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"WEBVTT >> IN THIS MORNING’S WOMEN’S DOCTOR, PREGNANCY CAN BRING A LOT OF JOY AND ANTICIPATION. AND IT CAN ALSO BRING ON UNEXPECTED CHANGES AND DISCOMFORTS COMMON ONE, HEARTBUR JOINING US NOW TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS, IS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR JANELLE COOPER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. JANELLE: THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. DON’T SO YOU HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME? >> YES, MANY TIMES PER DAY. FOR SOME PEOPLE COME I CAN BE A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT MNC. FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT IS JUST AS THE BEGINNING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS I HEAR AND SEE ABOUT DURING THE PREGNANCY. >> SOME WOMEN CANNOT EVEN LAY DOWN, THEY HAVE TO SLEEP SEATING UP? DR. COOPER: YES, WHEN WE SEE THOSE PROBLEMS COME I TELL THEM NOT TO EAT RIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED BECAUSE IT CAN MAKE IT SO MUCH WORSE. THEO: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE HEARTBURN? DR. COOPER: DURING PREGNANCY, THERE ARE HORMONES RELEASED THAT CAN CAUSE THE SPHINCTER TO RELAX THAT HOLDS THE ACID IN YOUR STOMACH. , SO IT GOES BACK UP SO EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD HEARTBURN BEFORE, YOU GET IT. JENNIFER: WHAT ARE SOME OF? DR. COOPER: THE THINGS IT CAN DO TO LIMIT IT I WOULD RECOMMEND  LIFETIME CHANGES. WATCH THE AMOUNT OF FATTY FOODS THEY EAT COME A CITRUS FOODS LIKE GRAPEFRUIT, ORANGES, TOMATO SAUCE. JENNIFER: THAT IS SO HARD! [LAUGHTER] DR. COOPER: AND THEN, CHOCOLATE. NOT LANGONE BUT AFTER THEY EAT, AND THEY CAN ALSO DO TUMS. JENNIFER: DO THEY HAVE TO LIMIT HOW MANY TIMESTUMS THEY HAVE? AND NAUSEA CAN BE ANOTHER EFFECT WITH A HEA? DR. COOPER: YES, SOMETIMES NAUSEA CAN CAUSE A HEARTBURN- SOMETIMES THEY  EXACERBATERN- EACH OTHER. JENNIFER: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD WIVES TALE THAT IF YOU HAVE HEARTBURN, MAYBE THE BABY HAS A LOT OF HAIR. DR. COOPER: YES, SOME WOMEN BELIEVE THAT. THAT IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN, A BABY HAS A LOT OF HAIR. BUT MOSTLY BABIES WILL HAVE HAIR, SO -- [LAUGHTER] SOME DEFINITELY DO HAVE IT MORE THAN OTHERS. JENNIFER: DR. COOPER, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WE"
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