Pregnant women with severe constipation should firstly correct their lifestyle, and secondly, they can improve their symptoms with appropriate medication under the guidance of a doctor.
1. Correct the lifestyle: adjust the diet, increase the intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, eat less refined rice and flour, eat potatoes, bran, corn, oats and other coarse grains as appropriate, and at the same time, increase the intake of water. Regular defecation, concentrate on defecation, avoid looking at cell phones, books, etc.; appropriate exercise, such as swimming, walking, etc., which can also promote intestinal peristalsis, thus improving constipation.
2. medication: after life intervention constipation still can’t be relieved, you can use appropriate medication under the guidance of the doctor, such as lactulose combined with lactobacillus or bifidobacterium, etc. These drugs are safer to use during pregnancy.
Constipation during pregnancy is mainly related to various factors such as changes in hormone levels, uterine enlargement and compression of the rectum, as well as reduced activity, and the majority of pregnant women can relieve their symptoms after reasonable intervention.