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Hi ladies

Anyone who's further along than me in pregnancy or had a baby with an internal pouch, is it normal to get bouts of severe diarrhoea? my pouch isnt great normally and I usually go approx. 8 times in 24 hrs but for the last 2 days it has been really bad and last night I had two accidents in bed which never happens. today I have been on the loo with watery stools pretty much every hour. I am drinking as much as I can but I feel like its going straight through. I'm not sure whether to ring the doctor and maybe head to the hospital to be checked up. I just worry my baby will become dehydrated - I am started to get a really bad headache as well....

Any advice as I don't want to start ringing doctors unnecessarily as that is stressful in itself...?

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skn69skn69Member
Sarah,
From what you describe you sound like you are getting dehydrated and that is not good for either of you...give your doctor a call to be on the safe side and prepare to head out to the emergency room just in case. Doesn't really matter what is causing the diarhea, the fact is that you are losing too much fluid and not able to replace it or your electrolytes.
Needs medical attention.
Sharon
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ClickyClickyMember
I struggled with bouts of severe diarrhea esp in the first trimester (I have antibiotic dependant pouchitis). Do go to the specialist, and consider antibiotics if its pouchitis. If it gets bad go and get rehydrated at the ER. I had to start a much faster antibiotic rotation to deal with it and its working better now. For a while it was yellow watery stool 20x day with 5-6 at night. For me, night time incontinence means the pouchitis is getting out of control. There are plenty of good antibiotics safe for pregnancy and I have been on them from the start. I am 26 weeks now and still going.

Good luck.
Clicky
S Sarahbp55Member
Thanks for your replies ladies. I went to the hospital and had a blood test (3hr wait!). That night the diarrhoea stopped and now I'm blooming constipated! Not complaining though! I am actually on a long term maintenance dose of augmentin (co-amoxiclav) for my fistulas anyway so I think this was a case of a dodgy goat curry I ate on the Friday which gave me the runny tummy for 36 hrs. Plain old food for me from now on....
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