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kboyle86 · August 2013

This maybe tmi and I'm sorry but I figured if I needed to vent other pregnant women would understand. That being said....I am so constipated I want to die. It's been about 4 days and I can't take it anymore. I have taken miralax, colace, coffee, tea, magnesium and NOTHING IS WORKING. I am so uncomfortable I'm about to make DH go to the store for an enema. Anyone have any other suggestions before I send him on the most mortifying errand known to man??

Zombielove126 · August 2013

Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.

kat4905 · August 2013

Eating prunes has been doing to trick for me. I hope it gets better!

sopranoali · August 2013

eating tomatoes worked for me. Uncooked.

kboyle86 · August 2013

Zombielove126 said:
Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.

Omg I will die if I have to do that. Isn't being pregnant suppose to be fun?!

iheartbooks · August 2013

kboyle86 said:

Zombielove126 said:
Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.
Omg I will die if I have to do that. Isn't being pregnant suppose to be fun?!

No, no it is not. And if I ever hear anyone again say a pregnant woman is overreacting about her symptoms, I will punch that person in the face.

rockopera · August 2013

Don't find it humiliating. It's medical. And if it will help you feel better, you should do it.

Ashley22089 · August 2013

I ate dried apricots and cranberries drank a ton of water and sat in a warm bath to get things moving. I've been eating a lot of pears, canned and fresh and that is keeping me regular.

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kboyle86 · August 2013

If you think it's fun I have some ocean front property to sell you.
I am not having any fun what so ever...

jazzyexpo · August 2013

Have you tried suppositories? The kind that go in your butt? They always work for me.

BethRN1987 · August 2013

Zombielove126 said:
Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.

Please please anyone who is going to do this- know that you can stimulate your vagus ( spelling?) nerve and drop your heart rate and possibly pass out.

If your going to so it do it while someone else is home and can check on you to make sure you aren't just passed out .

I don't discourage it just want people to be aware.

BabyVDM · August 2013

https://www.drugsdepot.com/catalog.php/drugsdepot/dt13446/pd1926218/Metamucil_Original_Texture_Coarse_Milled_Unflavored_Powder_29_oz

Metamucil - coarse milled - textured Fibre. Get the unflavoured kind and put it in your favorite drink. I use tropicana low acid orange juice. Drink it every single day, at least once, but up to 3 times, to keep you regular.

I was really constipated my first and 2nd pregnancies, but not sine I started taking metamucil.

flgirl20134 · August 2013

Try prunes, they help sometimes.

hermioneorourke · August 2013

Ducolax worked for me with DD (it is on my dr's okay list of meds). I hadn't gone in a week and I needed relief. I took it right before bed and I woke up early and went. It was a bit...uncomfortable (my tummy kinda hurt), but it worked like a charm! Had to do that a few times during my pregnancy then (thanks zofran! either vomiting or constipation!).

Also, colace makes it easier to go. Try taking it with some fiber pills like citricel (sp?). That's what's working for me this go around.

avigailandcharlie · August 2013

None of the fiber does anything for me, nor does colace. Have you tried milk of magnesia? That seems to work for me. I take the max dose when necessary.

jwls84 · August 2013

Drink as much water as you can! Warm drinks can stimulate your intestines so have a cup of tea! Dry dries prunes and dried apricots! Sometimes it takes a couple days for Colace to work so don't stop after one day! Good luck I really hope you feel better soon! Constipation sucks!

StephBrim24 · August 2013

DH lives by Metamucil. I drink a little coffee first thing in the morning and that helps me. Coffee and a banana really moves things along but I know bananas can have the opposite effect on other people.

FitMamaInProgress · August 2013

I'm
Not positive what has worked out of this but I have:
-added crazy amounts of water and only water
-an apple or two a day
- prunes
-NO bananas
... And I go about once or twice a day now as opposed to every 4-5 days

Oh I started a probiotic again today and I know it's helping already !

MrsEnglish82 · August 2013

FitMamaInProgress said:
I'm
Not positive what has worked out of this but I have:
-added crazy amounts of water and only water
-an apple or two a day
- prunes
-NO bananas
... And I go about once or twice a day now as opposed to every 4-5 days

Oh I started a probiotic again today and I know it's helping already !

Probiotics for me too. I haven't really been having any issues and I think that's the reason.

BridetobeJenG · August 2013

Warm lemonade and kiwi with the skin left on. Works like a charm every time.

jrw526 · August 2013

Try a probiotic! I haven't had any issues and I think they are what's keeping me regular because I certainly have not been eating right.

BethRN1987 · August 2013

FarmBoysWife said:

bethclosen said:

Zombielove126 said:
Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.
Please please anyone who is going to do this- know that you can stimulate your vagus ( spelling?) nerve and drop your heart rate and possibly pass out.

If your going to so it do it while someone else is home and can check on you to make sure you aren't just passed out .

I don't discourage it just want people to be aware.
Is that why I get light headed during anal sex?

? Could be- makes sense with the logic behind it. It why we often find people passed out on the toilet because their trying to push one out to much and stimulate that nerve and down they go.

coreyeliz · August 2013

Whenever I get really constipated (pregnant or not) I drink a ton of water and then go for a fast walk or a jog. I usually plan on 3-4 miles, and I'm usually sprinting for the toilet by the end of it. Something about the movement maybe.

BethRN1987 · August 2013

FarmBoysWife said:

bethclosen said:

FarmBoysWife said:

bethclosen said:

Zombielove126 said:
Glove up and start digging! It was the only way for me.
Please please anyone who is going to do this- know that you can stimulate your vagus ( spelling?) nerve and drop your heart rate and possibly pass out.

If your going to so it do it while someone else is home and can check on you to make sure you aren't just passed out .

I don't discourage it just want people to be aware.
Is that why I get light headed during anal sex?
? Could be- makes sense with the logic behind it. It why we often find people passed out on the toilet because their trying to push one out to much and stimulate that nerve and down they go.
It was sarcasm

Cause while pregnant I've never stuck anything up there.. But I'm sure anal would be a little more frowned upon of women were dropping like flies (like that)

I thought it was sarcasm but I SUCK at picking up on it - O well

kstar83 · August 2013

probiotic at night, poop in the morning.

I always use it when traveling or having to share a toilet with anyone but my DH. I get stage fright.

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