I am 13 weeks pregnant I have also suffered from constipation. What has helped me is by drinking plenty of water and adding more fresh and dried fruit to my diet.

Yup, constipation is a part of the package so (unfortuantely) you may have to get used to it. As far as how to help with it, it's just the normal things that you would always do for constipation:
- prunes
- prune juice
- fiber cereal (like raisin bran)

Also, try to eat less cheese products (since this can add to constipation). I got into the habit of just eating a handful of prunes before bed each night and taking little shot glasses full of prune juice (cause it's nasty so I have to drink it quick). I feel like it's really helped.

If you don't like prunes, any dried fruit will help. My fav is dried California apricots with dark chocolate. That got me all the way through my first pregnancy. Fresh fruit is good too, it's just more concentrated in the dried. Switch to a high fiber cereal too. There are some OTCs that you can take, check with your doctor first though. The extra iron in the prenatal isn't helping matters, but you need it too.

cramping is normal as is contipatsion. DRINK WARM WATER BY THE GALLONS and then focus on eating lots of fruit to "keep things moving". Otherwise I think Metamucial is safe but ask your doc to be sure.

i used to use benefiber and when that didn't work, metamucil. 2 tablets a day. that helped me regulate. also fruit juices and walking.

You can take over the counter stool softners like docusate sodium. Also, you can look for a prenatal vitamin that has a stool softner in it. I had the same problem earlier in my pregnancy so I just take one docusate daily with my MVI.

Constipation will not harm your baby... as my doctor so nicely put it, if babies cared how much we pooped or didn't poop, there would be far less babies in the world. My advice is find something that works. TMI... but I got a really bad hemmorhoid around 28 weeks and had to have surgery at week 29. It was scary! Hang in there. Colace and ducalax are both safe.

i am 4 weeks pregnant and have had the constipation for a week now it is a night mare i just found out yesterday i was pregant and thats why i have been getting constipated i dont like it i hate it when it comes to go to the loo as it really hurts

LOTS OF WATER...PRUNES OR PRUNE JUICE. COFFEE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL...EXERCISE...AND EATING AN APPLE A DAY:)

My doc also told me to take Metamucil tablets twice a day if I had any problems with constipation. He said the Metamucil liquid tasted horrible, and to take the tablets instead! And drink LOTS of water.

Kiwis have a ton of fiber. They are a great alternative to prunes.