65 Tips For Constipation in Pregnancy (Your Top Answers!)
We crowdsourced our Instagram for tips on constipation in pregnancy, and here were your answers! We have not personally vetted all of these as pregnancy safe, so do your down research and/or talk to your medical your provider. These are not medical advice!
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractor
- Probiotics (use code MAMAMEALS for a discount!)
- Trace Minerals
- Prunes - juice, stewed, dried or blended in smoothies
- Hip Swivels on a yoga ball
- Dry brushing
- Milk Thistle
- Vitamin C to tolerance (use code MAMAMEALS for 10% off!)
- Spicy Foods
- Squatty Potty
- Calm Magnesium Citrate (mega dose if needed!)
- Kiwi
- Limit Dairy
- Raw Milk (love that the one above says no dairy another suggestion suggests raw milk!) haha
- Ghee in warm water (use code MAMAMEALS15 for 15% off!)
- HCL/Digestive Enzymes (use code MAMAMEALS for 20% off!)
- Chia seeds
- Coconut oil or MCT oil
- Coffee or warm tea
- Acacia senegal fiber powder
- Relaxation
- Liquid Chlorophyll
- Fresh celery juice
- DigestZen
- Protein/Fat/Fiber with every meal/snack
- Pelvic Floor therapy/relaxation
- Psyllium husk
- Lemon in water first thing in the morning
- Plenty of healthy fats
- P fruits - peaches, plums, pears
- Dried fruits
- Triphala bolied in milk with a little ghee (use code MAMAMEALS15 for 15% off!)
- Raisins soaked overnight in water
- If you're dreading having a conversation, have it
- Fruit juices
- Beets
- Lemon/Ginger
- Nettle tea
- Fermented foods
- Milk kefir
- Dates
- Green smoothies/juice - especially spinach and pineapple
- Homeopathy
- Magnesium bath flakes
- Dandelion root
- Removing gluten
- Watermelon
- Traditional Medicinal Smooth Move Tea
- Shilajit (use code MAMAMEALS15 for 15% off!)
- Hold a deep squat in the shower with the warm water running over your back
- Carrot Salad - shredded carrots, raisins, coconut oil
- Slow mornings to allow for mind/body connection
- Sea moss
- Increase potassium (Use code MAMAMEALS for 15% off Redmond's Re-Lyte powder with potassium + other electrolytes!)
- Raw ceremonial cacao
- Chinese herbs (canonical herbs)
- Colostrum (use code MAMAMEALS for 10% off!)
- CCF tea (cumin, coriander, fennel) (use code MAMAMEALS15 for 15% off!)
- Ground flax seed
- Herbal sitz bath
- Greens supplement
- Reduce bread type foods
- Tart cherry juice
- Aloe vera juice
It will likely take a combo of several of these if you're feeling backed up, and will need to be part of a balanced lifestyle like nourishing foods, plenty of fluids and electrolytes, healthy fats and adequate movement like walking!
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