Question:
Anything about hemorriods, yikes......can they go away before the end of pregnancy ? any treatments that are safe? the veins on my legs have gone crazy too but I can live with that.....

Answer: I'm assuming that you're referring to anal hemorrhoids. I've read that you can get vaginal ones, too, but what I'm about to say is for anal ones only. Preparation H all the way! I got hemorrhoids from a drug reaction (ceftin) some time back, and have had the, uh, pleasure, ahem, of dealing with this problem ever since. Preparation H (or any knock-offs, if there are any that are nice and legal and all that) is really the best. It's gross stuff, so you have to make sure that you can make yourself use it properly. I find that one to two properly administered treatments is all it takes, no matter how bad the hemorrhoid(s). Also, I find that suppositories are the easiest (the cream makes me shudder). Now, a far more interesting question is how to *avoid* having the hemorrhoids pop out in the first place. Now there, the only answer that I've found that works *consistently* is to increase your fiber intake. I'm completely serious. I'm using metamucil. As long as you can make your stools soft enough so that you don't have to push to get them out (but not so soft that it's diarrhea), you shouldn't have a problem. Metamucil is nice because you can take tons of it and it won't give you diarrhea. I don't know what later pregnancy will be like, though. It might be a losing battle at that point, unfortunately. I guess I'll find out. And no, I don't think that hemorrhoids go away. I think that once you get them, you're stuck with them, unfortunately. They can be surgically removed, but not without possible complications. (and they'll probably flat out refuse to do it during pregnancy) As for varicose veins... I *think* certain vitamins are supposed to help with that, but I forget what they are. B vitamins? Anyone know? I know that there are preparations that you can get for this, but personally I don't trust that stuff much because it's not regulated. I don't trust herbal remedies because you don't know what you're taking.