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Posted 9/27/2015 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hello all!

I recently found out that I am pregnant (yay!!) and have been having terrible diarrhea a few times a week (boo). I believe that I am about 6 weeks pregnant. My first prenatal appointment is this Thursday, Oct. 1st so I will know more then.

However, is this diarrhea a normal thing or is this a UC-related thing? It comes and goes, but is awful when it's happening...100% liquid and undigested food (sorry for being gross). It is painful and all of my guts are just rumbling. I will be asking my ob/gyn about this, but is it also worth telling my GI about?
Posted 9/27/2015 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
How many times a day?

It could be hormonal changes, but I suggest to treat it as a flare. Do you have mesalamine enemas?

You could add a fibre supplement with meals...small amount to start.

are you taking probiotics?

if this is way out of the ordinary for your flares, err on the side of caution to ask the doctor for a stool sample kit to check for invaders.

keep us posted.

Congratulations!
q
Posted 9/27/2015 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Definitely talk to your GI. I've known two people with IBD (one with UC, one with Crohn's) who started flaring as soon as they became pregnant. I don't know if it is a trigger, necessarily, but worth discussing with your GI.
Posted 9/27/2015 4:51 PM (GMT 0)

quincy said...
How many times a day?

It could be hormonal changes, but I suggest to treat it as a flare. Do you have mesalamine enemas?

You could add a fibre supplement with meals...small amount to start.

are you taking probiotics?

if this is way out of the ordinary for your flares, err on the side of caution to ask the doctor for a stool sample kit to check for invaders.

keep us posted.

Congratulations!
q

Thanks Quincy!! It is not happening everyday. It happens about 2 or 3 days a week and each one of those days involves about 6-7 trips to the bathroom. The other days are "normal." I don't have mesalamine enemas, but I will definitely be using the Canasa and will talk to my GI. This is not how I normally flare. Usually, I have blood and mucus which eventually leads to diarrhea over a long period of time. I seemed to have gone straight to diarrhea this time. Hoping that it's the hormonal changes!
Posted 9/27/2015 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
I think we all agree to check with your GI.
Good luck and I hope it's not a flare.
Posted 9/27/2015 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
Have you started to eat other foods since pregnent?

wondering if you went through a time of small, less bms with lots of gas?

Definitely start the canasa daily or nightly...whenever is the least time of bms.

q
Posted 9/28/2015 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
I recently had my first child and early in my pregnancy, before I had my first OB appointment as well, I had a really bad flare with diarrhea and undigested food as well. I was worried about what I could take while pregnate. I took Imodium to help stop the diarrhea and called my GI. I countinued with my lialda and it soon went away. For the next few months I felt better then I ever have since being diagnosed. Then again in my third trimester I got another flare. I took my lialda and also enemas. The OB told me if needed I could take Pred but wanted to limit the amount of medication I took while pregnate. It's rough to have active UC and be pregnate but you will get through it. Good luck!
Posted 9/28/2015 2:42 AM (GMT 0)
I had a mini-flare about two weeks after I conceived. In fact, I knew I was pregnant because of that flare (always had issues going in and off hormonal b.c.). It went away after two weeks and I stayed in solid remission the rest of the pregnancy.

Check with your doctor but don't panic.

Congrats!
Posted 9/29/2015 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Congrats!!!!! My stools were very loose when I first got pregnant with my second. With my first around the end of my first trimester it was full on D. It all evened out in the beginning. I flared both pregnancies in my third trimester. But my flares lean more towards constipation.

Check with your gi. I got scoped a couple times just to be sure. I'm one who's symptoms don't match what's going on inside. So I always opt to look.

Good luck. Wish you a very uneventful uc pregnancy ;)
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