HELP ME PLEASE !

[frazzledazzle]

This is my 3rd pregnancy but I've never suffered like this with constipation before it's horrendous!Sorry if TMI but I'm scared of hurting the baby with all the erm,trying.What can I take for it? Pregnancy can be so dignity stripping can't it

dried fruit...figs, apricots, prunes

lots and lots of water

you can;t hurt the baby..but the straining might give you piles!!

if that doesn;t work, there is lactulose or fybogel,..check with midwif e/ doc...not sure if they ar prescription only .

Fybrogel is safe in pregnancy..in fact I think its now called..............senekot..??? Ask the pharmasist as I got it over the counter. In fact the box actually says it helps women in pregnancy.

I sympathise with you..I wasn't a daily type before baby but atm its around every 3 days .Not ideal or comfortable.

Hope things improve. xx

Bran flakes...worked wonders for me and still are

Kiwi fruit... strange but true x

Scootergirl,
that is interesting, I'm worried because I'm NOT constipated, especially as I have to take iron supplements. I eat a kiwi fruit every day, so maybe that is why!

I have just been drinking loads of water or very weak squash - still a bit hard but alot lot better

Drink GALLONS of fresh orange juice (I swear by Tropicana) but I have been prescribed Lactulose too which worked like a charm - you have my total sympathy

not very PC i know, but a cup of real coffee (like you make in a cafetiere) should get you moving...

I like bran flakes. I hardly ever get constipated.

Try doing some walking, some times it helps to work it out.

yakult yoghurt drin thing is the only thing that sorted me out with ds2

Definitely Fibrogel. It's available without prescription but if you see your GP he might prescribe it for you and then it's free!! It's not called Senekot, i think that's a different product. I have mild IBS so have been prescribed Fibrogel for yonks, take it morning and night and if I don't take it I can't go!! I also have to have Branflakes and loads of water and fruit (especially grapes).

Hi frazzledazzle

If you're still bunged up, try linseeds - they've worked for me through 2 pregnancies. You can sprinkle a couple of spoonsful on cereal or in yogurt, or get bread with them in. Added advantage is that they're really good for teh baby - full of omega 3, so you might end up with a brainy baby too!

Taking a magnesium supplement will help. and a big glass of applejuice (at least a pint, I mix it with water) first thing in the morning before eating anything.

Second the linseeds.

I've suffered from IBS since I was a child, and they worked miracles on me. Found Fybogel just bunged everything up more.

Weirdly, now I'm pg, I'm regular as clockwork.

Glass of sunsweet prune juice everyday was quick & worked for me!