neverrrr had constipation issues until now!

Sdufort1216 · April 2014

everyone said I'd have constipation throughout pregnancy and I haven't at all until now! I thought I was super lucky and now at 36 weeks I'm a gassy constipated mess and baby's kicking even more which doesn't help. had to rant I'm so done with this and husbands already talking about baby 2 lol lord have mercy

amberlowe08 · April 2014

Consider yourself lucky. As soon as I peed on a stick I couldn't poop.

kat8805 · April 2014

The butt secks. It works wonders.

whitehousem · April 2014

I didn't have a problem until a couple of weeks ago. Now it's like birthing large rocks out of my butt. I had a cervical check and the OB said he could feel a lot of hard stool and I had to double up on stool softeners (awesome), which I did. Now it's somewhat normal about every second or third day, but not much the days in between. It's no fun!

deanna1313 · April 2014

I have been lucky enough to not have had any constipation at all this pregnancy. To be honest, my GI tract is actually better while Im pregnant. Weird!
Has your diet changed recently? Seems weird that it's all if the sudden.

jenb_99 · April 2014

Wow, how did you manage to avoid constipation this long? I'm jealous. I've been taking 2 Senokot-S tablets every morning since 17w. It's my only hope for staying regular.

blessedandhopeful · April 2014

What helped me was eating fiber bars. I bought a couple boxes of Fiber One bars with 35% DV of fiber in each bar. One of those a day had it (along with horrible gas) coming out! You do have to up your water intake at the same time though. Hope yours improves!

Sdufort1216 · April 2014

deanna1313 said:
I have been lucky enough to not have had any constipation at all this pregnancy. To be honest, my GI tract is actually better while Im pregnant. Weird!
Has your diet changed recently? Seems weird that it's all if the sudden.

ya it's weird and no changes in my diet at all. I went from super soft stools to rocks for the past couple weeks ...I think the softener idea might be my best bet

deanna1313 · April 2014

@Sdufort1216‌ that is weird. I had a hard time with softener a when I tried to use them years ago. They didn't really work and all they did was give me horrible stomach pains. Most people are happy with them.

Fiber supplements worked great for me. They loosen just enough without hurting my stomach. Haven't been in them while pregnant, though.

bridetobe9132013 · April 2014

The only time I was constipated was on zofran, weeks 8-28 ish. It was miserable!

pistolpackinmomma · April 2014

You can do Miralax too if needed

Sdufort1216 · April 2014

deanna1313 said:
@Sdufort1216‌ that is weird. I had a hard time with softener a when I tried to use them years ago. They didn't really work and all they did was give me horrible stomach pains. Most people are happy with them.

Fiber supplements worked great for me. They loosen just enough without hurting my stomach. Haven't been in them while pregnant, though.

ok well I started eating dates and got fiber one cereal for breakfast ( chocolate fiber one cereal is DELICIOUS)

spacepotatoes · April 2014

Sdufort1216 said:

I have been lucky enough to not have had any constipation at all this pregnancy. To be honest, my GI tract is actually better while Im pregnant. Weird! Has your diet changed recently? Seems weird that it's all if the sudden.
ya it's weird and no changes in my diet at all. I went from super soft stools to rocks for the past couple weeks ...I think the softener idea might be my best bet

It could just be increased hormones contributing to digestion slowing down or the baby's position stopping things up, or a combination of the two.

Lots of water, lots of fibre, and Colace every day have been helping me. And it really does have to be every day. Learned that the hard way.

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