C section poop!!

[Keggy1942]

Hi i had an emergency c section friday after labouring for 18 hrs, 2 of them pushing with no sucess. After a terrifying birth im now home and..... Cant poop!! I did a small pathetic one 2 days ago (sorry for tmi) but nothing since, i have the urge but its just nt happening! Iv tried lactoloose but no joy... Any recommendations??

Are you still taking painkillers? Codeine can cause serious constipation.

Drink plenty of water and increase your soluble and non-soluble fibre intake. If you don't go tomorrow I'd suggest seeing your GP

I was given a suppository in hospital. Not much fun, bit it did the trick.

Are you taking Codine? If so, stop if you can cope without it. I refused codine after my second section for this very reason.

Fibogel, water, prune juice. Lots of it.

Good luck & God speed

Are you taking iron tablets? They sent me home with them but I quickly stopped taking them because they make you constipated. And feel terrible!

Hope all went well in the end. Morphine and codeine are major culprits of this. I got prescribed some weird orange fibre drink thing.

Dried apricots are your friend post-c section. I ate probably rather more than recommended, but they worked!

Advice above re codeine is good.

Also I was explained to me by community MW that when you’re late stages of pregnancy, your colon is very squashed. It’s got a lot more room now, so can take a few days to erm, refill.

Stay away from lactulose, I had the worst gas. Like a sewer....

Movicol sachets. Orange juice with bits. Nuts, seeds, whole grains. Plenty of water. Move as much as you feel comfortable. Little and often.

Congratulations on your baby

I can recommend grape juice.

Also olives, and the liberal use of olive oil when cooking - it helps to 'soften' the poo

Glycerine suppositories are what you need.

Rye bread! You can put a load of toppings on it, banana and honey is my fave.

I tried it for the first time a while ago and nobody warned me of its laxative effect so ate 4 slices with different toppings. My god, I was 'empty' for days.....

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20089780

Heres a study to back the rye bread claim up

glycerine suppositoroes can buy them in supermarkets .
instant relief

Lots of great advice above, but also drink lots of water. More than you think you should need!!

Hope everything else is going well

Make sure you're drinking plenty. It will help to soften things.
Fybogel is also good!

Thanks everyone im not on iron tablets but am taking diyacodeine, ill try the apricots tomorrow iv heard a few people say that. Its so frustrating not being able to go on top of everything else i could just do without it! Thanks everyone xx

Well i spoke to my dr who gave me movicol sachets and a sepositiries, i used at around half 5 and have been in agony ever since, i cried on toilet for like 2 hours, no bowel movement just leaking from my bottom every couple of minutes follwed by hurrendous burning pain. I felt i was going to pass out when i tried to push i jst dont know what to do. I rang 111 who told me they would have a dr call me in the next 6 hr. Im. Hoping by tomorrow everythings softened and the soreness has gne, really getting me down im so uncomfortable

Hope you get some relief!

OP, you could try some pressure on your perineal area? You could have a slight prolapse, I find some pressure applied here straightens the bowel and makes it easier to go.
Childbirth really is a glamorous process, isn’t it?

Oh lord that first poo after a c section, I remember it well. You have my sympathy. I finally managed one and everything inside felt so odd that I thought I’d given myself a hernia! I rang the midwife in tears who came straight out to reassure me it was normal and things had just moved around a bit as my poo was so big and hard eurgh!
Why don’t think forewarn you how bad it will be.
Needless to say after my second c section I took nothing other than paracetamol and ibuprofen. What a difference.