Anyone experience diarrhea instead of constipation in the first trimester?

princess0906 · January 2011

I have been struggling with this since I found out I was pregnant. I've been to my doctor, took stool samples, etc. and everything was fine. I'm just so frustrated because I don't know what to do. I've done the BRAT diet, that doesn't help. Maybe this is my morning sickness?

camdenfaithful · January 2011

For the first couple of weeks I definitely did. I remember seeing all the constipation posts thinking there was something wrong with me because I had the exact opposite problem. I guess now I'm kind of back to normal/maybe slightly constipated.

ermaderma · January 2011

I have the same problem! I am taking metformin, which definitely has GI side effects, but it seems to be worse ever since I got my BFP. I just keep drinking tons of water.

emma7875 · January 2011

I am! For about the last week and a half straight, every day. Not so much fun

melindastoger · January 2011

I have the exact same issue! I mentioned it to the doctor yesterday and she said it's pretty normal...I guess people just don't talk about it as much!

greenk716 · January 2011

in my last pregnancy it lasted throughout the entire pregnancy and it has already started with this pregnancy

alubins · January 2011

It's been back and forth for me. I'm constipated for a few days, then normal, then diarrhea the next. Repeat. Fun stuff, I say! Wink

backinpgh · January 2011

It's actually how I found out! Stomach flu was going around DH's family, and I thought I had caught it too. I had diarrhea and my stomach was upset, but it only lasted a couple days while everyone else was sick for a week. So I took a HPT to see and it was positive (I was 6 weeks according to LMP). I was flabbergasted! I suppose it still COULD have been stomach flu, I guess I'll never know for sure! It has now transitioned into mild constipation though...lol

heylee · January 2011

Yep I did, now I am mixed lol

rachael898 · January 2011

Yep I have had diarrhea and loose stools since a couple days before i found out so it's been over 2 weeks now. Not much to do but continue to drink fluids

dianamcu · January 2011

Yup. It struck me yesterday.

Make sure you drink plenty of fluids so you don't get dehydrated and make the situation worst.

CactusGirl · January 2011

The first few weeks I had diarrhea all the time. After that I had normal BMs. I didn't have my first real "constipation" until the other day and it was so bad I ended up staying home from work because I was in so much pain and couldn't get anything out Embarrassed

craftytype · January 2011

lurking from 3rd tri...

Totally. I had diarrhea until about 2 months and then like a light switch it changed to constipation for about 3 months!

Finally, when I got to 3rd Tri things improved greatly.

TTnoles · January 2011

yes, yes, and yes

william+rae · October 2013

so glad to read this!!! I didn't have this for our first little guy

food_chick · October 2013

Yes! I've actually been considering posting the same question. It's usually only after dinner and it's random days. Kind of like someone else said, constipated for a few days, normal, then diarrhea. I never know what I'm going to get. It sucks! The nights I get diarrhea, my nausea is worse too. Not sure if it's hormone surges, or being more tired that day or what.

lauralou3x3 · October 2013

ME! But I know why! My anxiety causes me to get an upset stomach. I usually take Xanax and that cures the problem. Well now that I'm preggo, I can't take it. So any excitement causes me to get it. So I either have an upset stomach or I'm constipated lol. My doctor approved Imodium and said its safe for pregnancy. Works well for me.

momthatlifts · October 2013

I did before I got my positive and a few weeks after. Now I poop once a day, morning. Maybe able to get a tiny one out if I eat fast food or protein.

britab · October 2013

Yes! In the mornings I run to the toilet! Ah, it makes for a scary commute. Today was a good day, so I hope it goes away. My doctor said Immodium is class B but Mayo Clinic's Guide says it's a no in the first tri.

tbmadeamistake · October 2013

Try adding a fiber supplement to your diet. I had to do that my first pregnancy as I was stuck between diarrhea and constipation the entire time. Once I added that in (I got the kind that dissolves in anything and had it in my tea each morning), things improved a whole lot.

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