Constipation anyone?

gcanen · September 2012

Sorry to be the gross one...but in the last couple of weeks I have had really bad constipation and when I can go I am in there for an hour and it isn't a pleasant feeling? Anyone else feeling this way or having this trouble all the sudden....I have up'd my water and fiber... and I read that having too much iron attributes to it and my prenatals have like 125% daily value

jkoulton · September 2012

Today (would have) marked 3 weeks and only 3 bms. LUCKILY, I bought prune juice yesterday and have had 2 bowel movements today. I'm a believer now. GL btw... nothing else worked for me.

CanaryIsland629 · September 2012

Yes.

Dr said it's from the prenatals. Every other day I have been drinking prune juice and mixing it with some LaCroix soda water (tastes better to me) and I have been fine in that department since.

GL HTH

SammieLou88 · September 2012

I had that problem...took fiber supplements for a couple days, then tried a Colace one night and another one the next morning. Now I'm having the opposite problem. I don't know which one is worse.

synchrosally · September 2012

I wish my constipation was from the PNVs but I've been taking the same kind for 3 years. Digestion only gets worse with time over the pregnancy. I just hope I don't have to take iron supplements as well. Prunes are my friend.

beetaba5 · September 2012

Ugh I'm in an opposite boat from you. For the past 48 hours I've been going nonstop. Lost any weight I've gained and then some. Nothing I eat will agree with me. Don't know if its a bug or something else.

rxredhead · September 2012

It's awful. I had the opposite problem last time so I'm in new territory here. I take Colace, but it doesn't help. Water makes me nauseous so I know I'm not drinking enough and the only foods I can tolerate are the starchy, processed crap that makes it all worse. I'm going to pick up some fiber supplements and apple juice tomorrow and see if that helps

svanjicki · September 2012

I have had this same problem for about a month now, and one night it was the worst pain I have ever been in & I was sweating, shaking, and hurting soooooo bad and was in the bathroom for over an hour and felt like I had just given birth! I've taken colace, metamucil, citracil, etc. and eat prunes, drink apple juice, kiwi, etc. and it hasn't done much. I did buy some metamucil cinnamon cracker-type things that are kind of like cinammon graham crackers...I think they are working because I have gone twice the last 2 days and it was more "normal" and didn't hurt! I think different things work for different people. Good luck, I know it's no fun!

Bink720 · September 2012

I had severe constipation and wound up in the ER for an impacted stool at 11 weeks. It is not pleasant and I learned the hard way that pooping is important. I am now taking fiber supplements, colace 3 times a day and have really upped my water. Don't let it get to the point where you need an ER doctor to manually extract it. Talk to your doctor if it's becoming too big of an issue.

Sorry if that's TMI... but you asked. GL!

xxswebbxx · September 2012

Yep same issue & it sucks!

My OB put me on a stool softener 2 times a day and also said if that didn't help it was ok to use miralax.

mrhargr · September 2012

Milk of Magnesia is what has worked for me. Good luck!

Michele707 · October 2012

I have been struggling with this BAD last week and a half or so. I drink tons of water and eat veggies (probably not quite as much as pre-pregnancy) so it is frustrating. Can't drink my daily cup of coffee anymore because I've developed an aversion to it, but even that stopped working. I tried prunes- not much help. Taking colace twice a day-doesn't help much. I pretty much only go every couple days now and when I do it hurts. I'm going to talk to my NP about it today. It looks like I have a slight bump when constipated, then I go and boom! No more bump. I am hating this discomfort!!!!!