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Help me poop...please!

wilsontl19191wilsontl19191 member
in October 2011 Moms
I've always been an excellent pooper, but now that I am pregnant I can't poop!!! When I do, it's like pooping toothpaste. I've tried extra fiber, fruit, coffee, water, etc! Any ideas?
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  • Mrs. MoMrs. Mo member
    Drink some olive oil !


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  • nikki2246nikki2246 member
    plum juice !
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  • hunnybunny614hunnybunny614 member
    This sounds weird, and it may only help me, but corn helps me go. Popcorn works the best, but regular frozen works too.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    How much exercise are you getting/doing (other than chasing around a toddler)?

    Usually when you get the body moving you can help get the body moving.

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  • wilsontl19191wilsontl19191 member
    imageblueyedwife:
    How much exercise are you getting/doing other than chasing around a toddler?Usually when you get the body moving you can help get the body moving.

    None! It's too freaking cold to go for a walk and I'm too exhausted to even consider the gym after work. Maybe in a few weeks when my energy returns.
    Thanks, ladies! I'm going try ALL of your suggestions!
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  • sharksfansharksfan member
    I know this is a serious question and no fun, but this is my favorite title of a post ever! I agree with blu..exercise helped me when I had this issue while pregnant.
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  • pennysuedogpennysuedog

    Prune Juice?

    I had to use colace, and I had to lay off the iron pills for a while. 

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  • missyisheremissyishere member
    Some oil ingestion and a tummy massage.


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    Colace never helped me to go but I continued to take it because supposedly is softens it.

    Yeah, Colace is just a stool softener. I think Miralax or something like that is a laxative that's safe for pregnancy. A bunch of ladies on my new bomb are taking it

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  • Gipper0809Gipper0809

    One of the joys of pregnancy, no?  I didn't go for 9 days after I had DD--seriously awful experience.

    Prune juice, Colace and anything with ginger in it helped me finally go.  Ask your Dr. about Miralax--that stuff is awesome.  So is Senecot.

     Good luck!!!

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  • FabulousMrs.PFabulousMrs.P member

    Pregnancy + iron supplements for anemia did it to me! The thing that worked best for me was to take 2 or 3 stool softener 3x per day, drink lots of water, and if I was really bad,  the doctor told me to take miralax. (Call your dr. to find out the doage.)

     

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    imageFabulousMrs.P:

    Pregnancy + iron supplements for anemia did it to me! The thing that worked best for me was to take 2 or 3 stool softener 3x per day, drink lots of water, and if I was really bad,  the doctor told me to take miralax. (Call your dr. to find out the doage.)

     

    This. Also, the hospital had me take Milk of Magnesia but that was postpartum. I would check with your Dr to see what is safe.

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  • stardust317stardust317 member
    Colace daily!!
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  • jonnygurl76jonnygurl76 member
    Exercise, cantaloupe, grapefruit, shredded wheat, raisin bran and lots of water!
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  • CMonkey515CMonkey515 member
    When I was in the hospital after my c-section and I couldn't poop for days the nurses gave me a glass of half prune and half apple juice. It worked like a charm.They sent me home with some juice cups to use if I was constipated again. I used it twice the first week home and it was a life saver. 
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  • jwls84jwls84 member
    After I had B I had a really hard time gettin things moving again and the public health nurse told me hot, sweet drinks can help losen things up! It worked well for me!
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  • jeannkerricotober09jeannkerricotober09 member
    I have the same problem and well.. It's become a gigantic painful pain in the ass. Literally : this happened last time, too. the only thing that keeps me going is a glass of OJ every morning with a gigantic spoonful of ground flaxseeds. I won't take anything while I'm pregnant, so softeners are out of the question for me, especially in the first tri. But this works so well. If you let the flaxseeds sit long enough to soak, it had the constancy of really pulpy OJ. It's really not bad. Prime juice made me puke.
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  • dlast09dlast09 member
    Hot peppermint tea. It worked magic for my first postpardum constipation issues. That and an effing suppository. But nothing worked until I got the tea. I'm convinced it was the tea. 
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  • Nita2603Nita2603 member
    Olive oil does it for me!
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