Due to constipation, your bowels have difficulty emptying regularly, and this is often referred to as a `feeling of fullness`.

What is the reason of this?

As your food is digested during pregnancy, your intestinal muscles slow their movement to get all the nutrients they can for your growing baby. This is a result of the extra progesterone in your system and to make things easier in the name of birth.

Tips

Although laxatives can help with constipation, many doctors recommend avoiding them during pregnancy. These may be a quick fix for your problems, but they can cause more harm to your pregnancy, but you should ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions. However, stool softeners are generally safe to use during pregnancy. Different things you can do are slowly adding fiber to your diet with some raw foods, drinking fluids like smoothies, water, juices, probiotics, and getting up and making some exercise.

Prolonged constipation can lead to bothersome hemorrhoids, so it's important to talk to your healthcare provider for early resolution of constipation.