Any advice for constipation

[Gemgem84]

I’ve had my egg retrieval this morning and was constipated before with the OHSS.

Now the pain is unbearable. I’ve been taking fybogel twice a day as advised but nothing. I’m drinking loads of water but just getting more bloated.

[Dinah_lady]

Hi Gemgem84. I hope your egg collection went well. I would recommend getting a large carton of prune juice. A small glass for a day or two (or longer) should help relieve the constipation. All the best x x

[Bernie150781]

They advised me to eat bran flakes, at first I thought they were like eating cardboard but if you chop a banana into it, it's not too bad, a coffee in the morning tends to help me, it's the only caffeine I have and personally I find it helps with movement and try to go for walks as this also keeps things moving, good luck X

[TheFoxes]

Prune juice really works! I was really constipated throughout my stims and prune juice really worked.

[Hidden]

Loads and loads of vitamin C does the trick for me x x x

[Hidden]

Flaxseed(milled) really works for me.

[Tigr]

Dried prunes, loads of water and over the counter laxatives should work for constipation. Keep an eye on stomach swelling and pain. If you wee less too, this could be a sign of the OHSS getting worse and needs to be checked at the hospital/clinic. Better to give them a call and let them know, just in case.

[Twiglet2]

Sounds too simple but the thing that worked for me was all bran and banana! Hope you feel better soon xxx

[Gemgem84]

Thankyou all for your advice - I sent hubby out for some glycerin suppositories last night which seem to have done the trick 😊

[ToughCOOKIE78 in reply to Gemgem84]

Unfortunately fybogel starts working after a couple of weeks 😱and not even at 100% xxx

[RhinoCat]

Like the others have said! Prune juice. Although drink small glasses. I drank a pint and .... let’s just say it definitely worked but oh boy.... more like a tap which was a whole other kind of scary 😂🙈