Is anyone else getting really bad trapped wind?

[DetectivePotato]

I get it very occassionally but its agony to the point where I want to cry with the pain and it hurts to breathe (is trapped wind suppose to hurt that much?) but this week I have had it 3 times, all at the same time of day and I have to go and lay in bed for a while.

Please tell me I'm not alone and is there anything I can take when I feel the symptoms starting? I'm 7 weeks btw.

[EggsandBacon]

I get really bad trapped wind, I've had it since about 6 weeks (now 15 weeks) - not so bad that I want to cry, but it has had me up in the night rocking back and forth on the floor of the bathroom waiting for it to pass...

So, you're not alone, but I don't know if there's anything you can take - I've found now that if I just have small meals often, and sit and don't talk or do anything else while I eat them, it kind of helps.

Might be worth talking to your GP about it if you get chance, they might have some suggestions?

Hope it gets better, and congrats on your pregnancy!

[japhrimel]

Try fennel tea - as fresh and as strong as you can get it. The fresh seeds make far better tea than the old dried stuff in the supermaket teabags fwiw. It used to be a lifesaver when my IBS was bad.

And yes, trapped wind can hurt that much - I once got taken to A&E with it! Very embarrassing, but ohmigod it hurt!

[Funkycherry]

Damn its painful!

I have been taking 'Deflatine' says on the packet safe for use in pregnancy.

[DetectivePotato]

Glad I'm not alone and I'm glad to here that is can be that painful. I got it on the plane to Spain once and when we got there I had to curl up on the sofa and couldn't move for hours while everyone else went for a meal. My dad couldn't believe it was only trapped wind.

[Miffster]

Be careful of fennel seeds during pregnancy - fennel seeds are used to bring on periods.

'Fennel Seed (Foeniculum vulgare)
Since the days of Hippocrates, fennel seed, or the fruit has been used not only as a tasty culinary herb but also to help ease flatulence, colic and indigestion, to help increase breast milk, as an anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory and to help dissolve mucous in the upper respiratory tract in children.

According to the American Botanical Council's Complete German Commission E Monographs, in Germany, fennel seed is licensed as a standard medicinal tea for dyspepsia. It is also used in cough syrups (antitussives and expectorants), and stomach and bowel remedies, especially in pediatrics. It is often used in combination with anise seed...as a component of galactagogue preparations.

Because fennel seeds are emmenagogues and promote menstruation, fennel seeds are not recommended during pregnancy in greater than culinary amounts. No restrictions are known during lactation.

So, these little beauties are beneficial for indigestion, gas and coughs; as a helpful aid to laboring women and to enrich and increase the flow of breast milk. Not bad for a small little licorice-flavored seed'

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