Constipation recommendations?

Question

Hello! I'm 5 weeks 6 days and am normally regular up until a couple of days days ago, felt majorly constipated like a rock was sitting in my belly and wouldn't poop out.

I take a high quality prenatal, drink lots of water, eat very healthy 
I know it's the hormones but I'm hesitant to take any laxatives.

Things I've heard that works but haven't tried: exercise, prune juice and apples, apple juice, dried apricots

What works for you to get things moving regularly?

Please comment on what has worked for you😊

Answer

Dried prunes. About 4 at night and 4 in the morning with some hot tea. It works wonders for me 👍

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Thanks Reyna! My sis, who has 3 kids and never took laxatives, just told me to eat prunes and an apple before bed. Gonna try that tonight and I'll report back in a few days!
I also think I'm waaay overeating

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I've been drinking 2L of room temp to warm water a days. Seems like that was not enough for me to I upped it probably to around 3L and like magic I pooped 3 times the following day.

I'm gonna keep my liquids up and see if I continue to have good bm's!

I'll keep everyone posted!

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Kiwis work well surprisingly and yes, excersing too.

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I am going crazy. I havent poop in 3 days. It hurts to point i cry. I will try prune juice tomorrow to see if it works. If it doesn't i will make an appointment with my doc.

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Stool softener is ok to take doctors prescribe it with iron.. The softener will help aviod hemroids that may occur from pushing the waste to hard out the body.

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Drink lots of water and make sure you're eating healthy! Lots of greens and veggies :)

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Has anyone tried dulcolax 2.5mg with bad side effects?

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Drinking warm liquids, even just warm water could help

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Took colace before I got pregnant and it made me have massive diarrhea and threw up many times from it. Don't want to risk taking it now!

Constipation recommendations?

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