Constipation in Pregnancy

Hi all,

It seems to me that constipation in pregnancy is one of the least glamorous bits about being pregnant, and this past week has seen my suffering big time........I can't poo!!

However, I had this problem in my last pregnancy, so from tomorrow I am on a mission to fix it! Here is what worked for me, hopefully it will work again, and if anyone else has any tricks that work, please let me know!

~ Loads of water, fruit and veg, and a spoonful of sugar on my branflakes in the morning
~ A banana smoothie with phylissium husks blended in.......works like a charm the next day......a bit like a colonic irrigation!
~ When you do get the urge to go, instead of leaning forward on the loo, lean back as far as you can.....seems to make the, umm, passage open up a bit?

Any other things that work?

lots and lots and lots of fruit juice. Cause I was taking a very high dose of iron tablets, so high it has to be asked for specifically I was drinking a pile of orange juice to help the iron absorb and to keep the bowels loose ;)

Love

Pear juice worked for me!

Yup, fruit juice is great, but you can't beat plain old water. 8-10 glasses a day and that should help too but you sound like you've got the right idea anyway.
I had this problem is my previous pg's and am determined to avoid it this time. So far so good................. 8-[

i have a glass of metamucil twice a day, one in the morning, one in the arvo. is great because really gentle, doesnt give you the runs or anything, just keeps nice and regular.

Crikey's... I was just talking to my G/F about this as she always gets constipated when preg... me never!!!!

Anyways she said she used Nulax & plenty of fruits & veggies!!!

What about licorice? I love dutch salted licorice....mmmm....mmmmm....!

Grrrrrrrrr...................I hate constipation!

I have found that fruit helps alot!But I never knew sitting back on the toilet helps....hmmmm.......must try that.

just a tip. make sure if you do have constipation that you do something about it, dont let it go too long because the constant straining can cause haemroids, did with me.

If you are having trouble getting one out, dont just sit on the toilet and push and push, this is really bad, go and have some metamucil, or fruit or whatever helps you and try again later.

HMMM> Maybe Chomps are good :-k , I have already had 4-5 nice soft easy to drop pooh's today!

Ha Ha Ha, I bet you all wanted & needed to know that!???? \:D/ :-s

As usual TRacey, you crack me up. BTW I thought the Chomps were out - just call me the Chomp police.

A "trick" that I was told once and always works for me, but only when there is some there that just won't quite make it out (IYKWIM) - while sitting on the toilet, massage slowly in a circular action down from your belly button to your pelvic bone.

Thanks for that information Trace - my day is now complete ROFL!

Something that always works for me is Darrell Lea licorice and also McDonalds thickshakes (although am not sure if you can have these in pregnancy?)



Keen

OOOOH, Yeah..

I was in bali preg with DD & craving burger ringhs, bbq shapes & Darrell Lea licorice, so Mum & Dad visited & brought 3 bags of each, in 2 days I ate all the licorice.... No runs either ohhh, I love that stuff, now you got me wanting it!!!


Anney, I had a little treat size one around 12ish, let me tell ya what i have eaten so far today...

A cup of tea, a folate tablet, 3 weetbix, then I had a Chicken, lettuce, tomato , cheese & Mayo snadwich, then the Chomp & a hand ful of grapes & just now a ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce, cucumber & onion roll & big Roll too! MMMM, so I only got fruit left now & a marshmallow easster egg & a caramello!!!!

Think I better skip dinner tonight!?

oh my goodness tracey, that is some appetite!

Yes i found a good breakfast cereal is helping me, however when you need to move it, liquorice helps a lot- but just trying to keep up the water and juices. Also prunes and dates are great!

hope this helps
Colleeg

prune juice is even quicker than prunes, take it easy though, if you have too much, shocker cramps and diorhea, ewww!

Geez Tracey what an appetite....but I was like that a couple of weeks ago, able to eat whatever but then all of a sudden I get really full really quick!Can't eat as much now without feeling sick and have even lost a little weight!

My cure for constipation last night was mcdonalds's!Half a big mac and this morning ewwwwwwwww........so sick!!!!

Yuck!!!!

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.

In the past week I have drunk more than 8L of fruit juice (apple, orange, pineapple) and heaps of water. I've eaten an entire pineapple in the last two days & two punnets of strawberries over a few days.

NOTHING IS WORKING!!!

Is metamucil really that good? And is it ok to take at this stage of pregnancy?

I gave in & went to the chemist this morning & got something for it. He said it's ok in pregnancy. He also went on to say eat small meals more often & get walking....

Just checked Ellen & the one I have doesn't have psyllium husks at all *phew*

That is a bugger about phyllissium.......it is the only thing that keeps my bum problems normal!

Drinking lots of water is the key. Also eat lots of veggies and fruit - but water is the the key

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hey guys just wanted to let you know psyllium husks in the long run, cause your bowel to wipe all the little hairs from the walls of the bowel therefore leaving you incontinent in the nether region when your old n gray.....

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DO you have any more information on this? There are no "hairs" in your bowel, so I am wondering what you mean. I was unable to find anything on the internet supporting this so would really appreciate it if you have further details :D

Hi all,
thought i would drop in with my two cents... my nathropath told me to get off the psyllium husks and onto "slippy elm"... it is right next to the psyllium husks in the natural food store.. but does cost twice as much! She said that the slippy elm is not as harsh on the lining of your intestines... I hope this helps..

OMG i dodn't know it would start this early!!! i am so gassy because of it - am trying to eat plenty of fruit and veges and stuff but darn its not nice... sigh only 34 weeks of it to go...

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OMG i dodn't know it would start this early!!! i am so gassy because of it -

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Me either :( My tummy feels so bloated already although I haven't put on any weight. I'm sure it's all gas :oops: :lol:

snap - kylie - its terrible huh!!! i am getting some hi fibre stuff and metamucil and going to take this thing head on - i just hope that i don't gas DH out of the bed....

hhhmmmmm - muesli and orange juice for breakkie - lets see how that goes...