Absolutely right, Stacey. The fix is as simple as taking adequate water, especially with meals, so the food mass goes down wet and soft. No other stuff is needed. You might also add a mineral supplement with magnesium and potassium to nourish your intestinal muscles, but water is the key.
SP
Absolutely right, Stacey. The fix is as simple as taking adequate water, especially with meals, so the food mass goes down wet and soft. No other stuff is needed. You might also add a mineral supplement with magnesium and potassium to nourish your intestinal muscles, but water is the key.
SP
Collace seems to have helped a few ppl. Thanks grls that really helps! The last thing i need is to not be able to go to the bathroom. My tummy is crowded enough!
I am anemic so I take iron daily (even before I got prego). Collace has been a life saver. I drink tons of water & eat fruit, fiber bars (anything fiber one, lol). It just makes it easier to go.
I took an iron supplement until just recently (made me extremely nauseous) my doctor prescribed colace for constipation. Worked great!
I took Colace as well with my last pregnancy... it helped a lot! all i did was drink water so the increasing fluids was impossible and increased fiber was out as well as i couldnt eat, let alone healthy... so colace was a life saver! lol
Lol yeah ive eaten the prumes b4 but im taking a lot of iron so my normal natural remedies arent gonna work for a day to day basis.
My doctor recommends colace. It's a stool softener, so it shouldn't make you go just make it easier for you to go. I've never taken it. Every time I get constipated I eat about 7-14 prunes and I no longer have a problem going lol.
He takes Dulcolax, which his ped. recommended and he hasn't cried going to the bathroom since, pregnancy has enough quirks without having to worry about that, haha!
you need to up your intake of water and also add abit more fibre to your diet then you shouldnt have any problems, your bowel gets sluggish due to the preg hormones so need thats extra water :)
Do you know the name? Theres so many different kinds
I've never had this problem personally, but I know my son took iron pills and they constipated him awfulll! He was a crying mess every time he had to go to the bathroom poor little guy, I also used stool softeners on him, it didn't make him go more frequently or have diarrhea, it just made it easier for him to go, it has worked awesome for him, I'd say give it a try!