The Scoop on Poop in early Pregnancy

So guess what time it is? It's TMI time! Yeay!!! Ok- I just pooped. And this time I made sure to check after I pee'd (there was nothing but pee) and pooped (there was nothing but constipatey poop pellets) in the toilet to make sure I wasn't bleeding. The last time I pooped (yesterday) I noticed that the toilet water was turning kind of reddish. I thought.. oh crap... ( pun intended) I'm bleeding? I must be miscarrying. Dang it... but then I remembered there was no blood when I wiped and it just didn't seem like there was any blood a second ago... so what gives??

So today I had to go #1 and #2... After I peed... I watched the toilet... no blood... and then I pooped... and looked again.. no blood... just poop pellets.. finally - the old adage about being constipated in early pregnancy held true! This is a novelty for me. I tend to poop on a very regular basis regardless of circumstance or situation. It's really effortless for me.. I wake up- I poop. Everyday - like clock work. Sometimes my poops are loose, sometimes they are fully formed... they are hardly ever constipated pellets... and I'm not even a big water drinker! Even with the last three pregnancies - I had loose stools in the beginning... but this time its different... I'm actually kind of constipated... I've been getting alot of quiet time and down time and have been drinking my tea in the morning... but still.. nothing... not until about 3pm... then I have to go and when I do... pellets. Great... anyway... I also noticed that when I was barring down to poop.. there was some cm too... white creamy and stretchy... no trace of blood or bleeding...A good sign? Let's hope so! No back pain today. No cramps... nothing negative - just coughing my brains out every 30 seconds and trying to 'rest' which I hate to do. Bah.

Oh wait- duh- so I wanted to let you know what I found out about poop and the 'bleeding.' So I've been taking Prenate DHA prenatal vitamins... (the generic version of them whatever it is) and they have a load of IRON in them.. well I read #1 iron can make you more constiated and #2 iron can discolour your feces and urine. Makes sense... My feces have been dark... like blackish.. and if I told my mom this she would FREAK OUT because she's obsessed with poop consistency and color. She would say- omg Laney you are bleeding internally... but I'm not- it's the iron supplements.  Also, I read that the iron supplements can give your poop the muddy red color of iron! So there you go.. that's actually what the red 'blood' color was in the toilet before... It was the solid mass of blackish poop (from the iron in the prenatal vitamins) dissolving in the urine and toilet bowl water- which caused the water to take on a reddish tint... so it's not bleeding. It's just from the prenatal vitamin. Whew. Mystery solved. Oy yoy yoy!