very strange...

this is a bit strange...
just about 15 minutes ago i had to run to the loo (as usual) and was doing my thing.
usually its just blood and bits of i dont konw what, but this time it was actual poos.
it hurt so bad i was practically screaming and i ended up puking into a bag at the same time (i know- fun)

the strange thing is, that when this happens to me, there is no blood.
there is always blood. everytime, except for when it hurts so super bad and there are actual formations.

what does this mean?
is it an improvement or just part of the whole thing?

Are you constipated?

i dont think im constipated. dont see how or why i would be.
havent consciously increased my fiber intake. i eat fruits and some veggies and junk food and good food. im all over the place with food.
i eat whatever. been trying to eat more yogurt.

i use colifoam nightly.

and when i go to toilet most of time the toilet is full of blood. sometimes bright like fruit punch and other times darker like blood clot dark.
and then, when it hurts super bad, there is no blood and more formed stools.

weird.
i sure hope this fixes itself so i dont have to go thru this the WHOLE freakin pregnancy!!!

i didnt flare until 9 and a half weeks pregnant.
i was in full remission prior.

ive been on colifoam for like a week and a half now maybe slightly longer.

i was at my drs the other day. he called me in for appointment and prescribed entocorte.
since it is supposedly safer than pred during pregnancy. body absorbs less of the med and it gets to the colon.
it better cuz its $300 a bottle (30 days worth).

im afraid of fiber.... formed bm's hurt like hell. and when i say hell i mean like super duper really bad.

the imuran i was only on for a few weeks. not even enuf time to get it going, just long enuf to know im intolerant. once i stopped all side effects and pain went away immediately. liver function tests returned to normal.

i do not take probiotics. i have in the past and they didnt seem to do anything for me at all. so i kinda stopped.
i have a bad gag reflex when im flaring. just looking at pills makes me gag.
i take so freakin many that i dont even want to take more like probiotics etc...

so, im on mesalisine, entocort, colifoam, vitamin d3, preg vitamins, xangojuice (when i remember - i know im terrible person) and i eat yogurt lately for more calcium.
no diet.

this is a new flare that has steadily gotten worse over last 2 weeks. only had it for 2 weeks now, but feels like ages!
going in for my combined first tri-mester ultrasound on wed to see how everything is going.

would fiber hurt? bulkin up my stool sounds like it will hurt... ALOT.

When I had my last flare, the very first thing that happened when I started to show improvement was that the diarrhea stopped and I got small poos. My colon was still inflamed; so I was still having blood and of course it hurt, because the small poos had to go through the inflamed colon. But I knew it was better to have small poos than to have diarrhea; so I stayed on my anti-inflammatory diet. The poo gradually got larger, and I continued to bleed and experience pain when going. Then the colon started becoming less inflamed. The bleeding got less and so did the pain when going.

LOL No you won't push the baby out.. :) But never strain for a bowel movement. It can cause hemmeroids and lead to a prolapsed rectum. If you are having a hard time pushing it out, you can ask your doc for stool softeners OR you can try the fiber supplements.

But I know exactly what you're talking about. When I was coming out of my last flare and into remission, it hurt horribly when I would have a solid bm. I almost wished I would go back to D! But the longer I had more solid bm's the less it hurt. I sort of felt like I was retraining my colon or something.

Yup, that always happens to me as I start to heal and have more normal BM's. Because of the UC, I have developed an incredibly high tolerance for pain, but I have also vomited from straining as I start to come out of a flare. I recall biting on a towel and grimacing in the bathroom! I think it is because your colon is still irritated, and passing normal stool HURTS! Sounds as though you are on the mend. No one knows what we go through, huh? Hang in there and feel better!!