Kinda gross...sorry

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

I have read about constipation in pregnancy, but i am having the opposite..... its like i dont go #2 for days and then when i do, it doesnt stop... i dont know what i can take for diahrreah and i dont know what works well, but i feel miserable, and i have to go to work now, while i am running to the potty every 10 minutes....*sigh*

 

[PegasusOnFire]

Try adding more bananas during the times that you are haveing diarrhea, they help to harden the stools. Also try and avoid stuff with prunes and other dried fruits. That might help, also call your doctor and ask what you can take.

Also drinking 8 oz of fluids every hour, this will help keep you hydrated. The fluids can come from water, diluted fruit juice (no prune juice) and soups.

 

[alaskamolly]

The hormones just mess with your bowels (sluggish, then nutso!)... We are, like, the health food family around here, and so have bowel movements all the time (lotsa fiber!), but whenever I'm pregnant (especially at first), I slow down to one a day...sometimes less. I hate that!!!!!!!!!! But oh well...

Just don't take anything over-the-counter. Try to deal with it naturally as best as you can, and realize that your bowels will settle down and stop acting so goofy as they get used to the hormones. Well, at least I hope so, for your sake!
Love,
Molly
Who's belly is starting to swell (I think I'm 14 or 15 wks now...)...

 

[andiesmama]

Bananas help to "thicken" things up!! Cheese, too....also (I actually was having this problem with my 2 year old! hehe)....yogurt is supposed to help, I can't remember if pregnant ladies can eat it or not, I think so? Stay away from peaches & prunes & fruit juices. When all else fails, give your OB a buzz & ask him/her what they suggest!!

 

[mamaneenie]

Yoghurt is fine to eat in pregnancy.

I agree with everyone else. Unfortunately I had the opposite problem and boy was I uncomfortable.

I would avoid prunes, corn dried fruit and maybe peas.

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

Thanks ladies.... man tonight was bad..... now i have a big fat painful gas bubble in my tummy.....LOL.... i do love being pregnant though!!!!

 

[Jengi]

Check with your doctor...the OB nurse at my Dr.'s office did say I could take Kopectate (sp?) when I had a stomach virus in the 1st trimester. I never took it though it was nice to know if things got too bad there was someting I could take.