AIBU to ask for your best constipation cures?

[sureitsgrand]

I know It's not an AIBU, but, traffic and urgency....I'm in need! Anyone got any top mn quick cure for constipation that I've missed? Can't take laxatives as am bfing, so hit me with best natural remedies. No prunes in the house and can't get to a shop till this evening. Thanks in advance!

Tablespoon of Jordans bran sprinkled on your cereal each morning. You get a bag of it in health food shops for about £2. I feel your pain, I was constipated after my ds, when I finally went it was the size and shape of several snooker balls!!!!

10 mins on a treadmill usually does it, though to be fair it eventually got to the point that looking at the treadmill was enough to require an urgent detour.

failing that a soapy finger up the exit

This isn’t much help to you now but every time I phoned my sister, her son would do a poo in his nappy. Every single time!

We often joked that the Take A Break headlines would be ‘I was a HUMAN laxative’ or “Nephew SHIT HIMSELF every time I SPOKE’’

If you are really stuck, you can send me on your number and I will call you, i might still have the magic....

(Although I think it was because I distracted her that he had some peace to do it)

You can get laxido from your gp, i got it when i was breastfeeding, its a stool softener rather than one that makes your bowels contract. So if i remember correctly it doesnt pass into your milk.

When I was constipated after a hernia op, I was advised to drink a smoothie- it worked within half- hour of taking it.

Some truly wonderous replies here! The fruit and coffee offered some relief yesterday you will all be pleased to know. Squatting didn't help. My baby is still sick, so looking like a hospital trip this morning but as soon as I can go to the shops I will be stocking up on a few of the ideas mentioned above!

All-bran and baked beans usually do it for me! (Not together though)

Speaking from the opposite problem strawberrys definitely strawberrys

Don't forget the Chia seeds.
I hope your little one will be well soon.

I dont know wht it is about coffee...
Usually the first sip flips some mega shit switch and im running for the loo before ive even fully swallowed it.

Also wear a jumpsuit. I always find myself naked taking a shit when i attempt wearing one.

This was me yesterday. A litre of freshly squeezed orange juice did the trick.

Kefir - the yoghurt/milk stuff from Poland is great. You can get it from Sainsbury’s etc as well as polish shops.

For me its onions and red peppers. Cut them up, cover with oil and roast a load in the oven. Then either eat as a side dish, or blend up to make a soup. Have this a few times a week and no more constipation!

Green tea and a daily probiotic tablet

Sorry to here abput your son, hope he is better soon

Hear about, stupid phone!

A hospital trip would definitely clear me out completely, so hopefully you and your son will get better together today.

Don’t know if anyone has already suggested this but syrup of figs really works. Available off the shelf in supermarkets or in the chemist without prescription. My grandmother swore by it and it works...

Have breakfast in the Sainsbury's café, then do your food shop. You'll want to go in the freezer aisle. Guaranteed.

Twentyfirst Century Rhubarb Complex.

Holland & Barrett aloe vera 'colon cleanse' tablets.

Did you get sorted OP

I was thi king of OP yesterday as my guts had a serious dexlutter. Perhaps it was all the talk of figs and prunes

Coffee
Orange juice
Coffee
Fruit
Water