Sorry I'm sure there'll be TMI here. I apologise in advance!

I can't poo! I've been constipated before (lots as I have IBS) but this is different. I feel like I am desperate to go and it hurts but when I go to the loo not so much as a fart (so sorry)
Its horrible. Midwife sugeested lactulose. Has anyone used it?

u could aslo just try natural fibre , tho with your ibs i dont know if it will make it worse, like oatmeal , bran etc.. also sometimes a cup of coffee helps!

I had constipation for a few days over the weekend and beginning of this week, felt like i needed to go and was so bloated and lathergic, i just ate loads of fruit,veg, fresh Orange and that seemed to do the trick. I had been contemplating buying something over the counter, obviously for pregnant ladies, but didn't need to in the end!

I've been having a lot of constipation. I think if you feel you need to go but can't then it's probably because your stools are too hard to pass (I've had this too - TMI) & lactulose is a laxatve which helps soften your stools but stopping your body removing so much water from them.

I didn't think it was used normally in pregancy but if your midwife suggests it then it must be fine.

I had constipation as well. Drinking plenty of water, eating lots of fiber, and exercise helped me. If that doesn't work for you maybe you could try a preggo safe laxative.

When I am constipated I get on the toilet, bend over like I'm trying to touch my toes, and rock back and forth. It sounds weird, but it helped me!

I hope you feel better soon.

Try eating dried prunes and drinking water at the same time...that worked for me.

Constipation is a very normal and predicatable part of a lot of pregnancies. The progesterone that is cycling through your system, loosening your joints, relaxing your veins for the increase in volume soon to come (welcome - varicose veins), also slows your bowels, hence constipation.

All the above are great hints, and healthy. Also, because we tend to eat a lot of smaller meals a day when normally I ate one or two healthy ones, changed my digestive cycle quite a lot.

Don't be afraid of things like Metamucil... you mix with water. Take it morning and night. It is a bulking agent and, will help regulate you if you are constipated or loose. And it will help move things along so there isn't so much discomfort.

I HAD A POO!!!!!

I had lactulose which is fine during pregnancy

Hi I'm having this same issue - I've been constapated for a few weeks now!! When it started I bought some Prune juice and drank a glass morning and night - all I found with this was really bad wind and stomach cramps early last week I phoned my Midwife cuz I was in so much pain and discomfort and she told me that you can take laxitives - in severe cases like this as the only reason they don't like you taking them is because it can irratate the cervix! I took two Senekot and guess what?! didn't help one little bit I phoned her back a couple of days later and she told me to try Dulcolax, which I did for 2 days, and guess what?! again that didn't help!! she then suggested Glycerin Suppositories, not nice but given the discomfort I'm in I'll try anything, so I have been using them for the past couple of days, so far had some movement! very minimal tho and today I had some bleeding (from the back door - sorry to be so graphic )

I'm really really really miserable with this and am totally fed up with how I'm feeling, I eat well, drink plenty and have lots of fibre in my diet! so it must just be down to pregnancy - but how can I stop it? or at the very least help it??

wb x