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Castor oil

so I drink a bunch of castor oil for constipation and I’m having so much pain all night and severe diarrhea anything will help ? I take iron pills and vitamin c because my anemia has gotten worst but the iron pills made me more constipation than before plus I have severe hemorrhoids. I am 36 weeks and 5 days

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You can get iron through IV. And for the constipation try magnesium citrate, you can take more than one pill a day and it won’t cause diarrhea

@Carolina the doctor did say that I could do IV which would be 3 bags within one week but I hate needles so bad I chose to just add more iron to my diet and the pills but I’m probably gonna have to do that and I’ll try the magnesium citrate. I’m worried the baby will have diarrhea if I’m having it this bad

Be careful with castor oil. That’s bad for the baby

@Ginette for your peace of mind I asked about the magnesium to my doctor and she said ok.

@Mara It's safe in certain amounts, overdoing it can be bad for baby because it does act as a laxative and can cause baby to pass meconium during labor and aspirate.

I had to go the hospital recently to get help with passing stool I’m doing stool softener once a day. And I increased food items that help with pooping everyday Definitely definitely stay on it of trying to poop. If you can’t and you feel pressure, I’d go to the hospital or call OB and tell them how severe it is.