IBS

[Titch85]

I've suffered from IBS for the last 8 years or so, it's mostly under control through my diet. I know what sets me off so I try to avoid those things. It flares up every now and again but I can deal with it.

I was just wondering how pregnancy might effect it and whether any of you suffer from it?

 

[tabbi]

i have suffered with it since my daughter was born nearly 3 years ago, i dont know what sets mine off so i just take each day as it comes some days i will be prefectly fine and others i will be suffering like hell and in angony. best thing i can do is trying to relax and sleep it off x x x

 

[Lynds77]

Pregnancy has made mine worse. I wasn't even aware I had mild IBS until I got pregnant and ended up in severe pain thinking I was having ectopic! Doc says its IBS and my trigger is fibre. Which is what I was taking loads of to avoid constipation! Have ordered some symprove to see if that will help

 

[Titch85]

I've read that the change in hormones can make it worse?

 

[SeonaidMac]

Yeah my midwife did say that in some people their IBS can get a lot worse during pregnancy.... not good...

 

[VikkiR]

I've had IBS for over 20 years, pregnancy made the constipation worse and taking iron 3x daily because of pregnancy induced anaemia made pooping almost impossible. Lactulose helped greatly but I just resigned myself to it being worse. What I will say is that since my c section 13 days ago, my IBS pre pregnancy is 90% better, I'm not as bloated and I'm going to the loo daily, unheard of for me x

 

[PeaPod]

I have IBS and during the first 2 months of pregnancy it played havoc. It's been bad since i got married last december (through the stress) and just as it settled down I got pregnant and it got even worse. As we had been trying, I took a pregnancy test to see whether or not i could take my medication for it as the pain was that bad (as it's not indicated during pregnancy) - since then ive just had to take paracetamol, monitor it and ive got some lactulose on stand by in case the constipation gets too bad.
But IBS is a very 'individual' disease so it may effect you completely differently.

 

[Happyred]

I've had IBS for 14 years now, which i can usually control fairly well through my diet. In both my first pregnancy and so far this one, it has been a problem in tri 1 but then completely disappears for the rest of my pregnancy! Unfortunately I remember it being really bad in the weeks after giving birth, so this time round I will be ready for it and have my Buscopan at the ready,lol!

 

[michaelsmum]

Hi, I've only just seen this thread. I've had IBS for years and I've found in this pregnancy it's not been bad at all...in fact, I have the opposite of what I normally have at the moment, constipation! I have found once or twice that if the constipation goes on too long, I will get the opposite until it all clears out (sorry for tmi!). I just take everyday as it comes and try not to go overboard on fiber as that makes it worse, just try to have a constant moderate amount and to drink lots of water.