Extreme constipation tmi

If you are having a rough time going to the bathroom I would definitely eat lots of fruit mostly grapes or watermelon. If that doesn’t work drink a good portion of prune juice it should move things really nicely. I had really bad constipation and it felt like nothing was working so I used the good old fruit and prune method. It cleared up a lot

Girl!!! I am in the same boat as you. Extreme constipation has been the worst. Its been going for a month for me on and off. The inly things giving relief have been fleet enemas and colace. But i have to take colace for several days before it works and same for miralax. I had to take that for 4 days before i saw any movement but with miralax it made is really soft so it was hard to push. So so far colace and enemas have been my friend. Ive only used an enema 3 times in the span of over a month so i am not doing those tooo often. But when it gets unbearable they work almost immediately versus several days

@Destinee I know!!! It’s so bad, it started getting worse in the second trimester right now, I had the same problem my last pregnancy, but how many times did you take miralax per day? Cause nothing worked so far & it’s about to be 3 days!! I just started taking miralax today but it’s ridiculous, I was struggling so bad 🫠🫠

I used to take it twice a day. Haven't needed to yet but it should be ok. Make sure you drink plenty of water with it though because the whole point of it is to get your bowels not to pull so much water from your poop

I only did one dosage a day because i was too afraid to overdo it being pregnant. Ive heard of people doing 2 dosages but not while pregnant so i wouldnt advise doubling up unless your doctor says it’s ok. Im almost 17 weeks so im definitely in the thick of it with the constipation. Ive been eating more fruits and drinking more water but nothing helps like the enemas. Hang in there girl, you arent alone

This may sound like a duh comment but I got relief from drinking way more water than I thought I needed. I got a 64oz water tank lol and refilling it once, I’m constantly sipping on water now.

Dr told me to go to town on the mirilax. Also talk to Dr about changing up your prenatal because too much iron can make the issue worse

I was SEVERELY constipated at the beginning of my pregnancy, Miralax wasn’t working for me, prune juice did nothing either. only thing that helped was milk of magnesium! It completely cleared me out but I haven’t been constipated anymore! Definitely try that and start at the smallest amount it recommends, that’s what I did and it started working a couple hours later

I take stool softeners everyday and now go every couple of days vs everyday before pregnancy. I will say I had a PSL today from Starbucks and went an hour later. 😂

@Kay it’s funny I was thinking of getting a decaf coffee just to go to the bathroom, usually helps, lmao

I was eating multiple kiwis a day w the skins on and chugging water and things shifted thank goodness

Get magnesium spray and use it religiously every single day, it’ll keep you regular