Hi.
I had very bad constipation in my second pregnancy to the stage where the toilet bowl was red! OOUCH. I went to the chemist and told them how far pregnant I was and i was given "ParaChoc", I had to have 40mls in one go and I am sad to say it didn't help at all in fact i m/c a couple of days later. I was devastated!
Thankfully this pregnancy has been great so far with no worries in that department but i have been having cereal most mornings as well as plenty of fruit juice. Those together work wonders. Even if the problem arises again there is no way i will be taking any form of medicine, I will just eat heaps of fruit and drink loads of water.