Get down Movicol without🤮tips/tricks??

[NnathalieN]

Hello everyone!

I'm 28 weeks pregnant and have super constipated since day one. I have Movicol on prescription and also use Microlax when needed unfortunately. But how do I get Movicol down easily?! I’ve thrown up a couple of times after just mixing with water, I’ve tried with orange juice, Strawberry cordial…
How do you guys do it?! Any tips and tricks?

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Ice ice cold with squash and chug

You have my sympathies

I've had to give it to my toddler recently. 50% movicol, 50% orange juice works well. You need enough juice to disguise the weird salty taste.
Also you can make jelly with it - usual pack of jelly cubes, dissolve in a tiny bit of plain water in the microwave then make up to 1 pint with the movicol.
Add a tbsp of the made up mixture to soups, stews, pasta sauce.
I've also heard of people adding it to thick chocolate milkshakes...
This is all assuming you're using a plain one,not a flavoured version.

I have the plain one very very regularly. Even before pregnancy. I have to make it into a pint worth with squash (bit more than usual) and drink it with a meal. It's the only way I can tolerate it.
Best of luck, constipation is awful 💐

Have you tried fybogel? Not great in an emergency, but helps to keep things regular when you've shifted this.

What flavour do you have? I use the unflavoured one, and I add about 1/3 sachet into a big mug of tea, and repeat that x 3 throughout the day.
I'm fussy with taste but I can't taste it when I do it this way.

I find magnesium citrate has quite a similar effect, if you're able to swallow the (big) tablets. I use Solgar and have been mostly Movicol free when I take two a day.