Wednesday, February 8, 2012

ACID REFLUX???

Like my last post suggested, we have been busy packing and getting ready to move..literally within the next 2 days we will be moved...so last night, B and I met Jer at Claim Jumper for dinner because, well, the kitchen is pretty packed up....I had a BBQ chicken sandwich (1/2...it was filling!) and some fries. When we got home we packed some more, put B to bed and then ate some Dibs while watching The Biggest Loser. When this was over, I hit the hay. When I laid down I could feel I had some indigestion...which is totally normal for me...but rolled over and fell asleep. Within a 1/2 hour I woke up kinda choking on saliva (or what I thought was saliva). I got up, drank some water and my throat was BURNING! I now felt like I was going to throw up and could not stop swallowing because my throat (back of mouth) was burning so BAD! Jer kept telling me to relax...cause if you know me when I feel the urge to throw-up, I go into a frenzy...he said I needed to go back to bed, but I just couldn't. Within 15 minutes I was "puking" more like drive-heaving (sorry for the ugly picture) like 10 times. Nothing came out...I felt better and began burping...I took another tums, drank some ginger ale, water and eventually ate a cracker to try and calm the acidy taste that was lingering at the back of my throat. I was shaking uncontrollably because I didn't want to go through that again...I ended up sleeping sitting up, w/ a bucket by the bed (luckily I never had to use it). This morning I still feel the acidy feeling/taste at the back of my throat :( Needless to say I did not get the most restful nights sleep (about 1 hour spurts at a time before I had to drink water/ginger ale/eat crackers/tums).....I hope it goes away soon...I have a loooong ways to go to have this for the remainder of my pregnancy!

3 comments:

The Copy Cat Chef said...

Please, consider yourself lucky if you haven't felt that until now. Please, for my sake! I never got sick with either of my pregnancies... HOWEVER, I got heartburn like it was going to kill me. People have a feeling they are pregnant because they start getting morning sickness... me on the other hand, I feel like I'm going to burp fire. It's the only time in my life I get heartburn/acid yuckiness... Just know I've been there, I know EXACTLY how you feel. And i've slept sitting up MANY times during pregnancies!! :) I hope you feel better!

Katy said...

Oh thank-you Jennifer :) Today i called my dr. to see what I could take...finally my throat isn't on fire. IT SUCKS! I have had heartburn/indigestion but not the acid reflux before....it was so awful last night cause I am not a throw-up kinda girl :) I can only hope my body returns to "normal" once she's out :) he he

Jen Long said...

I never had the feeling to throw up from it... except when I was in labor. It came on so bad when I started contractions, that I would throw up. It's the worse. I really hope you feel better. The only thing that would make it better was... is it prilozac? I don't remember, but it's legit stuff, and I couldn't ever afford it, but my dad always had it at their house.. so I always stocked up when I was at their house! :)