Bowel care

The videos and leaflets below will help you to understand more about common bowel conditions that can affect you during and after pregnancy. They include lots of handy advice for managing these issues yourself at home.

Please contact your GP if you have any of the following symptoms:

• Bleeding from your bottom
• Blood in your poo
• A change in how often you poo, or regularly having diarrhoea or constipation
• Feeling very tired all the time but you’re not sure why
• A pain or lump in your tummy