Hi there 

I am in here on behalf of my husband who in the last 5 days has had a very quick change in bowel habits, like overnight. 
 

he went from what he considered normal, to not feeling like he was completely emptying his bowels and in a lot of cases going to the toilet and nothing was coming out. 
 

On Saturday he felt some relief on the evening after drinking a gut health drink all day and sorry for the description but said it was like a massive cow pat and he felt empty and so much better. Then on Sunday afternoon went back to the feeling of frequently feeling he needed the loo and has been like that since. 
 

we have got some lactulose and that made his actually go when he needed to and now we have got some Cosmocol which again make him actually go, but he says not as normal as he normally does in size and he's going, or trying to go a few times a day. 
 

he has no other symptoms, is still eating, no blood and no pain and says he feels fine in himself and has plenty of energy. He also isn't losing any weight. 

he does suffer massively from health anxiety and I don't know whether this would have any implication on what is happening on his bowel movements. 

I am worried sick as I am 20 weeks pregnant with our first child through IVF so please just after some insight from here. 
 

thank you in advance.