Tips On Relieving Constipation

Hello,

I had my normal period on the 8th- it was only a day late. I normally am bloated during my cycle and then, the bloating goes away the last day of my cycle. Well, I am STILL bloated and today is the 17th!? I have a round firm abdomen- I have no other bloating throughout my body- and I do watch my body closely because my husband and I are trying to conceive. I also thought it may have been constipation so I bought herbal laxatives and took those- they worked, however, the bloated abdomen remains! Just feels wierd to walk around with a firm abdomen. I do have two children, however, my youngest is 12 so I’m not exactly sure what pregnancy would be like at this time in my life. I do not have sore breasts or any other pain at this time. thanks for listening!

Sometimes I’ll feel like the floor is really far away when I know it’s close by, and when I dream things will suddenly get too thin or too big and I can’t fix it. And I’ll imagine or actually pick up something tiny like a needle and it will feel thick and too heavy or something really heavy like a tire would feel really light. I get really scared for no reason and my mom used to give me stuff for constipation and tell me to use the toilet.
My earliest recollections of this happening is about three or four. This is eleven years later and it’s still happening! What is it??

Hi my 5 year old son had constipation, we have sorted out the problem but now he just cant be bothered to go to the loo not even for a wee, he has been hanging out with a new child with whom i have become best friends with the childs mother unforntuatly the child is not well behaved and my son is copying her. I have no idea how to sort this, i have tried reward charts and it worked on his soiling for awhile but he has gone backwards and im very close to losing my mind PLEASE any help would be most welcome
Married Mummy

My son had horrible acid reflux as a baby it was so bad my husband had lost his job then due to our sons health problem. Our son started Prevacid at 4 months and it was a miracle! Screaming and vomiting stopped. Now he is 1yr and I notice that when he eats solids they don’t seem to digest for example if he eats grapes the come back out whole or the skins are not digested. I assume this is due to the fact that Prevacid lowers the acid levels in the stomach. Also my son has on going pretty bad constipation since starting solids which again I know is a possible side effect of Prevacid and he has been waking up at night due to constipation/gas issues.
My question is should I try stopping the Prevacid to see if he has grown out of the reflux yet? I’m just scared to try because of how bad it was as an infant but the doctors say he will grow out of it between 1-3yrs old. Anyone else deal with this before? How long utill your child did not need meds?

I just found out that I am pregnant with my first child on christmas eve through a home pregnancy test. Anyway, i’m feeling like some off an on cramping in my lower abs.. like are like gassy, or like constipation. some times i can’t go to the rest room, and some times I can. I don’t get it.. is this normal? i’m waiting for my doctor to call me back… but I have been trying for two years and i’m scared. is it normal? or am I just freaking out for no reason?