prunes do your magic!

mommatomonroe

Soooo I have yet to have some relief so I went out and bought some dried prunes, I've eaten 10 about two hours ago and their is no magic going on. For f***s sake can I please just do my business???? AHH!

possitivethoughts

What helps me is drinking prune juice first thing in the am. I drunk about half a cup followed by a full glass of water.. Within the hour i get a huge relief. That has become my daily routine.. Otherwise i can go up to like 3 days without relief.

Duckie419

Ugh, I know the feeling. I'm currently waiting for my dried apricots to help me out. Nothing yet. Boo

Ihope

I second the prune juice. It's worked fairly quickly for me. Also thinking about making a small portion part of my regular diet bc I am not going the days I don't drink it

Duckie419

What does prune juice taste like? I'm nervous to try it lol

aggiejenn37

@chelseamari I just tried it for the first time yesterday. I think it's gross!! Tastes like liquidy raisins to me and I don't like raisins to begin with. Blech.

kath16

Kiwi seemed to help me last week ... Milk helped me this morning but that might not work for everyone...

kimba1976

stephaniefine said:

If you can get dragon fruit it works wonders. We found this out accidently with dd. Bought one, she loved it so we gave her a bunch. About an hour later the poop was coming. We looked it up and dragon fruit is a natural laxative.

Yes, this. And dragon fruit has a super bland taste, so goes down much easier than prunes. Most grocery stores don't carry it though, at least where I live. I try to go to the farmer's market every other week or so and get some there. 

Heorwig

Only thing that has worked for me is taking Colace once a day. Prune juice was disgusting and didn't help at all!

Cryssteen

For REAL?? I can't STOP pooping!!!!! 

possitivethoughts

ChelseaMari said:

What does prune juice taste like? I'm nervous to try it lol

Its not that bad. I drink it room temp. And i "chug" it. I hold my breath so i wont taste it and then i "chase" it down with water. I care about my relief .. I'll deal with the taste..

mrsjg2013

possitivethoughts said:

What helps me is drinking prune juice first thing in the am. I drunk about half a cup followed by a full glass of water.. Within the hour i get a huge relief. That has become my daily routine.. Otherwise i can go up to like 3 days without relief.

This!!  Drinking it straight first thing in the morning is the best.  My sister is a nurse and said something about the juice irritates the intestinal wall, which gets things moving!  I have literally gone every day that I've done this, and I was never that regular before my BFP!

nbateman5

try yogurts, two regular/greek/lowfat/any kind of yogurts a day has always worked for me!

hthomas17

I've been taking fiber supplements to keep me regular. I took milk of magnesia once & it worked a little TOO well.

Duckie419

jennliebelt said:

@chelseamari I just tried it for the first time yesterday. I think it's gross!! Tastes like liquidy raisins to me and I don't like raisins to begin with. Blech.

I hate raisins too. Perhaps I'll do the dragon fruit thing. Sigh.

Ihope

ChelseaMari said:

What does prune juice taste like? I'm nervous to try it lol

Tastes like liquid raisins, smells like raisin bran cereal

Belle3184

Prune juice doesn't work that well for me, nor does Colace or extra water. I'm still trying to find something that will fix my severe stomach distress. Someone mentioned kiwi, and I haven't tried that yet. I guess it will be my next experiment.

lovelovelove09

You ate 10?!

briewong

Yes!  Prune Juice!  Its not bad tasting at all!  I drink about 16ox pretty quickly..and about an hour later....viioolllaaaa! 

BebeJill

Try Dr Oz green drink. They are tasty and full of fiber. I drink one and eat a hard boiled egg for breakfast and I am good til lunch. And I was a huge eater before being pregnant. https://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-green-drink

erynpdx

ok gang, this is perhaps the most horrifying admission I've had to make so far, so sorry for this in advance... I called my doctor after it had been 6ish days, they said enema. I said you have GOT to be kidding me, but they were concerned and let me know that a week means going in to get checked out, and being that my insurance is fairly lame, I decided to give it a go. It's... really not as bad as you think.  And when it's that backed up and uncomfortable, totally worth the quick relief IMO.  

Of course at this point I'm on a strict regime of psyllium husk in OJ every morning, smooth move tea a few evenings a week, and if I hit day three a shot of miralax.  

I NEVER thought these would be words I would type on an internet forum.  Oye.  

Duckie419

erynpdx said:

ok gang, this is perhaps the most horrifying admission I've had to make so far, so sorry for this in advance... I called my doctor after it had been 6ish days, they said enema. I said you have GOT to be kidding me, but they were concerned and let me know that a week means going in to get checked out, and being that my insurance is fairly lame, I decided to give it a go. It's... really not as bad as you think.  And when it's that backed up and uncomfortable, totally worth the quick relief IMO.  

Of course at this point I'm on a strict regime of psyllium husk in OJ every morning, smooth move tea a few evenings a week, and if I hit day three a shot of miralax.  

I NEVER thought these would be words I would type on an internet forum.  Oye.  

It's been going on 3 days for me. My stomach is sick all the time and I'm just miserable. Idk what else to do!! So perhaps I'll start looking into that

YellowTulips521

I know this isn't the healthiest option, but wearing a bowl of frosted mini wheats cereal has helped me before. Sometimes it takes a couple to work.

ETA Eating a bowl, lol. I'm leaving that because auto correct is awesome!