Pregnancy Reflux: Some Tricks to Reduce Your Reflux During Pregnancy

Gastro-esophageal reflux. GER or GERD.

Many reasons for that, not the least of which is that growing life that is crowding out the other things in your pelvis and abdomen, including your stomach. That’s an over-simplification, of course, but let’s agree on this: if you’re pregnant, you are probably struggling with reflux.

Symptoms of Pregnancy Reflux Include:

• burping
• heartburn
• sour tase
• bad breath

There are many tips and tricks to help reduce your reflux during pregnancy (stay tuned for the boogordoctor’s eBook on this topic), but here is one that you won’t often hear:

Try to use only fresh, organic ginger

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More articles that may interest you:

1. When Your Allergic Rhinitis is NOT Allergic: http://www.boogordoctor.com/2011/06/when-your-allergic-rhinitis-is-not-allergic/
2. Pregnancy Rhinitis: Allergic or Something Else? http://www.boogordoctor.com/2011/12/rhinitis-of-pregnancy-allergic-rhinitis-or-something-else/
3. Rhinitis of Pregnancy 3.0: http://www.boogordoctor.com/2012/02/rhinitis-of-pregnancy-3-0/
4. Rhinitis of Pregnancy: Common Myths: http://www.boogordoctor.com/2012/08/rhinitis-of-pregnancy-common-myths/
5. So WHY Do You Have Rhinitis of Pregnancy? It’s Those Pesky Hormones: http://www.boogordoctor.com/2012/08/what-causes-pregnancy-rhiniti/

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