Sara

it is highly unlikely you have anything serious.

You most likely have a mild to medium case of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) brought on by the changes in your body during pregnancy combined with possible changes in diet and levels of stress.

Ibs is managed rather than cured oiut right, but can be helped by diet changes.

The following may help:

- decreasing the amount dairy products in your diet, along with soft drink
- eating slightly unripe (greenish) banana's
- drinking peppermint tea
- eating easily digested, but bulky foods like rice
- avoiding too many dark green vegi's like peas and beans

if the problem continue for an extended period of time a trip to a gastroenterologist maybe in order.

Mike

Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate it!

~sara~

Hey sara,
i've had bowel problems ever since I was in the 4th grade...Similar to ibs & crohn's but not entirely( if u want to know more pm me), but i've heard from many many women that pregnancy can either get rid of past bowel problems, or even bring on digestive problems....I'm hoping my pregnancy reverses mine so I don't have to deal with it anymore..It's horrible, so life consuming...But I know alot on this topic, so if you ever need any info or support, you know where to find me!
Best wishes,
nessa & peanut

Thans vanessa! Take care of that lil peanut!

~sara~

8 times a day sara? I'd go to the doctors because that doesnt seem right at all huni.I wouldnt day its anything too scary though but it must be inconvinient to need it every time u pee.
Liz x

I know..I should go, but its so embarassing. Also I am constantly at the doc....Lol I think im a hypocondriac!!! I dunno what to do...Maybe I should just ignore it. I mean my mom has the same problem, except she dosent go as much as I do. Thats why I was maybe wondering if it happens after you deliver because it started to her after she had my sis.

~sara~

First, my daughter has ibs & hsa recently been researching the diet (there's a website & chat forum too) & the advice given earlier is not really correct, some dairy you can eat but alot you can't, you should becareful about alot of the carbohydrates eg, rice!!, potato, sweet potato, breads, pasta & also corn.

On the other hand peas, beans, etc are fine as are all sea foods, meats (although not processed meats as in delicatessan stuff) most fruits are fine, although banana causes 2 days worth of foods to come up where my daughter is concerned. She also is constipated definitely does not have diarrhoea.

I had (& many women I know had) a problem re urinating often & with no warning after my first pregnancy but what you're experiencing seems more like an infection, or maybe you just need to do some bowel exercises like with yoga to tighten up strained & therefore weakened bowel muscles??!!

Well I eat alot of carbs. I am not a meat eater, I have eaten lots of carbs my whole life. So I don't think this is directly linked to my diet. I think maybe it could be beacuse I had an episiotmy also??? Maybe they cut part of my spynchter muscel? I am going to give it a little longer and then if not better, seek medical attention.

~sara~

With ibs everyone is different. You may be able to eat all of the dairy that you want and something weird like broccoli will not sit right. Everyone is different. What you have to do is pay attention to what you eat. Figure out what bothers you and what doesn't. It is embarassing, but go to your doctor. They gave me a prescription to take right before I eat and now I can eat anything I want with no problem at all. Plus after I took it for a month and then quit, I was fine! So, hey try it. There is no point in living with this if you do not have to. The pregnancy probably did bring on ibs, or maybe just stress from the pregnancy. Hope you feel beter!