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Suggest Treatment For Constipation During Pregnancy

Hi, my girlfiend is nearly 8 months pregnant and has terrible constipation. she is now at the stage where the poo seems to big and hard to come out. She is in agony and is worried she is doing serious damage and cant actually pass it at all. She is reluctant to go to the hospital as it is an embarressing subject, she has read in pregnancy books that your insides can actually fall out if she pushes too hard at these late stages of pregnancy. please help. Regards Jamie
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Hi,
I understand your concern.
Pregnancy hormones affect motility of bowels, they get sluggish .. thus stools lie in large intestine for a long time..absorbing the water content & stool gets dry & hard to pass.
* This can be managed by few life style changes-
- Have frequent & small srvings of food through out the day with salads/ fruits each time.
- Drink sufficient water ( about 3 liters in a day ) along with sufficient fibers in food ( unprocessed grains, vegetables, fruits eaten without discarding edible fibers )
- Regular yoga exercises & walk ( 45 minutes /day )
* stool softeners/ Glycerine suppositories/ Isapghula can be used to start with.. till diet & life style changes set in.
* stool examination to find stool infection/ infestation if any.. followed by specific treatment advised by family doctor .
Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Constipation During Pregnancy

Hi, I understand your concern. Pregnancy hormones affect motility of bowels, they get sluggish .. thus stools lie in large intestine for a long time..absorbing the water content & stool gets dry & hard to pass. * This can be managed by few life style changes- - Have frequent & small srvings of food through out the day with salads/ fruits each time. - Drink sufficient water ( about 3 liters in a day ) along with sufficient fibers in food ( unprocessed grains, vegetables, fruits eaten without discarding edible fibers ) - Regular yoga exercises & walk ( 45 minutes /day ) * stool softeners/ Glycerine suppositories/ Isapghula can be used to start with.. till diet & life style changes set in. * stool examination to find stool infection/ infestation if any.. followed by specific treatment advised by family doctor . Thanks.