Taking Pepto/tums While Preg Posted: 04-13-07 11:27am
Well i started to spew this morning ( ).
Can i take pepto/tums type things while
pregnant? i know you need to watch what
you eat while pregnant and was woundering
if these were one of those things not to
eat.
also, if i cant take them, is there
anything i can take to settle my stomach
and stop/dull the barfing?
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mayhi
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Posted: 04-13-07 11:37am
It is safe to take Tums, up to 5 tums per
day. You cannot take Pepto at all during
pregnancy.
Hope this helps.
Mary
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Idony
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Posted: 04-13-07 11:43am
no pepto
tums is ok, also you can try to eat small
meals and drink water slowly, try
pepermint and/or ginger, lay down and
rest, take a shower
there are many things you can try, and
know it doesnt last forever
~alicia~
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Posted: 04-13-07 11:47am
Sorry your feeling so crappy. Try eating a
few small meals a day. Maybe try snacking
on some crakers when you start feeling
hungry. I know getting to hungry can make
you sick as well.
Make sure you drink plenty. Hydration is
very improtant! Has the dr given you
prenatal vitamins yet?
Aside from the morning sickness, how are
you feeling?
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arcadia
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Posted: 04-13-07 11:51am
tums are definitely ok- my doctor told me
to take 2 of them every day as an extra
source of calcium. so that's an added
bonus if you do take them.
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familyjewels
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Posted: 04-13-07 11:58am
ill try the cracker thing
yea the doc gave me teh vitamins. been
taking them sence like middle of last
week.
otherwise im pretty good. im kinda tired
all day ( fell asleep in class a few times
this week, never done that before). aside
from being emotional every so often, those
are realy the only pregy things i have so
far.
nother question ( kinda unrealted to
morning sickness). is there a general
time when i'll start showing? i know its
difrent for everyone but is there a
general time when most start showing?
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mc4ever02
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Posted: 04-13-07 12:04pm
If the morning sickness gets to bad there
is medication for it, so you may want to
mention it at you next appt.
Well I'm glad things (other than the m/s)
aren't to eventfull.
Do you know exactly how far along you are?
(for some reason I can't remember, Sorry
)
From what I remeber you aren't very far so
it would still be to early to start
showing. It is different for everyone.
Some women will start showing the
beginning of their 2nd tri others its the
end.
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familyjewels
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Posted: 04-13-07 12:08pm
6w4d
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 04-13-07 12:11pm
i started getting a bump at around 16
weeks and people started coming up to me
and sking when i was due at around 20
weeks.
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 04-13-07 13:48pm
My doctor told me pepto was fine to take
while pregnant, and i took some maybe
twice while i had morning sickness. and
tums are fine too.
at your next appt, tell your doctor you've
been having morning sickness and they
should be able to prescribe you some
medicine for it called phenagren. i had
morning sickness from 6-14 weeks, so be
prepared for feeling like crap every day!
(although i hope yours is better than mine
was).
i didn't start showing until right around
23 weeks, and only this week did a
*stranger* mention something about me
expecting (i'll be 28 weeks on monday).
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Idony
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Posted: 04-13-07 14:27pm
if the morning sickness just showed up,
you may want to think about switching when
you take your pre natals, or completly
switch the kind of pre natal, some can
make you really sick, i know mine made me
really sick when i took them in the
mornings
some people start showing at 15 or so
weeks others dont show until much later,
personally, my family and i could tell i
was getting noticably bigger at about
20-25 weeks, but just recently other
people have started noticing, and even
thats not much, most people still dont
notice, im 34 weeks and 3 days today
~alicia~
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arcadia
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Posted: 04-13-07 14:33pm
i got a little bump at 17wks.
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Mommy35
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Posted: 04-13-07 14:38pm
My doc said .Tums were perfectly fine to
take, but pepto was off limits. It
contains aspirin.
I started to show at 18 or 19 weeks, but
didn't *pop* until around 30 weeks. After
that I exploded.
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Azure777
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Posted: 04-13-07 15:33pm
i'm only 14 weeks and my friends have
already started asking if i'm pregnant...
so i suppose i'm showing a little... but
it all really depends on the person
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 04-13-07 16:31pm
There isn't aspirin in pepto...
The active ingredient is Bismuth
subsalicylate, and the inactive
ingredients are: benzoic acid, flavor,
magnesium aluminum silicate,
methylcellulose, red 22, red 28, saccharin
sodium, salicylic acid, sodium salicylate,
sorbic acid, water.
Either way, I took pepto and my baba is
perfectly healthy. It does say on the
bottle to ask a doctor before taking if
you're pregnant or breastfeeding. But like
i said, my doctor said it was fine.
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Idony
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Posted: 04-13-07 17:09pm
salicylic acid is the active ingrediant in
asprin, so it does have asprin in it in a
sence, sorry
maybe your doc said its ok, but most of
the docs i know say its not, i know many
that dont even recomend it for children
the main thing is she needs to ask her
doctor, and until she does, if some
doctors say not to or there is some reason
to think she shouldnt then she should not
take it, to be on the safe side until she
can ask her doc
sorry if that sounds health forum, im just
kinda annoyed by everyone always thinking
they are right just because they were told
something by someone, not everyone is the
same and not every doc is the same,
everyone needs to take that into
consideration
~alicia~
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 04-13-07 17:16pm
Um, i never said she should take it. i
only said my doctor said that *i* could
take it. i didn't say everyone else's
doctor would advise them the same thing.
of course everyone has their own opinions,
and i never said i was right about
anything. i just said what i was told.
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Idony
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Posted: 04-13-07 22:06pm
im sorry, i must have taken that the wrong
way then, it just seemed to me like you
were trying to be all rightious and what
not and say the old "i did it and my babys
fine so it must be fine and everyone can
do it" thing
ive been really stressed out lately, and i
know thats no excuse, but ive been taking
pretty much everything the wrong way
because of the stress and stuff
again im sorry if i took it the wrong way
but it does have asprin in it so narnar :p
lol...im just kidding, trying to lighten
the mood lol
).
)
From what I remeber you aren't very far so
it would still be to early to start
showing. It is different for everyone.
Some women will start showing the
beginning of their 2nd tri others its the
end.
(although i hope yours is better than mine
was).
