heartburn meds

[mrsacjjack]

Hi everyone! I have a delemma I would like to run past all of you. I take prilosec Every day for heartburn. Have for years. The OB wants to me Skipp dose or try NOT to have it at all for the first trimester (I'm 9weeks) I tired for one day  and wanted to die!! She says its because we don't know enough about it to say its safe. But I still have to work and go to school. And that's really hard when your stomach is burning out of your chest! Do you think I should keep taking? Or follow the OB's advice? And BTW.. I looked it up. Its cat c drug. But there are no knone risks associated with taking it!
Thank in advance!

[addysmama04]

I take prilosec and my midwife didn't tell me to stop. I would die if I had to stop. I took zantac for years but it stopped working for me.

[GigiBella]

If doctor is against it then dont take it. You only have a few more weeks of 1st trimester. My heartburn has been awful the last few weeks. So bad i eat as little as possible. Feels like someones punching thru my chest and squeezing my throat closed. Burns all thru my chest and in my ears. The chewable tums help a little but im gonna see if I can get nexium prescription.

[Katieimmel]

Pepcid is a category b.

[Katieimmel]

I take pepcid and it works. Doctor said it was safe.

[Nikki4289]

There are other things that are safe to take during pregnancy for heartburn and the doctor is a doctor for a reason. I deff say listen. I wouldn't wanna find out any known risks either. Do u really know what a class c drug means?? Just because it says that u think its safe? I would rethink that. Good luck to you.

[LesleyMarie88]

***Sorry posted but wasn't done


**Tums helped, but it got so bad I didn't want to eat bc anything would make it flare up. Milk helped but for only a few  minutes.  Finally my OB  gave me  Nexium.  No heatburn since!!

[mharitel]

Honestly. .it's not worth finding out if there are risks. Trust your doctor's advice and wait. If something did happen I couldnt imagine the guilt.

[LesleyMarie88]

Hi, I'm 36 wks, FTM, & prior to getting preggo had experienced heartburn once before, which was awful. Around  20 weeks  I started getting heartburn & it was so bad it would wake me up at night, burning from my stomach to my eardrums all day. Tubs helped