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So two days ago I had a super stressful day and started getting some weird pains in my left abdomen. They lasted like 30 minutes then went away and I was like, cool, round ligament or Braxton hicks. Then yesterday I got some more cramping in my lower abdomen, and felt off enough to take the rest of the day off work and call my OB. Well, after talking her through what I was experiencing (no other symptoms, like signs of losing my mucus plug or water breaking or bleeding), I got diagnosed with....constipation 😂😂😂😂😂 I mean she reassured me that I'm nowhere close to the first woman to call in with these sorts of symptoms, and not to be embarrassed and that it's absolutely the right thing to do to call if I'm feeling off/have questions. She also said I did the right thing taking off work because it's likely constipation mixed with Braxton hicks brought on from working long hours and standing all day, and basically my uterus was yelling at me to slow down. Still tho...I called outta work for freaking constipation?! Welcome to the third trimester I guess 🤭😅

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Oh my!! 😂😂 I actually think I’m having signs of constipation too..I was having the exact same issues on yesterday and recently starting taking iron pills about 2 weeks ago..lol

@Tekeyvia yes!! The freaking iron! She had mentioned that prenatals tend to be binding anyway, and I also recently added an iron pill since my prenatals don't have any. It said "gentle" iron so I just kinda assumed it wouldn't be that bad but, apparently it's made enough of a difference

Have you been taking the iron pills everyday or every other day??? Taken them every day made my stomach hurt more so I had to actually start every other day 😩😩

@Tekeyvia I take a 25mg every day. I might try the every other day and see if helps though, that's a great idea!!

It’s probably more common than we think it is. In my second trimester I called my obgyn because I felt so much pressure in my vagina and kept having to pee a tiny bit so often, called off work. Turns out I did too much the previous day, just doing cleaning and organizing at home 🤦🏻‍♀️

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