I am pregnant and CONSTIPATED... please give me a quick fix!!!!

[colditz]

It's making me so miserable.

what will work? I have never been constipated so I don't really know how to get things shifting.

Linseeds I heard - someone gave me some when I was pg but I couldn't face them.

Arse! I can't remember the stuff the pharmacist advised me to take. Its really really well known (but not one of those "advertised" ones).

Ask your pharmacist, and if it comes in a gallon container, thats the stuff. Just don't go out for an hour afterwards (may I take the opportunity to apologise to any customers in Sainsburys who used the disabled toilet a year ago last May)

LACTULOSE!!! thats it!!

only on here could I get excited about a constipation rememdy

BTW have not tried the suppositories but I would expect them to do the trick. But consider this: inserting suppository vs drinking sugary syrup? Tricky one that.

BTW you can buy lactulose over the counter so you don't have to wait till you can get to see a doctor, get some tomorrow and get things moving. Big bottle used to be a fiver in Boots. Then get along to docs at your leisure for a repeat.

that's what I had cos I couldn't face the linseed. Get it on prescription and it will be free!

hmmm... all quiet on the Colditz front. Either at the doctors or on the loo with any luck!!!!

Any "joy"??

Had joy yesterday! Have eaten two slices of Warbutons Seeded Batch with every meal, avoided eggs, and eaten 4 tins of oranges since last post.

Have realised that I wasn't prematurely gaining weight, it was merely bloating

And have been sluggung water like nobody's business.

Now I have to keep it up. It's amazing how manky constipation will make you feel!

yay!!

(yes, it is truly a horrible feeling isn't it )

Lactulose, or Kung Po Chicken should do the trick!