constipation to make me cry - help!

[olivo]

nearly 19 weeks and constipation has got worse. have been drinking as much water as i can stomach, diet is ok in terms of fibre (or so i thought)and have been using fybogel sachets most days. today, i was in tears on the loo and (sorry tmi) bled loads when i finally went. it was soooooo sore.

do i need lactulose, can i use it and can i get it over the counter?
or does anyone else have any magic solutions? i cant go on like this for 20 more weeks!

[Ivykaty44]

Dried unsulphered apricots are so divine - we sat eating them today with a latte, they are sweet it was like having a bag of sweeties and much nicer than the orange apricots with sulpher injected into them. I think the sulphr must alter the taste.

[bamboobutton]

can't believe glycerine suppositories haven't been mentioned. these are the best for 'severe' blockages, definitly get some in for after the baby arrives, just in case.

i was bunged up for a week after having ds and it was awful, sent mum out to get some after calling the G.P and i was unblocked within 10 minutes. my god, it was heaven.

[LargeGlassofRed]

Thanks this is really good advise going to hit the shop tomorrow. Am really suffering too I'm 26 weeks pregnant with twins and have been completley blocked twice now just awful.
Can you buy lactulose over the counter?

[BikeRunSki]

Sorry, havn;t read all the posts, but thought I woudl share my experience.

Had awful constipation when I was pg. What seemed to shift it, as it were, was chomping on dried apricots, dried figs and liquorice. And adding loads of olive oil to cooking. Did this after birth too - and it works! Well, did for me.

[thumbbunny]

I wouldn't go for liquorice in a big way - there have been some researched connections with high liquorice consumption and prem births.

Real liquorice products (as opposed to the sweets) are definitely frowned on by herbalists, both in pg and when bf'ing.