I just really want a poo :(

[MissGormley]

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So.. I'm really early in my pregnancy and so constipated! Sorry for the tmi but does anyone have any suggestions to get rid of it and avoid it through the rest of my pregnancy?

Thanks in advance lol x

Tried sitting on loo with your feet on a foot stool?

Lactulose. Over the counter if you can't see your GP for a prescription.
The pharmacist should be able to give you dosage in pregnancy.

It's awful isn't it.

Lots of water and lactulose.

In a similar situation, so you have my full sympathy.

Definitely lactulose, or if things get really bad, try glycerine suppositories. Hope it gets better, it's a horrible feeling

Movicol. Lactulose and suppositories didn't work for me but movicol was a life saver!

Fibrogel, you can buy this at the chemist or prescribed from the doctor. It's a sachet of powder that you mix with water and you drink one every morning and evening, keep taking until you go to the loo. My doctor prescribed it to me and it really works for me. Good luck!

If you really can't go you need to see your GP. They will probably prescribe lactulose to start with. Chronic constipation is common in pregnancy and not something that you need to put up with.

prune juice

laxido from doctors

x

Eat brand flakes for breakfast, 5 dried apricots per day, fybogel in the morning and evening and get your feet on a stool when you are on the loo. Sip water throughout the day rather than downing loads in one go. Hope that helps and good luck, it is one of the perks of pregnancy!

Get yourself a tin of prunes. Open and eat 5. Couple of hours eat a few more. You won't finish the tin.
For months afterwards you will just have to pick up a tin of prunes

Dried apricots are one of my cravings. No toileting problems since I started on them. I eat about 6 a day.

Diet, diet, diet! Plenty of fibre and water every day - I would notice the difference if I didn't eat cereal for breakfast!

GP for lactose prescription! A life saver

I made prune puree and had a good size glass of it every evening before bed, it was the only thing that worked for me. Lactulose just gave me horrible wind, and fibrogel didn't work either.

Drink loads of water, much more than you think you need. Definetly advocate the footstool in the loo. And if all else fails, licorice. Proper, black, licorice.

Fybogel - two a day. Oh and two kiwi fruit a day if you like them. Works a treat. Lactulose just make me swell with air! Horrible!

I found lactose great. Prunes, dried apricots and lots and lots of fluids. Peppermint tea after food too.

Fybogel is good at getting things moving as is califig. Whatever you do don't sit and strain on the toilet for ages and give yourself hemorrhoids, see your gp and take suppositories if it's bad enough that nothing is helping you.

I didnt expect to get such a great response!! Thanks a lot! I'm going to work my way through the suggestions!

I did experience that as well. Laxido helps a lot - it was recommended to me by the doctor. I had to take 3 sachets every day.

Other than that, eat more liquidy food, more fruits and veggies and drink lots of water!

I didn't want to go down the gels/ herbal relief route as I thought my body could possible my come to depend on them which would have made things a lot more difficult in the long run.

Instead I upped my fibre. I ate 3-4 slices of wholegrain toast or weetabix per day, snacked on the highest fibre berries and fruit and ate a ridiculous amount of veg.
Oh I also drank about 3 litres of water per day (but that was because I was constantly thirsty)

Another vote for prunes here!

Apple juice from concentrate, suggested to me by a nurse helping me heal a 6 month fissure while I was on codeine! Worked wonders

However, If it's been more than a couple of days you may need to consider getting gloves and going for a manual evacuation. The first stool can become hard to pass and removing it in smaller pieces will help immensely. (Sorry for the TMI but you did ask lol)

Dried apricots and liquorice!