WIBU to never tell the neighbours why I was admitted to hospital last night?

[WalkanTalk]

I've realised the title sounds very ominous. It's not. Bear with, bear with.

So yesterday evening, with a 2 year old in bed and newborn twins on my lap, I started to notice a stabbing pain low in my tummy. Within ten minutes my boyfriend had had to remove said offspring from me while I crawled naked upstairs in agony. And ten minutes after this he was ringing an ambulance because I was mute with pain.

By the time I came downstairs for said ambulance, he had half the contents of our local pub in our kitchen taking orders on how to look after our brood, while I hobbled into the pain van, guiltily knowing I was taking with me my EBF newborns' breakfast, lunch and dinner. And leaving my toddler to wake to the neighbourhood and its mum (literally) downstairs.

Well, upon arrival at hospital, the pain actually soon subsided. To the point that I was sent home.
It was passed off as a medical mystery, and we could relieve our kind friends and family of their duties (and allow them the resume the birthday house party my boyfriend had also interrupted in search of babysitters, and re-park the cars he'd rallied while waiting for the ambulance).

Well upon waking today, I've pottered about, still in pain, confused and a little concerned, and sent thank you messages around.

Everyone went out about an hour ago, and left me with the newborns for a while. Thought I'd take the opportunity to go to the loo...

WIBU to never, ever tell the entire neighbourhood, the in laws, and my sweet, wharp speed boyfriend that it turns out it was all because of a massive poo?

You've told us. That's quite enough sharing. The helpers will all have been delighted to have helped I'm sure.

Hahaha no YANBU

Gastro bug or muscle spasm. Both agonising, neither require follow up treatment.

Hope you're empty feeling better

HAHAHA
don't tell them lol just say you are feeling so much better and it must have been a muscle spasm , they can be very painful indeed. Glad you are better OP

Oh my Christ. Poor OP! Just bury your head and move on lol

I think this is something quite a few women get shortly after they give birth. I was convinced with each one of mine that the pain was due to something that had been left behind during the birth but it turns out that your gut gets a bit of a push and pull and it also can be a bit delicate after you give birth.

I did have visions of "congratulations madam you have given birth to a lovely 8lb turd" but it has been a long day!

And we wonder why the NHS, especially A&E is on its knees.

My husband was taken into hospital for 3 days, was 2 hours from removing his appendix when the laxatives kicked in and he did a huge poo. Don't worry just say grumbling appendix.

I was just like this after giving birth! Awful pain but definitely poo related. Stick to medical mystery

Could it possibly have been your uterus contracting back (though depends how newborn the twins are )
My 2nd I thought I was dying. ..oh phoned midwife who said to have a warm bath and she'd be there later...pain went somewhere between then and her arriving.

Fence

FenceSitter01 back on yer fence luv. It's because of years of mismanagement and chronic understaffing, not because of people with legitimate health concerns and severe pain seeking help. That's what A&E is for.

Of course, if you've discovered a way of diagnosing conditions without the intervention of any medical professionals, please do clue us in. And no, I don't mean Dr Google.

Fencesitter01 - ask any midwife if she thinks you should treat this sort of pain shortly after birth as urgent and she/he will tell you that you should. Its a perfectly proper and legitimate use of the NHS.

its not like she had drunk herself into a stupor and felt ill. or got a piercing that had gone manky or wanted a tattoo removed.

sorry I think your comment was out of order especially on a reasonably light hearted thread.

I thought I was dying a couple of days after having one of my DC. Turns out fajitas and post-childbirth bowels don't mix. I feel your pain OP. If anyone asks I think you can legitimately tell them it was a childbirth-related complication

Why were you sitting totally naked downstairs in the early evening?

Just tell them it's 'womens problems'. Half won't want to hear and the other half will have enough empathy to not ask anything further.

We can continue to wonder then, Fence, because people who have recently given birth and and are experiencing significant pain attending A&E are not the cause.

I've had three babies, and after each birth I was sent home with a prescription for a stool softener. I always took it, even though I was dubious about it. Now I'm glad I did.

A friend of mine who was EBF twins had the same, and was even admitted to hospital. It turned out to be really bad constipation. She simply wasn't drinking enough fluid.

You need to drink gallons of fluid when breastfeeding twins.

And congratulations

I do remember just a few days after giving birth, the midwife, when she called round was a little concerned that my uterus seemed raised. Half an hour after she left I did a massive poo! I had never realised that it was common for this to happen.

Glad you're ok, OP. And congratulation! (on the babies, not the poo)

Can I just say I am seriously impressed with your boyfriends organising skills

Why were you sitting totally naked downstairs in the early evening?

Why not? It's HER home.

When I need an opinion mummymeuister I'll get it from someone qualified and as published statistics show for 2016, of the 23.7 million A&E attendances last years, something like 5 in 6 attendees were utterly pointless requiring a care sheet/no further intervention/2 paracetamol and a pat on the head.

Bless you WalkandTalk that must have been a mammoth poo! Did it obligingly flush first go or did it take several sessions? My Mum is expert at "floaters" which are hideous things that hide away and reappear randomly and stay for a week. She gets very embarrassed so we all pretend nothing is amiss.

YANBU, stick with medical mystery. I phoned my mum in tears with horrendous cramps in the middle of the night just after my 2nd was born, I was curled on the floor sobbing when my parents arrived (Mum to look after the kids and Dad to drive me to hospital) and as Dad helped me off the floor I did the loudest smelliest fart ever and instantly felt better.