Please help. I am aware this may end up in 'Classics' but going to risk it.

[bananasinpjamas]

I have terrible trapped wind at the moment. Stomach making awful noises, when i burp it feels more like a hiccup and BLOODY HURTS. Stomach vv. bloated and I can feel the bubbles. I have an important day tomorrow so need a good nights sleep.

I have tried (dont have any meds, dont drive):

• Boiling water with bicarb

• sticking a*se in the air head near floor

• walking about

• step ups

• standing up

• sitting up straight

• lieing on left side with head raised

• lying down with legs /\\

• hot bath

ALL TO NO AVAIL. DOESNT WORK. DON'T HAVE PEPPERMINT TEA IN. PLEASE PEOPLE, HELP ME!

Rub your belly and lower back, might get it moving!

Done. Doesn't work. I am now hiccuping and praying to the great fart gods.

Do you have fennel seeds or fresh stem ginger make tea from them helps wind or chamomile tea.

Don't have any :S HELP!

Well, hiccupings gone...

My mum swears by a port and brandy (mixed together).

It tastes vile but seems to really ease stomach problems (while making you happily pissed).

Worth a try?

Would love to, but cant use alcohol due to meds. ARRRRGH. :( :(

ok, try situps - the up down rapidly motion might help.

Lie on your back and pedal your legs like a bicycle whilst (ahem) bearing down .

Yoga moves.

There is constant farting in my yoga class.

I normally get on my hands and knees, and try and put my bum in the air as high as I can, and pull my stomach in. That works for me and I look v dignified to boot.

I had trapped wind so bad once I had to come home from a good night out. I was in fucking agony.

Oops shoulders down as low as you can and bum as high as you can.

have you tried Deflatine? Available from all good chemists...

Once or twice a year dh gets an attack of the agonising farts and Deflatine is the only thing that will do the trick.

Ok, this is the best cure I know. Works for me, every time.

Squat down, knees wide apart so your belly fits between your knees. Heels to the ground if you can manage. Otherwise just squat as best you can, for at least a minute. Clasp your hands in front of your chest and use your elbows to push your knees apart.

Drink a cup of warm water with some honey in, ginger and cinnamon are good too, if you have them. Or mint tea, brewed very strond.

Squat for another minute or two.

Drink another cup of warm water with honey (and ginger and cinnamon if you have them), or mint tea.

Give it a rest for a bit, lie down on the sofa.

Repeat if necessary.

Good luck!!

Did anything work in the end? Hope you feel better now!

This thread has made me fart.

Strong coffee tends to get things moving

Gawd, just saw the time of the OP, I hope you've farted by now?!

I can't believe some people have actual strategies, that they can describe in detail with full physical instructions, to make them fart.

Getting yourself over-anxious about this won't be helping! Hopefully all has been resolved now, but if not, you need to relax as much as you can.

Try lying in bed and doing some relaxation exercises - start with tensing the muscles in your feet and then relaxing, and move up through your body, visualising the building/releasing tension. Make sure that your jaw isn't clenched - release your bottom jaw and make sure that your tongue isn't pressed against the top of your mouth.

And try putting a hot water bottle on your tummy.

And think loud, strong (but relaxing) farty thoughts!!!

Did you try asking anyone to pull your finger?

I always fart mid shag how about a bit of love action?

That's a suggestion not an offer by the way

PMSL @ BalloonSlayer! Bet OP didn't think of that! [gruin]

BalloonSlayer -

I drink a big glass of lemonade or something else fizzy, it seems to bring the trapped wind with it when i burp, assuming it is top end trapped wind.

Bottom end, I just wait and suffer as IBS is a family trait we have all learned to live with.