Eating smaller meals and constipation?

Edsilva14

Hi all, now that we have arrived to 3rd trimester (yay!) are you eating smaller meals rather than eating 3 large meals / a day? Just curious if eating smaller meals can help with constant constipation. 

BritMC18

@Edsilva14 - I'm sure it's different for everyone, but... I've been eating 4/5 small meals since ~ 25 weeks (I'm almost 32 now) and I haven't noticed any considerable difference in the amount of constipation I have now compared to before. I've been stopped up nearly constantly since the very beginning of my pregnancy no matter what.

Edsilva14

BritMC18- I'll give the smaller meals a try. Thanks and hope your not as constipated moving forward. 

shen222

I've been eating smaller meals and 3-4 prunes as a late afternoon snack. If you can tolerate prunes... they have helped a lot with my constipation. 

michelle_shelle

I have noticed the smaller meals these last days (approx 10) but still no help with the constipation.

Mrsrundell

I eat a few bites and I'm feeling stuffed so smaller meals and snacks has been my diet for the past few weeks - ugh it's pretty annoying but I don't think it has anything to do with my bathroom situation .. I'm pretty regular even while taking iron pills.  I will eat 3-4 dried prunes if I'm feeling blocked and it helps 100% of the time. 

Edsilva14

I am also eating dried prunes and it works. My doc also said you can take Metamucil and I did that on one day when it was really bad constipation...just mix in water and drink.