Lower acidic foods/acid reflex friendly foods

CMNVA wrote: »

Well, whenever I used to have a flare up, my GI doc would always recommend a "white" diet (rice, chicken, potatoes) that sort of thing. But that was mainly to calm my irritated stomach down.

With reflux though, it's really an individual thing. I mean, things like WATER actually cause my reflux to be worse, but tea is fine. I guess it's best to just try the common-sense sort of low-offending foods that are bland. Eggs--not a lot of volume and soft would be something I'd try. Try not to overfill your stomach.

It's hard, I know. With my second child I had the worst heartburn ALL THE TIME. I was chugging Gaviscon. Not 15 minutes after I delivered him, it just disappeared!!

Do seem to tolerate white rice, it's just so bland to me that I end up having to put some sort of flavoring on it, which sometimes triggers it, and sometimes doesn't. Potatoes (both idahoe and sweet potatoes) I seem to tolerate very well.

I know it's very individualized, just trying to get some ideas to try. Both of my SOs and my family keep making fun of me because for the past few weeks, I've been pretty much eating the same things over and over, to the point my mom can actually predict what I'm making lol. It's funny, I heard from several people that drinking fizzy drinks wasn't good for heartburn, but I tend to tolerate Sprite Zero, which has helped through the nausea since I hate ginger ale.

Ehh I don't have an egg allergy or sensitivity, but for some reason, eggs (by themselves) make me nauseated-they always have since I was a kid. I have no issues cooking or baking with them. I think it's the texture.

So glad to hear that! I am hoping this fades quickly after baby is born as well. If I wake up vomiting/bringing up acid anymore I'm going to go insane lol.

I've also been very bad these past weeks witj sodium intake. I know it isn't good, but pressure has been running really low lately and gyn told me to
Consume more salt or I could start getting dizzy spells.

ETA: was typing and talking to SO at the time and started typing here what I was saying lol. Whoops.

ladyreva78 wrote: »

Potatoes and white rice really were my life savers and oddly enough, cheese (thankfully nutritionally ok enough for the doctor to wink it through until we had the situation under control).

I typed out a whole spiel about trigger foods when I realized, in your case it might be a quantity of food... Since you have a little something pressing on your stomach, you might be able to deal with the situation by eating slowly, chewing really really well, and eating smaller portions in one sitting. Avoid having your stomach over full at any given moment.

Best of luck dearest!

I have been eating small meals through out the day. Haven't really noticed much difference between larger and smaller meals. Doesn't help that she is in an awkward position and occasionally with hit or kick my stomach. Almost immediately after that, I throw up.

jagodfrey08 wrote: »

You gotta identify your triggers and avoid them. For me, it was caffeine, oils, chocolate, dairy, and OJ. PB would set me off in a heartbeat, as would coffee or tea. Overeating when pregnant was miserable for me. When i was in my third trimester, I had to graze instead of eating big meals. With my son, I took 150mg of Zantac twice a day and chewed Tums in between if I had a flare.

Even now, I still get heartburn from highly acidic foods, greasy foods, oily foods, and OJ. PB doesn't set it off like it used to. I also switched from hot brew coffee to cold brew, which definitely helped.

Good luck. Thankfully, it tends to resolve itself postpartum if you don't generally have reflux.

The problem is, my triggers seem to be rotating. Some days I'm fine chicken and Italian dressing, the next day my chest burns like it's on fire. I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette with foods.

I hope so! So many health issues with the pregnancy that I'm slowly going insane.