Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 20:35     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Don’t take a prenatal with iron. Avoid bagels, heavy starches. Oatmeal for breakfast. Tons of water especially mineral water.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 20:34     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Metamucil plus daily stool softener
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 20:33     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Miralax. Was night and day after I started taking it.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 20:11     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Try getting a squatty potty in addition to any dietary/supplement changes.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 19:51     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Prune juice!

Other foods that generally help me: mangoes and okra.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 19:47     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Thank you all!!! Solidarity! (No pun intended!)
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 19:47     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Op I picked up prune juice from target. I’ll let you know if it works. It looks like drinking it in the morning is recommended but can also do two (4) oz glasses twice a day. It didn’t too bad.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 19:20     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, I’m pregnant with #2 and it’s horrible as well. Like you I balked at OB suggestion for daily Miralax but I was in so much pain from bloating and it was also making hemorrhoids worse. I gave in and it helps so much. Experiment with the amount. I take half the recommended daily dosage and it’s enough to keep it moving. Before this it got so bad I tried another laxative (Dulcolax) and it was a nightmare, Miralax has no negative side effects for me.


Just for clarity, dulcolax is a stimulant. It’s going to give you horrific cramps. Miralax is not that, it’s just a salt that pulls water into your stool to keep things soft. So very different.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 19:19     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Sorry OP, I’m pregnant with #2 and it’s horrible as well. Like you I balked at OB suggestion for daily Miralax but I was in so much pain from bloating and it was also making hemorrhoids worse. I gave in and it helps so much. Experiment with the amount. I take half the recommended daily dosage and it’s enough to keep it moving. Before this it got so bad I tried another laxative (Dulcolax) and it was a nightmare, Miralax has no negative side effects for me.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 17:19     Subject: Re:What is helping your constipation?
Prune juice. Get the real stuff. It works.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 17:09     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Miralax is really gentle and effective. Just use it.

Once you’re back closer to normal, try prunes and chia seeds and all that stuff.

But miralax isn’t insane. It’s really gentle, it just pulls water into your stool to make things easier. Lots of kids take it daily long term.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 17:08     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
You can try a smoothie
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 17:06     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
Metamucil fiber supplement and milk of magnesia before bedtime occasionally.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 17:03     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
No advice op but I’m also on #3 and experiencing the same thing. I’ve heard plums help!
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 16:50     Subject: What is helping your constipation?
I am on #3 and never had constipation issues with my previous two. Currently dying. Doctor said it was fine to take miralax daily which seems insane but I am desperate. What has helped you?