Constipation.

[anonymouseliza]

What is helping you? 

This was not an issue last time.  I am drinking plenty of fluids, mostly water. I'm trying to eat more fruits and veggies now that nausea has mostly passed. I am trying to avoid regularly taking Colace.

Halp.

[ldubhawksfan]

Honestly, bringing back coffee into my diet when I'm in a bind (ba da ching).

[emejay]

Probiotics

[ugotstarbucked]

Probiotics via Greek yogurt, more vegetables, and during the worst constipation I took some Fiber Choice chewable tablets twice a day. Baby decided early on she wasn't down with coffee, much to my dismay.

[tinydancer]

I make a green smoothie with kale and a bunch of fruit. Also, coffee.

[jumpingpuddles]

Ditto coffee. I tried prunes, mild laxatives, and fruit juice, but once I could stomach coffee again things drastically improved.

[Sparkly]

What is working for me:

Probiotics (good quality - the kind you get in the refrigerated section of a health food store) - 2x/day
Colace - 1-3x/day
Extra fiber supplement - when I can stomach it
Caffeinated tea (because I can't do coffee right now) - 2-3 cups/day
Lots of water

I have poo'd the last three days in a row and it is blissful.


With DD, I was also pretty constipated (from Zofran) and I found taking the fiber + stool softeners + half a cup of coffee did the trick to get things going. I didn't take it all religiously at that time, but things got pretty bad, so then I would do that for a day or two to try to "fix" the issue.

That's why I'm on the "preventative" regimen this time, if you will. I'm also on a higher dose Zofran and iron supplements so I'm fighting a losing battle. I'm going to scale back on the Colace and see if things stay regular now that they're moving again. I feel 1000x better when I poo regularly. I swear by probiotics.

[Deleted]

My co-worker Due in August swears by her probiotics. I started looking into them, expecting this issue again as I had with my first 2 pregnancies, but this time I am having the opposite issue. Go figure...

[mosy]

Green smoothies and Natural Calm magnesium supplement.

[feffy]

Leafy greens for me. Last time, it was the deciding factor if I went or not that day. It doesn't take much, just a handful on the dinner plate (cooked amount).

And avoiding bananas like the plague. That's just me though!

[tarheelmom]

Fresh cherries are my go-to. I have to hide them from DD because we're potty training and only a few will get her moving too fast.

[sunfrogger88]

Orange juice!

[thebanich]

Currently I'm just suffering. It's the worst