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Pregnant with bowel problems

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Sorry for the TMI.

I am 3 mos pregnant and have been constipated for the most part. I have a bowel movement every 3 to 4 days. After 3 days of no BM, I had 1 yesterday, although very small. Today I had a rather satisfying, solid bowel movement which made me believe I had gotten rid of everything. After 2 hours I felt the urgency and almost didn't make it. I had loose stools mixed with solid ones. Less than 30 mins after I had another one and it's watery again. I'm so scared of having diarrhea while pregnant. Has anyone ever experienced this?

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One thing i will say to you about constipation is that, if it becomes too 'backed up', your body starts to break it down to make room.  This is why you normally have a solid movement followed by varying degrees of soft or diarrhoea movements.  That's perfectly normal

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2 hours ago, Mark G said:

One thing i will say to you about constipation is that, if it becomes too 'backed up', your body starts to break it down to make room.  This is why you normally have a solid movement followed by varying degrees of soft or diarrhoea movements.  That's perfectly normal

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing that info. I just had some toasted bread and Gatorade and so far, knock on wood, no diarrhea yet.

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