Gas & Bloating

I just have to take a moment and vent!!  I seem to get very bloated every day now.  Doesn't seem to matter what I eat, eventually at some point in the day my belly will blow up.  Some days more so than others.  Some days it feels like if you stuck me with a needle I would pop.  Eventually the gas will pass but that can be a long time coming.  I am trying to drink more water and that might be helping a little.  Anyway, this is just one of those lovely symptoms that go along with it, and I realize it could be much worse so I am grateful.  Just venting.  
Sometimes I've thought, wouldn't it be neat if you had a vent you could open up when you need to and let off the steam!!!  haha  (aside from the natural one, of course!)  I know, it's a crazy thought!!

[ftogirl]

By the way, sorry this may be tmi!  

[MomNpain]

I too have thought the same thing! I too bloat really bad - sometimes so bad I can't breathe! I wonder if we can take gas-ex or something??

One thing I have found to help MINIMALLY is sipping on COLD soda through a straw. Unfortunately, it can go either way, make you even more bloated or make you to where you're burping every 30 seconds. DH and I had tomato soup & grilled cheese for dinner and he looked at me funny because of the way I was eating the soup - I was drinking it straight from the bowl because I noticed if you sip it up from a spoon, you swallow more air. That worked, too...and eating slower.