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Hi
I'm 37, have IBS C and am currently 26 weeks pregnant. Like you I get the vomiting attacks and used to be on amitriptyline. I was particularly susceptible to attacks when I got my period and for the first 9 weeks of pregnancy I didn't get one at all. They have returned to an extent at the moment, there's no rhyme or reason to them - I don't know what sets them off - but there's very little one can take for them. Nevertheless, don't let IBS deter you from motherhood, you'd be amazed how resilient and determined it makes you. I've discovered I can stomach some complan (a meal replacement drink) on days when the attacks happen so baby and I get our energy, vits and minerals. When my little one kicks and wriggles it's lovely and inspires me stay with my great diet and excercise plan. My midwife assures me she's never had an IBS patient who had complications in labour or birth as a result of the IBS.
I wish you every success both with stablising the IBS and with your journey to motherhood.
AJ + bump

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