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Constipation?!?!

BabyBuddy15BabyBuddy15 member
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Ugh! I just need to go and I can't. I'm planning on calling my midwife tomorrow and check, but have any of you ever taken a fiber supplement?
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Re: Constipation?!?!

  • DrillSergeantCatDrillSergeantCat member
    I took colace. Perfectly safe.

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  • ArtlessIbexArtlessIbex member
    I took generic fiber capsules.  Non-stimulant.  Safe and also comfortable.
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  • GoatSnakeMouseGoatSnakeMouse member
    Once I started feeling like eating again, I just ate a big salad for lunch every day. All that roughage really got me going, so to speak.
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  • wildtotwildtot member
    Try prunes or prune juice.
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  • kimey1kimey1 member
    Apples, avocadoes and coffee do the trick for me. Prunes are supposed to be helpful too. Avoid persimmons! 
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  • doozer1345doozer1345 member
    I've had this issue as well. Drinking at least 68 oz a day of water has helped a lot but when it's not enough I've used Miralax. Miralax for me works in about 30 min.
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  • DawnSneedDawnSneed member
    Apple juice. And water helped me
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  • melc0383melc0383 member
    I'm having the same problem, I'm trying ground flax seed and psyllium husk mixed in with yogurt. So far it helping, feeling a lot better!
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  • myhoff13myhoff13 member
    Coconut oil did the trick for me!
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  • jonesl12jonesl12 member
    Somebody on here told me pear juice and it works like a charm! I put psyllium husk powder in my smoothies and protein shakes ( like a heaping tablespoon of it) and it has made a huge difference too
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  • soxfan9968soxfan9968 member
    Water and benefiber worked for me until I was able to stomach more high fiber foods.

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  • mrsp2213mrsp2213 member
    I had constipation so bad earlier this week that I left work in the middle of the day.  Went home and had a bowl of bran cereal and a glass of prune juice and had success within an hour.  I'm trying to eat foods high in fiber (raspberries, whole grain bread, dried apricots/prunes) along with drinking a small glass of prune juice each morning and that's kept things moving.  I called the doc and she said Colace would be safe to take and if that didn't work Mirilax.  Haven't had to result to either.  And I hope it stays that way.
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