IBS torture!

[buttonnose82]

my triggers for my IBS are generally carbs, spicy food and fatty foods, but these past 2 days EVERYTHING is causing me bother, I really don't know what to do, I has salad for lunch and now i am sooooooo bloated & uncomfortable, keep running to the loo and feel sick

any suggestions on what to eat thats not going to trigger it?

 

[Kitten]

Do you take any medication? I'm guessing not with you TTC, not sure there are any that are suitable for TTC, I had to stop mine when I suspected I might be pregnant. Any chance you're pregnant? The hormones really messed mine up!

 

[lozzy21]

Drink lots and lots of peppermint tea, it might take the edge away,

 

[Linzi]

just wanted to see in here, I have IBS recently diagnosed and just wondering what main triggers are, I think Ive worked out that one of mine might be dairy (which makes sense, Seth has bouts of lactose intolerance too).

x

 

[needausername]

I find when I am reaaaaaaaalllllllllly bad I can only eat really bland food. Like rice krispies for breakfast with lactose free milk, some toast and a banana for lunch and brown rice/baked potato with a quorn fillet for dinner. And only drink water but drink plenty of it. No fruit at any cost and as little veg as possible. Nothing fried, nothing nice basically.

 

[buttonnose82]

just wanted to see in here, I have IBS recently diagnosed and just wondering what main triggers are, I think Ive worked out that one of mine might be dairy (which makes sense, Seth has bouts of lactose intolerance too).

x

Best way to find your triggers is to start writing down everything you eat and drink, then make a note of how you feel after, like if you eat and 20 mins later you are bloated make a note, slowly (after a few weeks) you should see a pattern forming, like i always feel bloated to the point i have to undo trousers and look 6 months pregnant within 45 mins of eating pasta.

 

[buttonnose82]

still having trouble, my tummy is 'popping' like crazy tonight, just wish it would calm down, it's really getting me down

Kitten - there is a chance I guess since we are trying, but i am only CD8 at the moment so don't know if it is too soon to affect my IBS

 

[buttonnose82]

looks like it is pregnancy related! I guess it will be an on going problem through pregnancy

 

[lozzy21]

coffee, cooked jalapino peppers and too much crap makes me ill

 

[Tegans Mama]

Congratulations!

Unfortunately I had the same problem the whole way through my pregnancy. The only foods I could stomach were fried. I couldn't eat fruit as it made me have bad heartburn, most vegetables made me puke, so I lived on fried foods. However, EVERYTHING I ate when straight through me. As soon as I ate, I was straight to the bathroom. I gained 14lbs through my whole pregnancy, and weighed less the day after LO was born than I did the week before I got pregnant.

Its still the same now everything I eat is straight through me and it makes me so miserable.