Constipation during pregnancy can be relieved quickly by adjusting diet, moderate exercise, oral medication or topical corkscrew under doctor’s advice.
1. Adjust the diet: pregnant women can eat more vegetables, fruits, coarse grains, whole grains of food, which are rich in dietary fiber, can maintain the normal function of the intestine.
2. Appropriate exercise: appropriate exercise can promote intestinal peristalsis, thereby relieving constipation.
3. Oral medication: If diet and exercise still can’t relieve constipation, pregnant women can take lactulose under the guidance of the doctor, which is a kind of medication to treat constipation, and usually will not affect the fetus.
4. Topical corkscrew: If pregnant women are not getting good results from medications, they can use corkscrew under doctor’s advice. However, in early pregnancy, corkscrew is likely to cause miscarriage, so it is not recommended to use.
In addition, at 28-34 weeks of pregnancy, if you push to stool, it is likely to cause premature labor so you need to use it with caution. It is safer in the middle trimester and there is no need to worry about preterm labor after 37 weeks of pregnancy, so you can use Corkscrew under doctor’s supervision.
Pregnant women should monitor contractions in time after using corkscrew, and once frequent contractions, abdominal pain, bleeding and other symptoms are detected, they should consult a doctor in time to avoid adverse effects on the fetus.