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Need rec: best "gentle" med to help go #2

pozpoz
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Warning; all about poo.  I was/am use to being very regular with BM's.  Of course pregnancy has thrown a kink in that.  What is the best and most gentle med I can take to get things moving?  In other words, I'm at work and can't sit by the throne all day.  Thanks so much!

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Re: Need rec: best "gentle" med to help go #2

  • sophabellesophabelle

    stool softeners like colace (i get the store brand) are super helpful!  though i have to say even though i've been taking them for like 2 months, i'm by no means regular :-(  but it does make it easier to go when i do go. 

    also LOTS of water, and even eating prunes.  

    i want to say miralax is safe for pg but i'm not 100% on that so i'd check w/your doc first on that one, but the stool softeners and prunes are safe!

     

    ETA:  none of these should make it where you're on the pot all day either.  they should just help you go.. not make it explosive or anything lol!

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  • LawrenLawren member
    Luckily I haven't had a problem with my bm's, but a girl that works with me just had a baby and she always used the packets of miralax that you put in your drinks and they helped her.
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  • Jules_NCJules_NC member
    Another vote for Colace (I always took the Target brand - make sure it's just the plain colace, not the kind with a 'stimulant').  Make sure you take it with a glass of water and drink plenty of water throughout the day.  I also ate a bowl of Fiber One cereal everyday.  I can't go near the stuff these days, but it did help!  Good luck.
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  • uncharch7uncharch7

    imageJules_NC:
    Another vote for Colace (I always took the Target brand - make sure it's just the plain colace, not the kind with a 'stimulant').  Make sure you take it with a glass of water and drink plenty of water throughout the day.  I also ate a bowl of Fiber One cereal everyday.  I can't go near the stuff these days, but it did help!  Good luck.
    this, exactly. 

    i thank Speed for shedding light on colace. 

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  • Mrs.LLGMrs.LLG
    Colace is what Rex Hospital gives you after you have the babe so its safe to take.
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  • lalabee0425lalabee0425

    I had a cocktail I drank every day when I was PG with Callie as well as post-delivery due to the meds causing constipation.

    In the beginning to get things back to "normal" I did Metamucil 2-3X per day as needed, but every single night I would make my cocktail:

    Glass of orange juice laced with Metamucil AND Miralax chased by 3 non-stimulant Colace. It was my geriatric drink but it was the only thing that worked for me. That is a lot of help drug-wise and I had to take all of it just to keep "regular", and even that term I use lightly because pregnancy really messed up my bod!

    The OJ helps it all go down easy. :) Fun times!

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  • pozpoz

    Thanks yall!  I will def. be stopping by the store tonight to pick up some colace.  I'm a little better this afternoon because I had fast food Japanese food for lunch- because I know you wanted to know that detail Wink

    But thanks again!  I really appreciate it!

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