Sometimes my husband and I talk about having a second child. Then I remember: Pregnancy. This, in turn, leads me to remember, among other physical discomforts: Heartburn.
I had a bad case of this when I was pregnant with my son. Of course, “heartburn” is the perfect descriptor for that burning sensation in your chest. Still, I spent about ten months or so coming up with other ways to describe this particular pain…so if you are similarly afflicted and want to change it up between rounds of complaining, I present the following:
- There’s a Sparkler in my Throat
- HELP I’m Choking on a Serrated Knife
- Digestion in Reverse, Now With Flames!
- Candle Chest
- Desperately Seeking Snow Cone
- I’m Carrying a Fire-Breathing Dragonchild
- Sweet Jesus, this Saliva Stings
- Esophagus of Eternal Pain
Did you/do you have pregnancy-induced heart burn? Did you feel like you were going to vomit lava? I got some relief from drinking milk (which I otherwise hate to drink) and good ol’ TUMS (which I tried to limit for fear they were poisoning my child… but I was paranoid that way.) Did any remedies work for you?
CONTEST: Would you like to submit your own pet name for preggo heartburn? The best submissions from comment section below and my blog facebook page will win an excellent mushroom-themed PRIZE, no kidding. (Contest closes 8am 6/20/15)
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Categories: Parenting Humor, Pregnancy
While not really a name … I used to sing “This girl is on FIRE…” :).
YES, nice one, sometimes Song is the only way to get through… 🙂
Ugh, yes, I had this too. Hated having to sit up to sleep and I was also nervous about taking the prescription my doctor said was safe to take. I called it Backup City.
Ha! Backup City>nice. I forgot about The Prop Up. Good times.
Oooh! This is fun! How about Burn Baby Burn: Stomach Inferno (tear this mother down)?
YES – please tell me you also have some funky disco moves to accompany this? 🙂
“burn baby burn” 🙂
Indeed. Nice melody, very literal. 🙂
I had my last baby in 2005. I had the worst heartburn with him! I don’t have any clever names, but I do remember drinking chamomile tea to soothe the burn. Ugh.
Ah yes, tea doth cure many ails…thanks Laura Jo! 🙂
I saw the title and thought maybe you had an announcement to make. He he. Oh the joys of pregnancy. You nailed it. 🙂
Nope, no announcement…But you certainly made pregnancy look easy… 🙂
Haha. Had pretty bad heartburn with my first and am now 33 weeks along with my 2nd. I am burning from the inside out most of the time. On particularly bad heartburn days I refer to it as The Hellfire.
Congratulations! And too bad about the fire. Nice submission. All my best!
When I was pregnant, I seriously thought I should take out shares in GlaxoSmithKline, I was eating so many Tums!
ha! Yup, I went through A LOT even though I was trying to limit them. I had one a few months ago and and it brought me RIGHT BACK to being pregs…