ibs-c and pregnant help!!!

gemstone211

Im 13 weeks pregnant .I have had so much trouble with constipation. I've tried colace , miralax, magnesium tablets, prunes ...nothing helps ? Desperate and uncomfortable .Any suggestions?

whenwillieversleep

The iron in your prenatal vitamin makes things 100 times worse. I had to buy GNC prenatal vitamins without iron and supplement my iron with liquid iron which is tolerated better for whatever reason. It's called Floradix iron and herbs and I got it from The Vitamin Shoppe. This might help you a lot.

erbear84

Definitely talk to your doctor(s).  I'm assuming you have a GI doc?  I was prescribed Linzess for my IBS-C this summer by my GI but decided not to even try it because it was Category C.  I take Miralax daily (with my doctors' approvals) and that (mostly) helps.  I drink a TON of water to "flush" things out.  

schnitz9

I would speak with your GI. Both my GI and OB put me on reglan at 12 weeks. Still on it 4x a day.

mamayo26

I have IBS too, but not usually with c, although pregnancy has brought that out...Colace has helped, but I make sure to eat lots of food with fiber (hoping you don't have ms that prevents you from eating). berries have a ton of fiber, and I eat the fiber one bars. I find if I eat things with fiber it helps keep everything moving.

And as PP said LOTS of water.