A few nights ago I had terrible heartburn, something which I rarely experience. The first night it was so bad that I started to throw up when I laid down to go to sleep; moving quickly from a prone position to upright is physically painful for me at this stage, but believe me, I got up fast! I don’t know what is causing it now – I’m assuming it’s connected to being late in pregnancy – but it was mighty unpleasant. Here’s a little experiment I did that was successful in dealing with it.
I keep a small container of baking soda in my bathroom to brush my teeth with (baking soda has tons of uses – I just bought a 50 lb bag when I did my monthly shopping last week – I think it should last me just about the rest of my life, don’t you? :)). Since it was so late at night and I didn’t feel like going downstairs to look up what to do about heartburn, I decided to try mixing some baking soda with water and drinking it and see if it would work. (I’d estimate the measurements to be about 1 t. of baking soda to a cup of water.) I’ve used this for very quick relief of indigestion in the past, but didn’t know if it would work for heartburn.
I’m happy to say that it worked very quickly, and very well, and I was able to fall asleep without any further discomfort after a couple of minutes. So now I have one more effective use of baking soda to add to my list!
Avivah
I’m glad you found a remedy – but I want to caution you against ingesting too much baking soda – it will cause your sodium intake to spike in an unhealthy way!
Feel good!
I’m sure glad your husband went with you shopping — how in the world could it be good for you to lift 50 lb bags of baking soda? 😉
I always buy large bags like this (not usually baking soda, though!), but usually I take my older kids with me – my dd14 and ds15 are super and don’t let me shlep a thing, even when I’m not pregnant! I don’t even push the cart – they do that, too. I’m telling you, it’s worth it to train them when they’re young!
Yeah, well it will be a few years before my children are tall enough to push a cart 😉
Who brings all the groceries in? The kids too? 🙂
Yep, they bring it all in. And unpack it – I oversee and give instructions; there’s actually a good amount of organization necessary to efficiently keep track of large quantities. When my kids were as young as yours, I wasn’t buying in the large amounts that are necessary now, and I was shopping monthly instead of weekly, so the cart wasn’t as full or as heavy. From the age of about 2.5, they start carrying light bags in from the car when I get home from shopping. They learn pretty quickly where certain things go – I found that several months ago my newly turned 3 yos would put away certain things in the fridge without being asked, because he saw that there was a regular place for some things. Now I direct him where to put some the things he brings in. Little by little, they learn….