I had terrible constipation a week ago - I got stuck on the loo 'in progress' for 40 minutes!

The next day I did lots of internet research, and with the help of women like us and my pharmicist got relief within six hours:

Prunes
Pear juice (I found apple & pear juice had the highest pear content)
Licorice
High-fibre breakfast cereal
Senokot, which is a stool softener rather than a laxative and costs less than $4! The box says to take up to four a day, so I took one tablet every four hours until I got a result. Only had to take two in total!

Hope this can provide relief to some of my plugged-up sisters.