SIL said the same thing about her pregnancy! IBS before, then could eat whatever she wanted while pregnant, then IBS came back not long after she gave birth.
I also had IBS for quite a few years, and one thing I did find helped was to not have fluids with main meals. I don't know why it worked, but it did!! My grandparents always refused to give us drinks with our meals, maybe they were onto something! (or maybe it was a mind over matter thing for me)
I have this too, and now I'm out of first trimester seems to have come back with a vengeance >.> I have found however, that for some random reason eating bananas and white bread seem to settle the symptoms (diarrhea etc) so I don't get too dehydrated. This has never worked before so fingers crossed it still keeps working.
OMG! I am so glad you posted on here!
I too have medically diagnosed IBS and am 4.5 months pregnant.
I used to take Imodium every day for peace of mind, but cut this right back due to being PG. (my GP said it would still be okay to take in small doses)
I am only taking maybe a tablet twice a week now (used to take 2 a day) and have had little to no symptoms at all!
I used to react exactly as you do after food with horrible cramps and running to the loo, but barely anything since pregnancy.
Must be the pregnancy hormone working in our favour for once!
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