Constipation

hi girls, just wondering if anyone can help,i am only 5 weeks gone but am suffering with constipation (suffer with this one and off for years), im eating bran flakes and drinking OJ and loads of water but no luck. Does anyone know what i can take for this??

Fibrogel is great and Ok to take while pregnant

thanks a mill

Neen maybe try a cup of cooled boiled water. always works for me. Hope you get some relief soon!

Have to second Fybogel - I was killed with constipation in the early weeks! You take it in OJ and within a few hours you'll be sorted. :-) It doesn't taste great but WELL worth it You'll feel 100% better.

I've been getting it really bad since getting pregnant. Now I know that "technically" I shouldn't be recommending this but I find that if I have 2 cups of coffee a day I'm fine I had given up coffee completely (trying to be good) but then was constipated for maybe 1 - 1.5 weeks at a time so i had to weigh up the benefits -v- risks and I'm sorry but I REALLY needed to poo Plus I think that 2 cups a day should be ok????? Please God.

I too suffer from this for ages now ... and tah dah .. prune juice is all I needed. Doc recommended it. and I drink a glass at night before bed and all good Kelkin Prune Juice is the one I take Now I love the taste too. weird eh

Start eating all bran for breakfast with a banana sliced on top and that will solve the problem. Or you can use prunes if you like them instead of the banana...

hey neen, I was taking the fybogel for ages but sorry TMI but it wasn't making it any easier to push out!!! So I said this to my GP last week and he told me to take laxose 3 times a day. I have been taking it for about 5 days now and it seems to be working. HTH