On rabid commercialism

[heidi]

My bag o'stuff from Sephora arrived today - fourteen cosmetic products - twenty-one if you count everything in kits separately - for twenty one dollars, including shipping. Gotta love sales.

I got a sample of Pink Sugar eau de toilette and my goodness, does it smell like sugar. Cotton candy, actually (candyfloss for the Brits) and the kids love it.

The reason I haven't been around much this week is because of insane computer problems. My office machine, which was my home machine until 3 weeks ago, had a hard drive crash. It was vaguely recently backed up, so I didn't lose very much, but it has to be replaced. I'm checking to see if the office network can accomodate a MiniMac - it's really all I need for the office, and er, it's shiny.

My at-home laptop has suffered a Troublesome Keyboard Failure - the Fn key seems to be stuck down. I picked up a can of antidust today which may help - any advice on what else might work, short of a keyboard replacement, or using it as a docked computer with a plug-in keyboard?

Last bit of advice-seeking: I've had pregnancy-related heartburn for the past few weeks. I've tried changing what I eat after 3pm, staying upright after eating, and chewing tums, which usually help after an hour or so, but does anyone have other tips? Is there anything I should stay away from 24/7? I've already declined ordering the Tiger Tear salad from our thai restaurant tonight, sigh...

Comments

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

I lived off Gaviscon for the final trimester - do you have that in the States?

[nsmom.livejournal.com]

If you are lying down when you get it, try lying on your left side - it has something to do with the way your stomach drains...but it still works for me when I get heartburn now.

[misscake]

I had horrible heartburn my last trimester too. I couldn't even bend over and it would start. Unfortunately, nothing really helped except eating smaller meals.

My OB pointed out that in the last trimester, your muscles start to loosen to get ready for childbirth and that your abdominal sphincter is unfortunately affected by that as well. So there isn't too much that helps.

But the old adage did prove true...my son was born with a full head of hair!

[flyby.livejournal.com]

Gentle exercise after eating helps my heartburn, but then the one thing I'm definitely not is pregnant. Also try eating more easily digestible foods (especially not red meat), and eating fruit before meals rather than after or as dessert. Fruit is digested very quickly, but if you let it sit on top of other food it goes acidic. Milk or yoghurt after a meal/before bed might help, too.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

I took Zantac. It seemed to help a bit with some of the other GI issues I was having and it's also the kind of thing that doesn't circulate much in the bloodstream - it stays in the gut - so there's very little worry of baby problems. (NTBCAMA and all that.) Also, have you tried papaya and yogurt?

Remember that once she drops it shouldn't be so bad, and all things considered that could be rather soon, so *crosses fingers*.

[junesrose.livejournal.com]

Well, I pretty much ate Tums for nine months, with all three pregnancies. Of course, back in them olden days (it's been 8 yrs since my last!), there wasnt' THAT much antacid stuff available OTC. Plus, worked in the Donor Room, where Tums were delivered in cases, so I didn't have to work too hard to get them!

How bout saltines? The milk think doesn't sound like it would work, (mixing milk with acid?) but I guess it does for some people.

Oy, the stuff we go through to have these little munchkins!!!

Good luck!! :)

[snapefantasy.livejournal.com]

Actually milk does help. It coats the lining of the esophogus and stomach, and helps to control the acid a bit. (it coats more than it controls...but take the help where you can get it!) Yogurt is another good coater, and eating veggies and multi grain/whole grain bread instead of white bread helps as well.

[shelaghc.livejournal.com]

I've never been pregnant, but when I have heartburn problems acidophilous or plain unflavored yogurt always helps.

Don't know how helpful that is for you though....

[dejaspirit.livejournal.com]

I've been lucky not to get much heartburn, but my friend Aileen got it really,really bad. She had to eat "mini meals" throughout the day and not have a lot on her stomach to avoid it. Also, drinking Pelegrino (or any bubly mineral water) helped her.

[likebunnies.livejournal.com]

When I was pregnant, I would drink lots of milk (and I hate milk) and had to sleep sitting up in the recliner. When they put me on bed rest, one of the reasons I cried was because I didn't know how I'd sleep if I wasn't nearly sitting up in the recliner. Do you have a recliner you could use?

[selinakyle47.livejournal.com]

Yay for the Sephora haul! :D

There's not much I can offer about the heartburn. I ate Tums like candy and cut back on the spicy/acidic foods. Which helped only a little bit.

[peregrinuscanus.livejournal.com]

Yes, milk and Gaviscon in huge quantities throughout all four pregnancies, and still on the odd occasion nowadays. Sleeping propped up in bed - sickeningly uncomfortable but better than heartburn that leaves you gasping.

[queenlily.livejournal.com]

Try inserting a paper clip under the edge of the key and popping it off, then clean it.

Of course, if your keyboard keys don't come off, or if they're too close together, this won't help.