Pregnant with constant runny stools....

[DeMaz]

Hi everyone. Apologies for the TMI on a Monday morning!

I'm 20 weeks pregnant and for the last 5 days I have had a loud gut and runny stools, especially after I eat. There is always an urgency to go and feel like I can't leave my house.
The only abdominal pain I have is when I have the urgency to go and that's for just 5 minutes.

Anybody had this? I'm just sat here worrying.....
I thought constipation was the norm?

Thanks

I've never been constipated in 3 pregnancies, my problem is always diarrhoea from first trimester onwards (not constantly thankfully!). If it's not something you've suffered from before in pregnancy, it's more likely to be a bug so I'd see how you get on, and maybe call your dr for advice.

Thanks Rockchick,

No, I never had this before my pregnancy. It was all pretty normal. I was slightly constipated up until beginning of last week and then it all changed. I will definitely call my doc though.

Thanks again.

Yea I had this up to 3 times a day everyday for three weeks! They are now testing me for coeliac disease however I think my ibs and just got increasingly worse whilst being pregnant x

Thanks Mummabear. It's so difficult because I feel like I can't leave the house. X x

ive yo-yo'ed between being constipated and loose throughout this pregnancy.
midwife said its normal as your bowels are constantly changing size and shape due to baby shifting positions and growing.
im 36 weeks today and have just managed to have my first decent crap for a week ive been so constipated but for three weeks leading up to that I had an upset stomach daily!