https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 30 May 2026 03:33:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-537830 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:50:43 +0000 hellobeeboston 537830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! I didn't and thought I would. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528246 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:59:16 +0000 umlo 528246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With #1: nope. Constipated all the way till delivery. Fun!</p> <p>With #2: the week prior I had lots of BMs but then got constipated again and stayed that way till delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528242 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:53:44 +0000 tororojo 528242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I don't think poop problems alone are indicative of labor. But if you have diarrhea long-term I would check with a doc--you need nutrients and might not be absorbing any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528241 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:53:07 +0000 cascademom 528241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I had diarrhea but actually was in labor. My husband mentioned some labor pooping happened long after our LO arrived. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528218 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:26:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 528218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it wasn't diarrhea, but i did poop just before i went into labor with both kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528210 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:21:25 +0000 aprk 528210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: @Mrsbells: not really. I wasn't nervous until I started googling, lol. It's been two days so maybe I just have a weird bug or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528197 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:09:42 +0000 Mrsbells 528197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I dont think that diarrhea on its own is a sign of labor. Unless you are having other labor symptoms? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528191 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:07:32 +0000 tororojo 528191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: are you having contractions/bloody show/pelvic pressure, or just diarrhea/soft stools? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-528185 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:02:55 +0000 aprk 528185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Should I be worried that I'm having this problem at 31 weeks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-128054 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:08:40 +0000 heffalump 128054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. But I don't think I would have minded it- it was days before I poo'd again after giving birth, I was terrified! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127558 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:20:53 +0000 tequiero21 127558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No diarrhea, buti pooped... But I almost always poop in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127549 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:01:51 +0000 Mrs. Bicycle 127549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, it worked well. And in all 3 births I didn't poop on the doctor. I was all emptied out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127531 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:08:39 +0000 lemondrop 127531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, no diarrhea. I'm not afraid to admit that I pooped on the table. Several times. My labor went very fast, so I'm not sure if that had something to do with it. </p> <p>I did throw up like crazy at 7-8 cm though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127492 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:06:40 +0000 mrs. wagon 127492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: lol! He knows me though.... I always want to know. Even about poo. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127490 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:04:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 127490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah... it was awful, my butt was SO RAW from about 4 days of intense diarrhea. I was in so much pain. I was also nauseous, it was like the first trimester all over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127485 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:03:17 +0000 mediagirl 127485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: aw. That was so sweet of him to tell you that. :-\ Seriously, though. It should be a rule like fight club, you do not talk about poo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127461 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:45:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 127461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't have diarrhea... I pooped during labor (not while pushing) but I didn't know until way after. I was numb from the epidural at the time and the nurse cleaned me up and whisked it away before I even noticed. Wagon Sr. informed me later when I started worrying about pooping while pushing ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127458 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:42:23 +0000 Mrs. Bee 127458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have diarrhea, but I pooped right before contractions started coming with both kids. Labor was fast both times so when I pooped with olives pregnancy,, that's what convinced me it was labor even though it was a month early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127453 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:35:30 +0000 SAHM0811 127453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it has to do with the increase in prostaglandins in early labor. Anyway, yes this happened with me... I went 4 times before feeling contractions with my first baby. After the 3rd and 4th times, I was like... Man, something's gotta be up! Pregnant people don't poo this much in one day normally, haha. With my second, I went just once and then progressed to a very fast labor afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127412 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:15:27 +0000 mediagirl 127412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: mine too! I was so sick when I bought my first house, I thought we were going to miss my closing time b/c I was stuck in a McDonald's bathroom! Then there was the flight to England I almost missed, the first day of school, work, etc. Ugh. I never put those together before. I am so in trouble when it comes to labor.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127383 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:48:39 +0000 aunt pol 127383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll be stunned if I don't have diarrhoea in the early stages, to be honest. It's my body's default reaction to high stress situations. I'm fairly sure labour qualifies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127380 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:46:35 +0000 Mrsbells 127380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess thats the body's way of preparing for labor... and it also reduces your chances of pooping while pushing, although for some reason I'm really not bothered if I poop while pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127375 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:44:32 +0000 volksgirl64 127375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Diarrhea AND puking! YAY! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127355 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:25:47 +0000 His Barista 127355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. When I first work u with contractions I had that as well as the bloody mucous when I peed. I did not poop when I pushed, though. So I was happy for that. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127335 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:13:46 +0000 chopsuey 127335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know.. I don't think it was diarrhea (water) but it was definitely looser. I labored on the toilet at home and at the hospital.<br /> So relieved I got to empty my bowels at home! Was afraid of pooping while I pushed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-diarrhea-right-before-labor#post-127328 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:11:21 +0000 Mrsbells 127328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard people say this is a common thing that happens before labor that you either get diarrhea or empty out your bowels completely before going into labor. Was this true for you? </p>