I had to buy a plunger a few weeks ago after not being able to flush a pretty big pregnancy poop. Keep one on hand.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 36 weeks and very thankful for this thread!
I am not having problems pooping. I think that's to do with being a vegetarian, eating loads of fibrous fruit and drinking my 8-10 glasses of water a day with lemon slices in it.
However, my poops are frighteningly MASSIVE!!! What's going on ? I'm not eating so much, pooping every day and just pooped something 16" long (50cm) and 4cm wide - very disturbing!!! I really don't want to tell my boyfriend this, so just posting here.......

Fiber

I'm 36 weeks and very thankful for this thread!
I am not having problems pooping. I think that's to do with being a vegetarian, eating loads of fibrous fruit and drinking my 8-10 glasses of water a day with lemon slices in it.
However, my poops are frighteningly MASSIVE!!! What's going on ? I'm not eating so much, pooping every day and just pooped something 16" long (50cm) and 4cm wide - very disturbing!!! I really don't want to tell my boyfriend this, so just posting here.......

Anonymous wrote:I clogged both of our toilets in less than 24 hours.... It took my husband pushing a toilet snake down the first one to break it up. Now I poop in a plastic bag and throw it out with the trash. Seriously.

Good God.

Anonymous wrote:This is really disgusting but.... I clogged the toilet so much that I started keeping a stash of plastic knives and ziplock baggies in the bathroom. I just (yuck yuck) cut the sucker up with the plastic knife, put the knife in the ziplock and threw it out. Gross, but still better than a clogged toilet.

I was going to suggest something similar. I probably would go so far as to cut it up, but how about put one of those bedpan things in the bowl and line it with some type of plastic. Then throw the whole thing in a bag, like you would with dog poop. Yes it's gross, but better than clogging the toilet everyday.

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Miralax

I clogged both of our toilets in less than 24 hours.... It took my husband pushing a toilet snake down the first one to break it up. Now I poop in a plastic bag and throw it out with the trash. Seriously.

This is BY FAR the worst side effect of pregnancy. Bought a new toilet- supposedly clog-proof. Yeah. Blocked so thoroughly on inaugural run that I now have to go buy an auger. This is with 2 colace every night & coffee every morning, plus a ton of water. So glad I'm not alone, and that is an anon. forum!!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really disgusting but.... I clogged the toilet so much that I started keeping a stash of plastic knives and ziplock baggies in the bathroom. I just (yuck yuck) cut the sucker up with the plastic knife, put the knife in the ziplock and threw it out. Gross, but still better than a clogged toilet.

You somehow retieved your poop from the toilet and cut it up into small peices???? How does that work? What, exactly, do you do?

I just stuck the bottom half of the plastic knife in the toilet and swished it around to break it up, making sure to always keep the top half/handle of the knife above the water, and then I just put the dirty knife in the baggie and threw it out. I never touched anything directly or got my hands dirty. I never told anyone this before since it is so gross and embarrassing but since OP is having such a hard time I thought I would just put it out there.

It's nice of you to put it out there. I had the same problem, but only once, after c-section and major constipation. A massive dense log came out, it was relief like you cannot believe, but clogged the toilet. If this is happening to you on a regular basis...best of luck to you and you are not alone.

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Anonymous wrote:Just realized this is an old thread but I have to say this: why are all of you diligently taking that iron, PLUS all the stool softeners, and putting up with the misery? Do you actually have low iron levels? (Man who just reopened the thread seems to actually have some problems) but I have a problem with pregnant women prescribed high iron just "because" or prophylactically. I think it causes real harm. Try harder to get iron from food. If you can't, then consider a lower dose of iron. And probiotics are your friends, people. Plus flax or chia seed.

I am iron-deficient anemic even when not pregnant. When pregnant, a woman's body adds like 2 liters of blood -- that increase in blood volume requires extra iron and not all women can absorb that much from food (even excellent sources like beef liver or shellfish).

That said, I have never had an issue with constipation even though I have had to take iron supplements for many years. Poor OP!

Well, in your case, you seem to have an iron issue. But, I think many women don't know they should avoid taking iron and calcium together, and they don't know how to get more readily available iron from food, or how to maximize chances of absorbing it. Instead, doctors prescribe these really high dose iron supps. And in some cases, higher than the woman needs. And in some cases, before there is evidence of any iron deficiency. I never took an iron supplement during pregnancy and didn't even try, specifically to load up. My levels were always fine. Many women say they experience the same. So I'm not saying you did something wrong, or were wrong to take the supplement (sounds like you needed it). My issue is that some doctors just tell everyone to load up on iron supplements and that can be harmful.

Anonymous wrote:Just realized this is an old thread but I have to say this: why are all of you diligently taking that iron, PLUS all the stool softeners, and putting up with the misery? Do you actually have low iron levels? (Man who just reopened the thread seems to actually have some problems) but I have a problem with pregnant women prescribed high iron just "because" or prophylactically. I think it causes real harm. Try harder to get iron from food. If you can't, then consider a lower dose of iron. And probiotics are your friends, people. Plus flax or chia seed.

I am iron-deficient anemic even when not pregnant. When pregnant, a woman's body adds like 2 liters of blood -- that increase in blood volume requires extra iron and not all women can absorb that much from food (even excellent sources like beef liver or shellfish).

That said, I have never had an issue with constipation even though I have had to take iron supplements for many years. Poor OP!

This thread made me laugh so that the tears were flowing down my cheeks. Wish I read it when I was pregnant and dealing with these issues. My solution was baking soda, vinegar and hot water in the bowl. Happy to hear I'm not alone.

For PP, I was anemic during pregnancy, hence the iron supplements.

Just realized this is an old thread but I have to say this: why are all of you diligently taking that iron, PLUS all the stool softeners, and putting up with the misery? Do you actually have low iron levels? (Man who just reopened the thread seems to actually have some problems) but I have a problem with pregnant women prescribed high iron just "because" or prophylactically. I think it causes real harm. Try harder to get iron from food. If you can't, then consider a lower dose of iron. And probiotics are your friends, people. Plus flax or chia seed.

Anonymous wrote:Oh god. Husband here. I don't know why I opened this thread, but I guess I got what I deserved. The title did warn me. Jesus.

There aren't many things on this forum that make me actually LOL. Congrats, DH!