My chest is on fire

So normally, I keep the pregnancy stuff in one post at the beginning of the week, but it has kind of consumed my time this week. I've mentioned that I've had major heartburn with all of my pregnancies and that this time it seems to be worse. It has been waking me up at night to the point where I need to sit all the way up or stand, in fear that I will be sick to my stomach. I don't eat before lying down and I sleep with five pillows.

Monday night I awoke with it and I was seriously uncomfortable. I couldn't shake it. I then got the really watery mouth, where you feel like you should head to the bathroom in fear that you might just throw up. Well good thing I did, because the minute I did, I got sick. I thought it passed, but I was wrong. My entire insides burned due to the acid in my throat. I sat on our bathroom floor and waited to make sure it was all gone before finally heading back to bed three hours later. When I woke up in the morning, I had no voice due to the horrible heartburn.

My OTC heartburn medicine wasn't cutting it, so I opted to call my doctor Tuesday morning. After explaining my situation, they were kind enough to call me in a prescription. Tuesday night,  I slept much better. However, I was still having heartburn throughout the day.

Finally, I decided to switch my OTC medicine to another approved on on my list and thankfully it has done the trick. Smooth sleeping last night and it's been almost 24 hours since I felt a tinge of heartburn.I think my body just got used to my old OTC medicine and I needed to switch it up. Hopefully this will continue and I'm thankful that end of the pregnancy is nearing.