Pregnancy & UC

Hi Quincy,

Unfortunately my flare has got worse! This morning I had ALOT of blood and mucus while doing my stool sample! And the urgency was extreme. Unusual as I felt I had been keeping it mild the past 4 months but I don’t know. I was at my GP yesterday where I got the Flu jab and the Whooping cough jab for my pregnancy whether that played a part I don’t know.

Anyway spoke with my GI and she had prescribed me Budenoflak a steroid foam, she said to continue taking the Saloflak enema’s at night and the granules during the day, I presume I can take the foam during the day? Any tips on taking this foam? Do we have to lie down for long after taking it, hopefully it feels better than the liquid enema.

Thanks so much,

Thank you so much Flowers Gal for the reply. So you found them helpful? I’m really hoping to try and get into some sort of remission as when baby comes this will be 100 times more difficult.

Thanks Quincy for the reply, I do agree that the vaccines must of had some bearing on the flare as I got a fright this morning it was THAT bad! I’ve been used to seeing loose stools, some blood etc over the past while but this was quite severe first thing & all very fast!

Hopefully with keeping up the meds and adding in the foam I may finally get into some remission. My GI said if I don’t see improvement within 48 hours to give them a call back. Picking up the foam tomorrow.

Will keep you all posted.

Thanks again

Sorry to bother you all one last time guys. I just did the enema tonight and I found it quite hard to get the liquid in the rectum if that makes sense? The liquid kept spilling out and I had it put in far enough (plenty of experience) What would this mean?? I eventually got half of it and have no issue holding it.

I hope this wouldn’t mean a blockage of any sort?

Thank you

Hi Quincy,

Yes it was hard to squeeze out and then totally splashed out all over the place! That never really happens to me, maybe I went too fast or maybe I didn’t have it in right, probably an anxious day with the flare & worry!

Will keep ye posted on the foam and enema later today.

Thank you

Thanks so much for the advice FlowersGal, will take note of that for next time. Took the foam today around 2pm (after I picked it up) so far so good. It did feel a bit cold like a shot of cold air going up there but thankfully had no issues with holding it in but I did feel once or twice after a while that I could have made a BM but tried to ignore it that may have been because it was taken during the day etc.

For this reason, does anyone know if you can you take the Saloflak enema & the budenoflak foam one after another at night??

Might be easier before bed & if so does it matter which ones I take first?

Thanks for all your help greatly appreciated 😊

Thanks Quincy I was thinking the same taking the two after each other didn’t sound right.

Just took my second foam and so far so good. I took the enema last night as normal around 9pm & had no issues holding it at all but around 2am I woke with a sudden urge to empty my bowels but I ignored it and waited until the morning, I find even if I use the bathroom in the middle of the night I feel the urge to have a BM but I fight it off. Fun stuff!!

My first BM was watery mainly just the enema and second was a little more solid, still seeing some blood. Hoping things will only get better.

Anyways aslong as I can kick this flare that’s the main thing, I would love nothing more to become symptom free before March. This would be a huge help.

Thanks All, will keep ye posted on any changes!

Hello All,

Hope your all keeping well.

Current update 10 days in using Budenoflak. Definitely has improved things, I will say on a side note I stopped the nightly Saloflak enemas and switched to the Budenoflak at night as I felt I was getting more benefit at night taking this & to be honest whether it was in my head or not I felt every time I took the enema I would have a watery stool the next morning & I was genuinely sick of taking them every night the past 4.5 months.

Anyway the past few mornings I’ve seen little to no blood and 90% solid stools going 1/2 times a day.

Last night however I noticed I was passing alot of wind which is so unlike me as I never do since being diagnosed & this morning my stool was more watery than solid and I could see some bleeding!!!

Going to continue taking the foam and hoping it was just a little setback, I may introduce a suppository during the day to help??

Thanks Guys!

Saloflak Granules 3g
Enemas Saloflak 4g
Budenoflak 2g rectal foam

LOL...baked beans will do it!

Good you're having improvement. Im wondering if you adding or switching to Uceris oral would be of help?

Have you tried adding probiotic and fibre supplements?

q

I would go back to the enemas too if I were you. Everything during pregnancy is so much harder because you have another human to deal with. You could try supps during the day if you want, but I think foam in the am and enemas in the pm are your best bet. Hope you can turn things around soon.

No funnily enough they only check certain bloods since I’ve been pregnant and B isn’t one of them, I’ve no idea why!! I did have it checked a few months ago and they were in line.

I know I’m torn with the enemas too! Can you become sensitive to them after using them for a long period?

Another question, why is the first stool always worst? Sometimes the second one can be solid with no blood, yet the first one can be a disaster!

I will take a look at the fibre supplements.

Having a lot of rumbling sounds on the left side in the evenings/night.

Should have stool sample back soon, it takes approx 3 weeks here in Ireland.

Hi Quincy,

I take the probiotics at night time. I’m going to try the enema tonight and see what it’s like for the next 2/3 days, used the foam this morning and feel good after it.

My second BM would be approx an hour or so after my first.

At the moment, I’m 2/3 BM’s a day, Saturday I probably went around 4 times that being said I was at a wedding and found my routine was messed up a bit, eating out, home late etc.

Will keep you posted this week and il see how the enema goes with the foam.

I thought I’d be kicking the bleeding symptom by now but it doesn’t seem to be every BM and it doesn’t seem to be excessive but still I’d like to see it gone..

Blood is always one of the last symptoms to end for me. There have been times when I have gone 2 weeks without seeing any visible blood and then I will see traces of it again. Eventually you won't see it anymore, but it's so disheartening when you think you are kicking the flare to the curb and then see it again.

You sound like you are definitely headed in the right direction. Be patient and hang in there. Try to think of improvements as week to week rather than day to day if you can.