Irratable bowel syndrome

[shortie58]

I am often bothered by this, it can come on me at any time and I have to stay next to a toilet when it does happen. Normally I would take an immodium and it would help but I am concerned that I wont be able to take anything if it flairs up when I am pregnant. Does anyone else suffer from IBS and if so is there anything I can take for it when prego??

Thanks in advance

Lesley xxxxxxxx

 

[Armywife]

Hiya, i am having a similar problem at the minute except docs think i have Ulcerative Colitis. From what i have heard and read i think there are a few medications which you can take whilst pregnant to ease symptoms. I'm not sure of the details but i didn't want to read and run. I'd speak to your GP first as its better to know the facts. Good luck to you xxx

 

[xLisax]

I have IBS, I was only told it was this recently but I've had it for as long as I could remember (stupid me was too scared to go to the doctors until recently ) Now I take tablets for it. But avoiding certain foods helps too

Just wanted to say, not sure if its the same for everyone, but whilst pregnant, I didn't get a flare up once...its actually what made me think about what this was and why it had disappeared Hope its the same for you!

Im waffling now but Im sure if you were to have a flare up whilst expecting there would be a medicine available!

 

[Kassy]

I have ibs as well, from what i remember i have always had it but it's got worse in the past few years, i ate some seriously dodgy chicken quite a bit back and since then it's been really bad, it's the constipated version i suffer from. I'm constantly gassy, bloated, sickly and i get stomach aches quite often.

I went to the hospital a few years ago because i was also have pains in my bladder and frequent UTI's, i had a scan and i was told i have an Irritable bladder, I've been told that is associated with IBS.

 

[Broody85]

Hiya, iv recently being diagnosed with IBS and have been prescribed 'mebeverine' tablets. i just looked and it says to tell your doc if your pregnant or ttc but then again most medication does.

p.s. i feel so sorry for us girls. its an awful condition to live with :'(

 

[panther19]

I think your best bet is to talk to your doc about this and start avoiding foods that you know are triggers.

 

[CowtownGirl]

I've recently been diagnosed, too and was given mebeverine for 4 weeks. It's really helped, my GP thinks I had an acute irritation and that mostly I need to manage the general IBS with diet/exercise. I've definitely found avoiding certain foods helps and staying active seems to help to keep everything moving at the right speed....

 

[lozzy21]

Butting in but i havent had a flare up since iv been pregnant but i am drinking lots of peppermint tea so that might be helping

 

[JCsquaredd]

I'm pretty sure I suffer from IBS too, though I've been too afraid to go to the Doctor for it recently (which is just silly)

I would definitely ask your doctor this question BUT I just wanted to add that there ARE diseases that actually get much better during pregnancy (M.S. is one, I believe). You might be able to find something on google to give you more information but it is *possible* that pregnancy could help IBS.