Heartburn In Late Pregnancy
I got one today that said that "persistent heartburn during the
last trimester that does not respond to treatment or diet changes can be a
sign of toxemia or preeclampsia. Check with your medical practitioner".
Has anyone heard of this before? I had heartburn all the time with my first
two kids, and I did develop preeclampsia with my first. I have been having
all kinds of stomach pains lately: heartburn, reflux, nausea, you name it.
Nothing helps. Not TUMS, eating small meals, sleeping position, nothing. I
assumed that it was a normal part of being 35 weeks pregnant. Should I call
my doctor? I wasn't worried until I read the silly booklet!
Can anyone help me please?
I had *horrible* heartburn that didn't respond to anything with
both my pregnancies. I flirted with pre-eclampsia the first time around,
but didn't have it. The second time I didn't have it either, though
there was a slight rise in BP, but the heartburn was even worse.
Obviously, anecdotal evidence doesn't mean a whole lot, but
for whatever it's worth. I don't know about this in particular,
but I've done a lot of reading about pre-eclampsia and haven't seen
anything that suggests this is any sort of reliable indicator. Frankly,
I'm not even sure how you'd go about proving this, given that
intractable heartburn is *so* common in late pregnancy! Sure,
probably almost everyone who has pre-eclampsia has heartburn,
but so does everyone else. And even if they have disproportionately
more heartburn, there's likely some other factor contributing to
both. I can't imagine you should be worried with no other symptoms.