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Constipation and Blood on stool?

bride711bride711 member
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Hi Ladies,

It seems some days the constipation is so bad. I have added prune juice into my diet and think I am going to avoid peanut butter as it seems to be worse when I eat that.

After a bowel movement, there is blood. It is not everyday. It's only been here and there. I am thinking it is from hemorhoids. Does anyone else have this issue that going to the bathroom is so uncomfortable?

It's like you almost hate having to go. Anyone else?

Didn't want to have to revert to colace, how much prune juice do you drink a day?

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  • PattysGirl2012PattysGirl2012
    I've been battling it since the very beginning... I drink 2 glasses of warm prune juice a day.. Also, it has to be constant, can't be oh i will drink it tomorrow.. I notice when I did that in the beginning it was like starting from scratch so keep up with it. Colace didn't help me at all, actually made it worse.. MOM also helps too!
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  • bride711bride711 member
    Thank you for the post and recommendations! I'll certainly give it a try twice a day and see if that helps! I, too, have had it from the very beginning. Last pregnancy, I had no problems. This pregnancy is so different!
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  • AuroraMarieMcGAuroraMarieMcG
    I had that issue, and I ended up telling my OB and getting medication to take care of it for now. It shrinks it down so it stops bleeding. I'm also on Colace, and she had me start taking fiber pills because with my diet as-is I needed a pill to add any more fiber. Hope it gets better for you!
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  • ancapascuancapascu

    Ladies,

    I found something that really works with constipation! (I'm 21 weeks)

    Just drink 3 big glasses of water first thing in the morning. Works for me all the time, and I used to have both constipation and hemoroids. Constipation is gone, hope the hemoroids will go soon too.

     

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  • harveylaw09harveylaw09
    Going to the bathroom is my biggest fear whenever i feel it coming on. I am so uncomfortable, i cant get anything to happen most of the time and I feel like i push till im seeing spots and dizzy just to get a  little relief some days (sorry TMI.... but its sooo frustrating) I will have to take some of this advice and try the prune juice something has to give!!
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  • BabyNewbury2012BabyNewbury2012 member

    I have IBS (Chronic Constipation) and it began to get alot worse after my first month of pregnancy. There are days I literally cry trying to have a bowel movement and end up bleeding badly. My doctor told me to triple up on mirilax and to take colace! Taking the two of it together has gave me some relief! I know every doctor is different, you should ask your ob if this is an option for you.

    Good Luck. I feel for ya.

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  • GreeneyesPGreeneyesP

    Hi ladies, lurking here from third tri... trying to relive the glory days of the energetic second trimester I guess.

    I have battled constipation since my teens, and when I got pregnant, and put on zofran, it was crazy nuts back there (I went 14 days w/o anything happening and got sooo impacted I had to go to L&D for an enema, and manual disimpaction-not fun.  I lost 8lbs. and my dignity afterwards). Hemmies came back with a vengeance, but I got it back under control.

     

    I HATE PRUNE JUICE! it's disgusting.  I hate colace too. Up water intake as much as possible, walk a little bit every night, and I eat the vita-gummy fiber gummies two a day.  I also do one big bowl of fiber one honey oat clusters cereal in the morning (it has 15 grams of fiber per serving).  The more fiber you get the better.  If I go two days w/o any success I start with the miralax.  Luckily I haven't had to go there in weeks, and I haven't had any hemmie flare ups since 20 weeks.  Good luck ladies! Hang in there!!!!! 

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  • RedDDDRedDDD member
    I mix in Miralax in a glass of water in the morning and that has helped but like the other post with the prune juice, you have to keep up on it daily (for about 5 days) or you loose the effect.  I have taken colace along with the miralax and it did help.  I seem to go in cycles, some weeks I go every day and some weeks I am extremely backed up so I have no way of knowing what is really affecting it.  I love when my husband will say "oh you are showing a lot more today" and I respond with "um...no thats a turd baby"  :)  what can you do but laugh...seriously :)  GL!
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  • huahualovehuahualove member
    I drink a glass or two of miralax a day now because all the fiber was not cutting it. I'm finally feeling a lot better after taking it for about a week now.
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