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constipation

Can i take any medicine or any thing to help me go to the bathroom?  Im 12 weeks
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my doctor told me to take miralax twice a day to help with constipation
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Activia worked for me. Try it once a day for two weeks. You'll notice the difference by day 3. Also 8-10 cups of water
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You can take stool softener pills. Although it's not immediate relief it should help.
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Prune juice and activia yogurt
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Trust me when I say water works!!!! Drink it as much as you can at least 10 glasses a day I just keep my cup with me full at all times and sip with ba straw it helps me get my daily amount before I started to do this my stomach was in so much pain so bloated extremely constipated !
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Milk of mag
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Idk about over the counter stuff but I use papaya :) you can eat it different ways or make fresh papaya water. Prunes might worktoo, not for me but works for some people.
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