Constipation/possible anal fissure?

Jpinky9

I am currently 5w2d and have been having trouble eating anything besides carbs, mostly kraft dinner. I also have not been getting to the gym the last two weeks. I have been still drinking lots of water. As a result I find I am feeling a bit backed up and less regular. I have never been constipated so I am not sure if that is what I am experiencing. This afternoon I went to the bathroom and was able to poop but it was very solid! I noticed with my first wipe there was a tiny bit of blood (definitely from the back) and it was only the first wipe and just a tiny bit. I had a miscarriage in October so naturally I worry. I wiped the front several times and there was definitely no blood and only the initial wipe from the back!

Has any one experienced this before?

Jpinky9

Haha yeah, not a sentence that is said every day!! Thank you so much for the reply! It helped put my mind at ease!!

mb314

My DH has had fissures. Take a stool softener to make going poo easier. And eat fiber.

Jpinky9

This may be a stupid question, but, do stool softener make you go more often or does it just make it easier? And what ones are safe during pregnancy?

mb314

Stool softeners don't make you go, they just make it easier for you to go.  So you'll still need to get fiber.  According to the mayo clinic they "are generally safe during pregnancy".  I believe Colace is a common brand that is safe.

After you give birth, you'll have to take colace because that first post partum poo really really sucks!

Jpinky9

Thanks so much for the information!!

tealowl

Nicb13 said:

"Your butt is angry" is not something I thought I'd ever type online....

I'm having a giggle fit at work because of this.

 

OP - it totally happens, even not pregnant. I've had it before, it sucks!

Justabean3

Colace and miralax are both safe and will save your life

HopeNotLost

Jpinky9 said:

This may be a stupid question, but, do stool softener make you go more often or does it just make it easier? And what ones are safe during pregnancy?

Makes it easier.  I have to take colace daily right now, otherwise my butt will get angry too lol.  Based on my other three pregnancies, the constipation gets better in 2nd tri, but then after birth, it sucks going to the bathroom the first time.

Justabean3

@hopenotlost

I took Colace 2x a day a week before delivery and it made a huge difference with round 2 and then miralax after I got home

Jpinky9

Thanks so much ladies!!! You have all been so helpful!!!!

MrsLaLaBug

Justabean3 said:

Colace and miralax are both safe and will save your life

this! 

dogsombrero

I love those Preparation H suppositories, they've helped relieve the pain from an awful bleeding internal/external hemmie combo I have been fighting since 15 weeks.

Maybeyesmaybeno

Jpinky9 said:

This may be a stupid question, but, do stool softener make you go more often or does it just make it easier? And what ones are safe during pregnancy?

Colace is pregnancy approved. They even give it to women after they deliver so going is a bit easier after everything has been irritated.