No more vurping!

Thanks for all the comments, and reminding me that others have in fact had this crazy reflux (or as Mr. P likes to call it - vurping aka vomit+burp). The odd thing is I don't really have any heartburn (knock on wood, do not jinx things, Pie!!), just the occasional spontaneous late-night pukes.

I had my OB appointment yesterday and asked the OB about it. She basically confirmed what I already suspected, which is the critter is crowding out my stomach, and things will wash upwards. She said I could take an acid reducer, like Pri.losec or Zan.tac. Given I'm not having this all the time, and with no heartburn, I'm gonna try the other suggestion of sleeping propped up. I've done this the past 2 nights, and slept great!

I also read this timely article in the NYT about how heartburn/reflux is exacerbated by lying on your right side. Every time I've had the nocturnal vurps, I was sleeping on my right side. Hmmm...so I'm also going to try to avoid sleeping on my right. But by propping myself up, I can now sleep on my back. Which is great for me as a back-sleeper, so I won't miss the right side. (ETA - yes, you can sleep on your back, as long as you are propped up, so really sleeping sitting up, legs outstrecthed, on a slight incline. You can't sleep on your back if you sleep flat.)

Everything else with the critter girl looks great. It was a quickie OB visit really, BP is fine, fundal growth is on track, doppler has strong HB, cervix is still long and closed. YAY!

We now go every 2 weeks, for more of the same checks. This is starting to feel real, people!