Your Pregnancy

COPING WITH CONSTIPATION

Your body produces more female hormones than usual while you’re pregnant. These hormones have the important job of ensuring that your pregnancy develops as it should, but their presence does cause some unwelcome side effects. One of them is increased constipation.

CONSTIPATION DURING PREGNANCY OCCURS FOR FOUR MAIN REASONS

1. Slow digestion

2. Pressure on the intestines

3. Influence of hormones

4. Lack of

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