constipated

[princess-emma]

ahhhh girls, please tell me im not th eonly one whose constipated... bit fed up now.....went to doctors todsay to get something for it as not been in over a week and a half.. sorry tmi...lol had this since i been pregnant.. thing is i dont even need to go but i no its unhealthy....

so any tips would b great..lol want meds to b last resort!! xx

 

[mrs_park]

Hey hunny, I sympathize with you. I've been eating about two kiwi fruit per day (amongst other fruit and veges) don't know what it is but kiwi fruit is the only thing that works for me!!

Good luck hun, hope you feel better x

 

[Bobbi]

I have a little trick.. go get a bag of cherries (preferably organic) and let loose on eating them. Note... try to make sure that you stay near a washroom!

 

[milamummy]

DH got me some prune juice..it doesnt taste so bad and it does help.

 

[memes12]

Slowly increase your fiber intake and make sure you're drinking plenty of water. Always works for me.

 

[kcw81]

so sorry to hear it girl! I know it sucks, sometimes even if you eat all the veggies and fruit and fiber in the world and lots of water you still get stopped up. its pregnancy hormones and the shifting of your uterus taking over all the space! I do everything I possibly can with fiber foods PLUS exercise and still have some really annoying constipated days. Doctor said if I wanted to I could take a laxative like Senokot just to get things moving, then take Colace, a stool softener everyday which will make it easier ongoing. I haven't taken anything yet but I have been tempted. It sucks!

 

[bekki_d18]

I have given in, i am taking lactulose as i was going 15 days without going. but even now tmi - I am not going regularly or in a normal amount, i wont go for 9 days and then go and nothing comes. Then all off a sudden i have the sudden urgh to go and have diarrhoea. Which i am dreading is going to hit me on my driving test as did last time. good luck hun. Sometimes fruit and that can do it so if you need take something.

 

[Angel_dust]

Apple juice worked for me and also i majorly upped my fruit intake which did the trick too.x