if you are constipated and have heartburn!

starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
edited July 2011 in Health
I just had an Aha! moment while reading one of my weekly pregnancy emails. I have had heartburn so bad my pregnancy, and some days am so constipated I wanna cry. Well I eat tums at least twice a day and wouldn't you know, antacids make you constipated!! Lol so I'm gonna cut back on the tums :P

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  • letysfirstletysfirst
    Lol u silly, try eating plums, n eat papaya, try it with lime n salt, its yummy n works wonders for constipation :) I had the same problem
  • ashleyzashleyz
    I had heartburn so bad, I got a prescription from my doc for it... low and behold, a side-effect is making you poop! Perfect for the constipated preggo! TMI, gives my hubby diarrhea, but just makes me more regular!
    Just be sure you aren't taking too many TUMS, you can get too much of the minerals...
  • starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
    @ashleyz lol I don't ever take more than the recommended dose, but apparently that's enough to block me up for a cpl days lol
  • ashleyzashleyz
    Good! Because even though I know better (I'm a nurse), I was popping them like candy and still having raging heartburn...
  • mscheylamscheyla
    I eat altoids like crazy for heartburn and indigestion. Also 1 glass of milk = 2 tums
  • starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
    @mscheyla yea I try to drink milk with food I know will set me on fire. Which is almost everything. Thank god for wic, because I go through a lot of milk! Between the milk and the tums my daughters bones will be unbreakable!! Lol :D
  • newmami918newmami918
    that makes so much sense! thank you @starrxoxo9 for pointing out that tums make you constipated. i never would have thought of that. i suffer from mad indigestion everyday usually all day. i go though three to twelve tums a day. i have a bottle by my bed and i wake up some mornings with a half dissolved tum in my mouth (very nasty taste to wake up to) i also of course have constipation and could never figure out why. well now i know the culprit. thank you for shining the light!
  • newmami918newmami918
    ha milk! i love milk and go through at least 2 gallons by myself every week. it does help with the indigestion especially if i drink it with my meal.
  • starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
    @newmami918 I never knew it either, but when I read it it was like a light bulb went off over my head lol glad I could help!!! :)
  • amipregnantamipregnant
    Oh great! I eat tums allllll day! Heartburn is terrible! And so is the constipation :/ ughhhhhh! Nothing else works though. Go figure.
  • Carsons_mommyCarsons_mommy
    Shew im glad I know this now! I keep a bottle of tums by my bed, in the living room, AND in my car!!! Hahaha and I have been so constipated its awful! I think im just gonna start drinking more milk too!
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