severe IBS pain after eating!

[weelamb123]

I am 11+3 weeks pregnant and have always suffered with ibs. But its 10 fold now I'm pregnant. Had a nice dinner earlier and within 5 mins of finishing I had the worst bowel cramps ever. It took me a further 20 mins of sheer agony before I emptied my bowel with terrible diareah. Its all fine now, but that was awful, felt like labour! Anyone got any good remedies to help? Xx

I am the same its awful isn't it? Id recommend plenty fibre for yourself and not as much carbs! it may be different for everyone not sure but If I eat o much carbs I get really bad cramps. I find drinking alot of water helps slightly !

All the best

What did you eat before hand? I'm the same as dy14 with refined sugar/carbs sometimes - I had a dominos early in the pregnancy and thought I was going to die on the loo! Look up the difference between soluble and insoluble fibre. When my IBS-D was super bad I cut out insoluble (proper roughage like bran and brown bread) and focused on soluble (oats and fruit/veg). But it's very individual so maybe keep a food/symptom diary for a week and see what's setting you off?

Thanks girls. I had a bowel of homemade lentil soup then cooked ham, mashed potato and asparagus. So really healthy! I'm going to pharmacy today to see if they'll give me anything xx