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What Causes Passing Of Green Stool During Pregnancy?

I m 34 weeks pregnant and recently noticed that my stool was bright green. It has remained this way for the past couple of days now. I m not taking any supplements, haven t changed my diet at all, am not eating an excessive amount of fruit, veg or green foods and am experiencing no other unusual symptoms other than general fatigue which i have been experiencing throughout pregnancy. What could be causing this, should i be worried and how do i stop it?                                                                  
Mon, 21 Mar 2016
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Pregnancy does a lot of funny things to your body. I understand why green stool would be worrying to you. As long as you don't have any other worrying symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal pain or fever, you shouldn't worry. Try getting some probiotics in your system- yogurt is a good option. If you have any additional symptoms that make you worry, go get checked out. Also, if you have vaginal bleeding, contractions, leakage of fluid or not feeling baby move, go get checked out. Hopefully this is nothing! Good luck!
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What Causes Passing Of Green Stool During Pregnancy?

Pregnancy does a lot of funny things to your body. I understand why green stool would be worrying to you. As long as you don t have any other worrying symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal pain or fever, you shouldn t worry. Try getting some probiotics in your system- yogurt is a good option. If you have any additional symptoms that make you worry, go get checked out. Also, if you have vaginal bleeding, contractions, leakage of fluid or not feeling baby move, go get checked out. Hopefully this is nothing! Good luck!