Ok, this may be a lil TMI, but I am willing to try anything right now. What have you been told is ok to take for constipation? They put me on zofran, and since I have not been to the bathroom. I am tried so many old wife tales and nothing is working. I have had purnes, juice....and anything else anyone tells me about.....if anyone has any ideas.....please help!
Re: HELP!!!! Maybe TMI
Prune juice usually does the trick for me, but as you've tried that, have you tried stool softeners? Laxatives aren't a good idea when pregnant, but my OB said stool softeners are perfectly ok on occasion. Also, fibre, fibre, fibre! Dried apricots are full of fibre and are good for nibbling on
Best of luck! I really fight with constipation too and I know how dreadful it can be.
You need to increase your fiber intake and that will help. I love that FiberOne stuff. They have yogurt, granola, muffin mixes, and my favorite the cereal.
Also my OB office says that metamucil, citrucel, fibercon, benefiber, and ducosate sodium (50 mg) are all approved for constipation in pg. I just pulled their approved pg med list off the web to verify for you. But your OB might have different suggestions if you call them.
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I know everyone says that drinking lots of liquids is the best remedy, but I still can't stomach too much liquid, even on the Zofran.
The thing that helps me most is honestly skipping a pill or two here and there. I try to take it once a day (4mg) but often have to take it twice/day. If I'm feeling good, I try my best to skip a day and that really helps get things moving.
Also, I have a big cup of apple juice with fiber at night and take at least two stool softeners a day. I also have prunes and force myself to eat 3-5 in the morning when I can, and I eat a lot of fruit (apples, grapes, watermelon) too - which has actually been great for my m/s.
If all else fails, glycerin suppositories supposedly do the trick. Feel better and call your doc for more advice if you're still having issues!
Zofran caused the same problems for me and the only thing that helped was Colace. It was not instant relief though because it took a good 2 weeks for me to become a little more regular. I was also all about the fiber and eating as much as I possibly could, but for me it just made things worse. My doctor explained that because I had such severe consitpation the fiber I was eating wasn't passing through, but rather piling up and drying things out even more. (sorry if that's way TMI) So, I cut back on the fiber, increased my liquids even though it made me nauseous and I kept taking 2 colace a day. Now I'm nearly back to normal!