What a pain in the arse!

[Loula]

OK yes it has happened!

Ive always struggled to keep regular before becoming pg. however since becoming pg i have been regular every day, so straining, no constipation.! its been great

Like i have told other pg has been the best thing for my body, really.

BUT

Now i have a grape coming out of my arse! i think it must be a hemorrhoid.

any tips on what i can do? i bleed less often when i go than before i was pg so i judt dont understand.

I noticed it for the first time two days ago and today it is just burning.

I stop my clexane tonight so im hoping that might help.

could it 'go away' while i am still pg or will i have the joy of needing to manange this for the rest of my pg? what if it pops! eek

[Junglemum]

hmmm, no tips here, besides keeping regular, but you seem to be managing that.

Pretty sure there is a cream, but not sure if you can use it while preg....

Does it burn all the time? that seems a little odd to me. I've had a roid or two but they have never had any on going burning sensation. Only when poo'ing. Maybe mention it next app?

I'm also loving that you can say arse on here, i always thought it was censored.

[~Raven~]

Eeeks ow

If you can afford it go the chinese herbs! I can't tell you how much it helped me in that department. Otherwise a bit of coloxyl and make sure you drink plenty of water.

[dusty]

Yucko hun. I got the same at 20 weeks, grape size too, so not nice.

I got a cream script (cortosoidal I think) from the Drs but luckily for me, it started going down on its own so I didn't use it.

Try to keep it clean if you can. I tried to stay as regular and soft as possible to stop it being aggravated, using dried figs, prunes and psyllium husks on my cereal. Worked a treat.

Good luck! xx

[Arimeh]

Ouch - I had one after I had Eden, and they're not nice! A huge one! Also had a smaller one before giving birth, but it never really bothered me, and if it did, I just rubbed some cream into it - one I got from the chemist, can't remember what it was called, but was safe to take in pregnancy.

If you are too embarrassed to go to your chemist - send your DH - thats what I did.. LOL