Constipated At 5weeks Pregnant

Yummy. Pregnancy is such a lovely time :]

I don't have any personal "this works for me!" type advice since I have yet to get constipated [thank the lord!] but my doctor and all the baby books say to drink a LOT of water and eat lots of foods with fiber to help. Since they all seem to agree on that, I think they're on to something

Good luck, and congrats!

ahh wait til you get further along! im 34 weeks 2 days and i cant poop AT ALL

I've heard that if you chew lots of sugar free gum and eat sugar free candy it really helps. Also, try eating more cleansing foods for a while (like salads and fresh vegetables), and add some of that flavorless fiber powder to your drinks. I know it sucks It'll be okay though, eating celery and carrot sticks with ranch really isn't so bad, and if you need inspiration, red robin, jack in the box, and ihop have really good salads.

Thank U for the advices...

i'm 6 weeks and i've been constipated since i found out! i go probably once a week now instead of once a day. but drinking loads of water helps loads

they say to stay away from too much sweets cuz you can get digestional diabeties while your pregnant, it goes away after but while your pregnant you have to take diabetic shots and makes the baby bigger, eat fruits, bananas, have honey nut cherios crackers, broccoli, plums, seem to help me

krystineM:
Correction: it's GESTATIONAL diabetes and it isn't caused by eating sweets. I work in Nutrition and we treat lots of women with this very common symptom of pregnancy. Also to not send out wrong information, the baby does NOT grow bigger BECAUSE of the insulin shots, the baby is bigger because of the mother having a high glucose level (gestational diabetes) and can cause complications with the baby besides just weight.

It's not "sweets" that cause diabetes either, just so everyone knows. An unhealthy diet mixed with an inactive lifestyle + family history is what causes diabetes.

Anyway, I'd have to agree that drinking lots of fluids (suggest carrying a nalgene bottle around and refilling often) is the best way to stay hydrated, and thus having regular bowel movements. Granted, you will be in the restroom more often so be sure to drink more during the day and less at night. Eating higher-fiber foods is also a good thing, but try to recognize soluble fiber choices like oats, legumes, barley, whole wheat, etc. because soluble fiber forms a gel (do an experiment with metamucil: mix with water and let it stand overnight... you'll see it form a gel). The gel will then be excreted much easier than if you're eating just fiber that will absorb water and make you constipated... especially if you're not drinking enough fluids. You don't necessarily need to drink WATER, but really anything liquid qualifies as fluids.

Please let me know if you need more info. I know this post is late, but if there's others out there reading it like I was today, then I hopefully could be of help.

Best of luck to all of you!