day for a week (sometimes even twice a day). I googled watermelon and pregnancy, turns out watermelon is one of the best things pg women can eat. That's when I realized that I hadn't had heartburn for the entire week!

alilxdasi- I'm in the same boat as you...I get heart burn from everything, even water! So right...tums just don't work and this what the doctor told me to take. Mine also gets worse at night when i go to bed and i don't eat late, usually if I lay down and it starts i start throwing up. I have 5 weeks left and can not wait!

This is my 5th pregnancy. Up until this one I didn't have much heart burn. This one takes the cake. I dread laying down at night bc it seems that's when it's at its worst. I haven't pinpointed any specific food b/c I have eaten sauces,spicy,O.J. sometimes I hurt, sometimes I don't. Liquid mylanta (Dr. recommends liquid, not tablets),sometimes works. I also take carafate b/c I have had stomach problems in past (safe for baby and mommy) and I think this has helped. Eat slow and small meals helps

I have thee worse heartburn ever so intense it causes me pain and sometimes throwing up in which is even more pain ful and TUMS well they dont work not for me I can barely eat a banana without having heart burn seems like water can do it, so I found that the best thing for me is to stay away from anything RED!!!Tomato stuff like pizza,spagetti,lasagna all that yummy stuff n steak anything spicy or fried,pretty liited I eat alot of Alfredo insead of spagetti n lots of veggies n fruits

Hanadi , actully i've been dealing with the heart burn n also ther upper back pain that wakes me up in the night all I wish is these 35 days that left from now my due date go as quick as possible n be a 100% safe delivery for the baby & me.

Ive dealed with heart in all my 2-previous pregnancies n even the recent 1 am in my 35th week of pregnancy with the help of melanta anti acid liquid + avoiding any spicy food or food with tommato sauce or steaks specialy eating alot of anything to me could cause a severe heart burn n not forgetting the help of milk @ the night it cools my esofgus down .

the whole heartburn is caused by babys hair growing is so not true!!! I had heart burn so bad during my first pregnancy i couldnt even sleep. My baby came out completly bald, hes now 17 months old and still barly has an inch!

this is my fourth child and ive always had heart burn with all of them. ive found that anything with tomatoes in it can cause my heart burn. chuging a good size glass of milk helps me get over the burn and im still getting something good for me. i just have to be careful of drinking too much milk and ending up with a yeast infection.

HEART BURNS!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T LIKE IT

I have heart burns bad where i burp fire... omg i don't like it at all. they say that it's becuz of the baby hair growing.. maybe, maybe not

I have heard that Apple Cider Vinegar tablets can really help with heartburn, even better than Tums, with the added benefit that it doesn't have aluminum in it, which is a heavy metal that can build up in our system. I've also found that eating SMALL meals more frequently helps a lot. And by small, I mean a third to a half of what you're used to, making up your calories in eating more frequently.

i do have lots of heartburn i even get it in the middle of the night. the worst thing to wake up to! i can take my prenatal and get heartburn i take it with water OR milk and i still get it.

spicy foods cause mine and sometimes milk products, it sucks because i am now wanting to eat different things but cant because it is causing my heartburn, tums 1000 seem to help and they help with leg cramps to...

This is my 2nd pregnancy and if it follows my first (as it seems to be doing right now) I will acid reflux so bad that even eating bland foods becomes impossible. And milk and Tums to help, forget it. Even milk causes reflux with me it seems. And this will continue all of my third tri.

I would think the acid has something to do with it. I remember before I got pregnant and going out for drinks with friends the next day I thought that OJ would be the cure all for a hang over but nope was I wrong I would throw it back up myself. I have stayed away from too much acidic food during this pregnancy, this is my 3rd and I still get heart burn and bad heart burn that lasts all day some times, it is terrible!

I have drank orange juice about three time and each time I threw it back up! Sooo.... at this point I can forget about eating an orange!

I didn't know that citrus gave you heartburn or anything because I thought that vitamin C came fron citrusy foods. I was hoping that it is ok and I won't get that.