Constipation (tmi)

[rebecca2011]

Oh dear God - I'm currently sitting on the toilet with constipation and the most difficult poo ever!

Sorry for that image! lol

Is anyone up for a chat to help me pass the time (and pass this poo!)

Rebecca xxx

please tell me your not still there or i may need to call the fire brigade to assist

Lactulose and quick, I had awful constipation with #2 and ended up with piles...not nice. sorry no one was on to entertain you!

I had to give up after 20 minutes... So frustrating! I really need to go

I might have to go and get back on again in a few minutes... Oh the joys!

glycerine suppositries

I had this terrible second trimester. Lactalose sorted me out

I always have a bowl of bran flakes for my breakfast every morning, even before pregnancy, always kept me regular otherwise I can suffer with constipation as well. Hope you get sorted soon

rebecca2011, my sympathies. I feel your pain (if you know what I mean)

I was recommended 2 glasses of warm water a day. It's rank and it's dull but it softens the load cough and has been the only thing that has really helped. Lactulose is also a god send but you will need to increase fluids as well.

lactulose+senna=relief
you will be amazed, I promise!

prune juice helps as well.

I posted something similar, 14+1, and finding it
Very hard to go too. :( which means bloating and uncomfortable tummy.
May try some lactulose soon,

I desperately need to drink more water throughout the day, and eat
Healthier things (which aid going to the toilet)

What foods help and what foods cause havoc?

porridge with dried fruit in it for breakfast. Half an hour afterwards...

Very boring, though.

Drink loads of water and go for a walk!

I've been eating 4 - 5 dried prunes, and a few dried apricots, plus drinking lots of mint tea - that seems to be helping me!

When my youngest had really bad constipation i was told by a health visitor to try him with some pear juice. I have used it ever since for myself when i get constipated pregnantor not and it works a treat. You can buy it at Waitrose on the shelf ( not chilled) and it's made by a company called Sunraisya. Goos lick!

good luck

I hope you've gone by now....lets just say thanks to copious amounts of codeine in hospital on top of a UTI on top of already being a little bunged up, 7 days of not being able to go and being 31wks pg, made me very mental and all I wanted was an enema (but they don't do that to pg women apparently...lord knows why, 3 supposititories failed).
Lactulose...def. ask for lactulose. Took a while to work, but I'm now a much happier bunny (albeit still with UTI by the feel of it).
I'd previously been managing on Sunraisya prune juice, conference pears and many many salads...now I'm on lactulose 3 times a day and it's sooo much more plesant.
Drinking boiled and slightly cooled water is supposed to help - some people add 1tsp of brown sugar too, but generally, yes, up fluids to an uncomfy/weeing so frequently you daren't leave the house level until it's passed, and then reduce to what ever's manageable. That will also help.
Quite a few women find that citrus fruits just don't help at all (both ends, indigestion and bowels), so maybe try cutting back there?
Also, if you're not feeling like a whale, swimming helps...as do warm baths, though the swimming aids things moving more IYSWIM.

Up your fibres, so allbran (oooh, sooo horrid), brown/wholemeal/wholegrain bread, dried fruits and salads...