1. Try isabgol naturolax and take it on alternate days for a week. You will certainly feel the difference. 2. By enough water, hope you drink atleast 4 litres of water. 3. Have you added coconut water to your diet? It works wonders in soothing the discomfort (not clearing your bowels). My stomach felt lighter. Drink 1 coconut everyday in the morning. 4. You might want to change your iron medicine after consulting your doc. Some iron medicines make constipation severe. Try an alternate iron med. This trick worked for me and gave upto 60-70% relief. 5. Pl exercise/swim if you haven’t done so yet. It will help ease your bowel movements.

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How I fought with constipation and flatulence in first trimester?<br><br> I had constipation even before I was pregnant. I used have a strong cup of coffee in the morning and that usually helped. But in pregnancy we can't have so heavily caffeinated drink. Also the nausea and vomiting created an aversion towards coffee in the first trimester. And the problem of constipation loomed large for me. I used to feel a lot of abdominal discomfort and cry out of the pain. My elder sis in law is also pregnant now for 2nd time, she gave me some useful tips and suggestions to deal with it. I took her advice and tried them out my way. So I am listing here whatever works for me.<br><br> 1)Psyllium husk works wonders for me. I soak 2 tbsp. of psyllium husk in half glass of water overnight ( stir it after adding water). In the morning i add hot water to it, so that it becomes a full glass of luke warm water with fully soaked husks. I drink it even before brushing my teeth. If u feel vomiting because of its sliminess you can squeeze in half a lemon in the morning. You can also add mishri/ sugar to it in the night itself so that it gets properly dissolved. I have gdm so I avoid it. May be on the first day u will not be relieved. But by the 3rd day you will definitely be relieved. It will also help to calm the churning stomach and gassiness. 2) Fibre rich fruits are also of great help especially ripe bananas( the best one ) and apple. All green leafy vegetables are also good source of fibres like bhindi, parwal and drumsticks. You can check out interesting recipies of these vegetable on babychakra. 3)Oats and meuseli are also fibre rich. You can also try chia seeds soaked over night. 4)Chewing one tbsp. of ajwain completely in the mouth and then swallowing it with mouthful of water helps to reduce flatulence a lot. 5)Raw papaya- Eating raw papaya curry for dinner also relives constipation. But its controversial . As per the older ladies of the house and common belief papaya is to be avoided during pregnancy. But in Rujuta Diwakar &#8217;s book &#8216;the pregnancy notes&#8217;, I found that she has tagged it as a myth and busted it. So about this I am not so sure yet I ate it when I was in lot of distress and nothing was working out. 6) u can soak all dry fruits overnight like kishmish, prunes, manukka etc and have them in the morning