wife is constipated

edited March 2011 in Health
Hey there ladies my wife is constipated do any of you ladies who have had the same problems have any solutions. Appreciate you sharing the info, really want to get info for wife if possible.

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  • Lots of fruits and veggies, fiber, prunes, and dried apricots are great! Of course a laxative or stool softener is always an option. Hope that helped!
  • edited March 2011
    My midwife gave me a natural remedy that has worked for me and friends. It
    1 cup bran ( I use flakes cereal)
    1 cup applesauce
    1/2 cup prune juice

    Mix and take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day. We doubled it to 2 tablespoons til we were able to go! Hope it helps!
  • Benefiber and lots and lots of water! Also above answer by firstTymeMom2B!!
  • O man I am currently fighting this! I am on iron pills three times a day and they are killing me! I tried the colace capsules and they didnt do squat...and I tried the apple juice and prune juice..nothing...so about 2 hours ago I took 3 tblspoons of milk of magnesia and things are working now LoL. Milk of Magnesia is on the list the doc gave me of safe constipation meds...good luck!
  • Prune juice is all that works for me I drink a glass of that awful stuff yuck and in like and hour I'm goin
  • I think the reason that the prune juice didnt work for me is because I wanted until my constipation was waaaay out of hand...wont be doing that anymore!
  • My grandmother made me eat a whole bag of frozen broccoli with oil and lots of butter...some strange reason it worked
  • Plum juice. It's gross, but effective. I also now take metamucil pills daily.
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  • @ashley_smashley try using the slow release iron supplements instead of regular iron vitamins, they are much easier on your tummy and is what my doc told me to take.
  • I will ask my doc on wednesday about that. He did mention when i started them that if it got really bad i could go down to once or twice a day on the iron...
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  • eat some mustards or collards, or cabbage, green vegies. Fruit and nuts keep you regular.
  • Miralax worked great for me! You can get it at Walmart. Its a powder you can stir into any drink and it has absolutely no taste ;;)
  • Try smooth move tea it works great that what I use its safe its even safe to give to 2yr olds
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