(TMI?) Horrible gas/bloating during 1st trimester?

Rachel

I’m 11 weeks now, and on several different days over the past 2-3 weeks, I’ve had AWFUL bloating/gas. I feel like it gets trapped in my gut, none of it will come out, and it lasts for hours (often after work). Usually it kind of goes away on its own, but before it does, I feel crampy/gas pain-y, and it’s so painful it’s put me near tears on two different days. It happens randomly and isn’t predictable based on what I eat.

Does anyone have recommendations on what I can take or do to get the gas and bloating down? I couldn’t even eat my dinner tonight because my abdomen was so uncomfortable, yet I get more nauseous the less I eat. Help!! 😢