Anyone else constipated?!?! 😭

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Any ideas on what I can do?!?! I'm so backed up I'm uncomfortable and feel like in going to explode! (Sry for the TMI)

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I take a daily fiber supplement (gummy)

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Not really for instant relief but in the beginning of my pregnancy I was experiencing constipation as well. I work in a pharmacy and my boss told me it may have to do with the iron in the prenatal vitamins. She recommended I add a magnesium supplement to my prenatals and I haven’t experienced it since then. Also good for joint/muscle pain as well. May help you long term as well 😊

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Stool softener like colace every morning and every night and miralax once a day! Helped me 100% and those were exactly how they were ordered from my OB!

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I alternate. I was constipated in the beginning. Then there for several weeks I had to run to the bathroom every morning when I woke up (which was a relief 😂)....but yesterday I literally cried because my stomach hurt so bad. I just wish I could go back the other way!!

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I drink the occasional cup of prune juice, also eating a big salad with cucumbers and iceberg lettuce helps,

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I sometimes put Metamucil and prune juice in my breakfast smoothie and then Miralax if it’s a few days in a row.

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I do miralax and colace until I get relief- OB said both are fine taken together when really backed up.

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Here is a list of approved over the counter remedies that I got in a booklet from my Midwife. She suggested MiralLax one to two glasses a day. It does take a couple of days for it to kick in.

Anyone else constipated?!?! 😭

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