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12-24-2012 at 10:47 AM
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Suggestions for constipation?

I have tried Colace (max dose) and it hasn't worked at all.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?  I'm going to get some prune juice and try that this afternoon.  Hopefully that will work, but if not, then I'm willing to try just about anything!
 
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12-24-2012 at 10:52 AM
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My doctor suggested warm prune juice with milk of magnesia. I did the max dose of MOM last night, and prune juice twice, and it ended up helping this morning. 
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12-24-2012 at 10:57 AM
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Oh man, I need help here too. I've been taking three colace daily for 8 days now. Only had 1 BM since Wednesday. May need to try the MOM and prune juice. 
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12-24-2012 at 11:09 AM
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yep, same here.  I will definitely try the prince juice and MOM.  Hopefully that will do the trick!
 
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12-24-2012 at 11:10 AM
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I take 3 colace at night, but ALSO need a small cup of strong coffee in the am. If I'm missing one or the other, it's a no-go for me. If I have both, I typically will have one small BM about 20 min after the coffee, then another more productive one another 30 min to an hour after that. My fingers are crossed that it keeps working, because I am MISERABLE on the days I miss one or the other.
 
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12-24-2012 at 11:15 AM
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I will try coffee, but I haven't really had the appetite for it the past month.  And the crazy thing is that I loved coffee before I got pregnant!
 
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12-24-2012 at 11:23 AM
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Have you tried fiber supplements? I like chewable fruit ones by Fiber One; they taste like sweet tarts! Make sure if you're upping your fiber intake that you're drinking tons of water I mean a lot. Otherwise, the extra fiber will just make it worse.
 
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12-24-2012 at 11:23 AM
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Try Coconut water. You can mix it in a smoothie and it definitely helped move things along.
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12-24-2012 at 11:53 AM
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Snack on fig newtons! Figs = nature's laxative!! It's working for me so far.
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12-24-2012 at 12:13 PM
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Try Coconut water. You can mix it in a smoothie and it definitely helped move things along.

this and aloe vera juice
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12-24-2012 at 2:13 PM
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I see a naturopath, and I added chia seeds with lots of water and it is working great!!! I also add extra magnesium (natural calm) when I get leg cramps and it helps with constipation too!!
 
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12-24-2012 at 3:49 PM
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Drink lots of water!
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12-24-2012 at 7:22 PM
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Yes! I stir a spoonful of chia seeds into an activia every other day or so, and it definitely helps.
 
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12-24-2012 at 10:34 PM
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RN at my ob's office recommended miralax.  tried it and it led to nausea but worked.
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12-25-2012 at 8:42 PM
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Thanks so much for the suggestions. I tried Milk of Magnesia yesterday and it worked!  But it's good to have other ideas just in case I need to try other things.
 
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12-26-2012 at 8:12 AM
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after going almost a week without a BM and being in severe pain from it I called doc and asked what to do; they had me drink 150mL of Magnesium Citrate (yucky) which worked the next morning and now I take miralax everynight before bed and life seems to be bearable again. I expressed concerns at my last appt about becoming dependent upon the miralax but doc insisted it was perfectly safe and non-habit forming.  After taking it everynight for a month now I'm not sure I believe what he said, but he's the doc not me right lol I also switched to taking two flintstones vitamins a day instead of taking the prescription prenatal vitamins which have too much iron for my body to handle
 
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