Indigestion in the eighth month of pregnancy

Later pregnancy can slow digestion and reduce the space available for the stomach. This can lead to fullness, burping, nausea, or burning that rises toward the throat after meals. Symptoms may overlap with [Acid Reflux](/conditions/acid-reflux/), but indigestion itself does not identify one condition. Tell your maternity team if symptoms are new, persistent, or different from your usual pattern.

Try smaller meals more often, eat slowly, and sit upright while eating and afterward. Avoid lying down soon after food; raise your upper body for sleep if your maternity clinician says this is suitable. Notice personal triggers such as rich, spicy, acidic, or caffeinated foods. Ask a pharmacist, midwife, obstetrician, or doctor before taking an antacid or [Acid Reflux Medication](/treatments/medical-management/acid-reflux-medication/), because pregnancy, other medicines, and health conditions affect the choice. Do not use someone else’s medicine.

Seek urgent maternity or emergency advice for severe headache, vision changes, sudden swelling, severe pain under the ribs, repeated vomiting, chest pressure, breathlessness, fainting, blood in vomit, or black stools. Contact your maternity team promptly if you cannot keep fluids down, symptoms are severe, or you are worried about your baby’s movements. These warning signs require more than self-care.

Ask which remedies are suitable with your prenatal medicines, whether symptoms could be reflux or another problem, and what changes in pain, vomiting, or fetal movement should prompt an urgent call.