already with the constipation?

misstut23

I noticed it about a week ago and I have been drinking a ton of water and eating plenty of fruits, veggies, yogurt... I used to go once a day now once every 3days  and its hard to go : ( I see my ob/gyn for our first appt on Aug 8th but is it safe to start an OTC stool softener like senna or colace til then?  i just feel full and gross ....

JhawkCE

Story of my life.  

Take miralax once a day.   If that doesn't help after a couple days my Dr. makes me take milk of magnesia which sucks by the way. 

Good luck. 

MarieH11

If you don't want to take over the counter medicines yet try prune juice. Mine started last week and that's what i've been drinking b/c i'm trying to stay away from medicines while I can. Just make sure you stay near a bathroom for about an hour

grounhogswifey

misstut23:

I noticed it about a week ago and I have been drinking a ton of water and eating plenty of fruits, veggies, yogurt... I used to go once a day now once every 3days  and its hard to go : ( I see my ob/gyn for our first appt on Aug 8th but is it safe to start an OTC stool softener like senna or colace til then?  i just feel full and gross ....

I'm a few weeks behind you and mine has already started.  I'm not fully constipated but I'm not going that much when I do go.  I'm eating LOADs of veggies and still eating grains.  It's not uncomfortable yet.  Now the frequent urination can bite me.

greengirl0909

JhawkCE:

Story of my life.  

Take miralax once a day.   If that doesn't help after a couple days my Dr. makes me take milk of magnesia which sucks by the way. 

Good luck. 

This 100% through my whole first pregnancy. 

lstewa00

I just read somewhere that you can go to a natural foods store and buy Wheat Germ (never even seen this before) and sprinkle it on your cereal and it should help. Not that you shouldn't do the OTC stuff, this is just another option I came across.