Alright guys, I'm not looking for medical advice here, just really hoping to look a little bit outside the box, because I must have read every website on pregnancy pains and still haven't found a way to make it easier for my wife.
2 weeks ago, we found out that wife is pregnant with our first child. We were trying for it and were ecstatic to learn the news. We want a child and we're so happy it's finally time! Luckily, wife has not had any nausea or morning sickness to this point, which we're hoping continues, but she's been having awful gas/bloating pain for the last 7 days.
It got so bad we had to spend the night at the emergency on Friday. They did all the tests (gyn, ultrasound, blood, urine) and found nothing. Wife has IBS and has always been more sensitive, but she's panicking now because for the last 4 days, at around 1-2 AM, she's been hit by 8-9 level pain. Last night she passed out on the toilet for a few seconds before I woke her up. It's getting to the point where she does anxiety thinking about going to bed because of how much it will hurt her, like it's unavoidable. She won't be able to last 8 more months like this, especially since we're always nervous for the baby. Can't be good to have mommy sleep only a few hours a night and scream from the pain on the toilet every night.
It's tough right now because we don't have a doctor (we requested one and have been waiting) and we've tried pretty much everything we thought of or were advised to by pharmacists and the hospital doctor. They did prescribe a stool softener (not really an issue as my wife has been able to get stuff out, it's really just the gas that doesn't seem to reach the end (despite massages, Gas-X, yoga, etc.)
For the information, wife drinks 3-4 L of water a day, doesn't smoke nor drink, she eats enough fiber and also generally eats very well. We've cut all dairy for a few days now (because she was eating cottage cheese for lunch every day before that), but it hasn't really had an impact yet as she's still super bloated from gas that's seemingly impossible to get all out.
Did anybody's SO have a similar experience here? And if so, what did you do that worked to at least ease the pain from bloating? We've tried all of the obvious and well-tested ideas, but would be willing to try any SAFE outside the box suggestion, especially if it worked from your personal experience.
Thanks everyone!
2 weeks ago, we found out that wife is pregnant with our first child. We were trying for it and were ecstatic to learn the news. We want a child and we're so happy it's finally time! Luckily, wife has not had any nausea or morning sickness to this point, which we're hoping continues, but she's been having awful gas/bloating pain for the last 7 days.
It got so bad we had to spend the night at the emergency on Friday. They did all the tests (gyn, ultrasound, blood, urine) and found nothing. Wife has IBS and has always been more sensitive, but she's panicking now because for the last 4 days, at around 1-2 AM, she's been hit by 8-9 level pain. Last night she passed out on the toilet for a few seconds before I woke her up. It's getting to the point where she does anxiety thinking about going to bed because of how much it will hurt her, like it's unavoidable. She won't be able to last 8 more months like this, especially since we're always nervous for the baby. Can't be good to have mommy sleep only a few hours a night and scream from the pain on the toilet every night.
It's tough right now because we don't have a doctor (we requested one and have been waiting) and we've tried pretty much everything we thought of or were advised to by pharmacists and the hospital doctor. They did prescribe a stool softener (not really an issue as my wife has been able to get stuff out, it's really just the gas that doesn't seem to reach the end (despite massages, Gas-X, yoga, etc.)
For the information, wife drinks 3-4 L of water a day, doesn't smoke nor drink, she eats enough fiber and also generally eats very well. We've cut all dairy for a few days now (because she was eating cottage cheese for lunch every day before that), but it hasn't really had an impact yet as she's still super bloated from gas that's seemingly impossible to get all out.
Did anybody's SO have a similar experience here? And if so, what did you do that worked to at least ease the pain from bloating? We've tried all of the obvious and well-tested ideas, but would be willing to try any SAFE outside the box suggestion, especially if it worked from your personal experience.
Thanks everyone!
I hardly even ate during my first trimester and was super sick for it but this bit was the absolute worst thing. I hope it gets better for her!