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Childbirth

pooing during child birth... can i stop it :/

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ghostspirit · 14/12/2015 10:48

embarrassing but i dont care going to say it anyway. when i gave birth to my son and my daughter before that. i pooed like mad like a pooing machine its very embarrassing. so is there anyway to stop it. i get really badly constipated during in pregnancy. so do i need to get that sorted and maybe then was i wont poo when im giving birth :/

any advice/suggestions thanks

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ghostspirit · 15/12/2015 13:27

yeah i kniw logically it does not matter. but would just rather not if i can help it.

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Lillylou1991 · 15/12/2015 15:02

In the end ghostspirit no theres nothing you can do about it unless you have an enema

LaurieLemons · 15/12/2015 15:07

I think the only thing you can do is really make sure you have a high fibre diet and try and get into a routine of going say every morning or something. Then at least if you do poo it will be all at once!

And yeah, definitely don't have a curry!

ghostspirit · 15/12/2015 15:30

lilly i could try lol.

yes laurie thats the plan... i hope

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Fugghetaboutit · 15/12/2015 15:30

Midwives love seeing poo, means baby is coming very soon

I would hate to see it floating around in water tbh, I'm glad I gave birth in bed for this reason as midwife just wiped it away discreetly

ghostspirit · 15/12/2015 15:33

fug i sort of gave birth on my own with my daughter i was pooing all over the place and kepted cleaning it up with baby wipes... someone got here as her head came out. not sure if they ever knew :/

with my son i was pooing again and just kept shouting omg im shitting myself over and over again.

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Fugghetaboutit · 15/12/2015 15:35

Ah jeez sounds horrible sorry to laugh. Maybe buy some suppositories beforehand and get it all out ?

Mrsfrumble · 15/12/2015 15:39

When I went for a tour of the birthing center, the midwife who was showing us round described your bowels as being like a tube of toothpaste, the baby's head is like a rolling pin being run over them and squeezing everything out, such is the inevitability of pooing.

Having said that, I didn't poo when I had DD. Only because I'd vomited so much in early labour there was nothing left in my digestive system. So you could try puking your guts up beforehand OP....

Jenda · 15/12/2015 15:44

This really scares me, I have ibs and rarely do solid poos so the discreet wiping away wouldn't be possible! I always think I will take imodium when I go into labour!

ShelaghTurner · 15/12/2015 15:51

I pooed when the mw was out of the room. DH had to wipe my arse . He has promised never to mention it again and I have promised never to mention him lying on the floor in the bathroom of a travelodge with explosions happening at both ends! We have a very equal marriage.

OverScentedFanjo · 15/12/2015 15:52

100% of vb involve poo.

It happens to everyone, if you think you didnt poo then your MW did a good job of being discreet and not letting you know.

Fugghetaboutit · 15/12/2015 17:23

God, if men gave birth they wouldn't give a shit about shitting in front of anyone

Ilovetorrentialrain · 15/12/2015 17:30

OverScented are you a MW? I didn't know that! Thought I'd got away with this not happening to me!

embarrasseddoesntcutit · 15/12/2015 17:58

beemybaby what suppository did you use?

ghostspirit · 15/12/2015 18:29

if i poo and dont know then i dont care... when it was my daughter i pooed at least 6 times and it was yuk. like i said i cleaned it up before anyone got to me...

with my son i pooed several times but midwife was there and i could feel that i was... plus my mat was like omg ghost you were proper shitting...

we laugh about it now. but i would still rather not if i can help it... and yeah i defo get the tube of tooth paste thing

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pizzaeatingmonkey · 15/12/2015 19:32

Why did they stop doing enemas? I was quite shocked to hear they don't do them as a matter of course. Does it mean you see a lot of poo on those baby being born programmes? Thank god I don't watch them. My baby is now 40 ( child bride) so didn't realise it'd changed!

RatherBeRiding · 15/12/2015 21:19

100% VB involve poo

Really?? I 100% didn't poo during either of my DCs births. Had a poo at home in early stages before heading to hospital. And that was that. But then I gave birth very quickly and easily with no pushing. Just lucky I guess!

Crazypetlady · 15/12/2015 23:53

It's normal don't worry. I pooed. I told them I needed the toilet they wouldn't let me go, their own faults!

feeona123 · 16/12/2015 00:13

I gave birth on Saturday morning.

Had about 5 poos the day before and one on the toilet during labour - I still pooed loads while pushing!!

I laboured in the water with my first baby and pooed in there as well! Yes they have a little fishing net thing to collect it all!

Cerseirys · 16/12/2015 00:16

OP I was so worried about this too but then I thought, you know what? Given all the horror stories about what can go wrong in childbirth - tears, forceps, episiotomies etc - if pooing is the worst thing that happens, then I've got off lightly!

And in the end it was worrying over nothing as I didn't poo. I had a water birth and the sieve stayed unused!

BeeMyBaby · 16/12/2015 05:03

Embarrassed I just used boots own off the shelf glycerin suppositories - it seems quite mild - I've had an enema before a surgery previously and it was not forceful like that so I'm not worried about using it in labour now.

sharonthewaspandthewineywall · 16/12/2015 08:32

Had my baby on the 6th. Failed forceps. How the hell can I push when I can't feel my legs? Except push I must have as I managed to do a runny shit on the table which went all up the doctors apron. I just smelt this awful smell all of a sudden and dh confirmed my fears later. My bowels are the only thing that work regularly

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FretYeNot · 16/12/2015 08:47

Ilovetorrentialrain I've watched my dd give birth three times (and was at the business end) and she never pooed once. OUt of four, I only pooed once.

That said, it really is normal and there's sod all to be be embarrassed about.

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Annarose2014 · 16/12/2015 08:57

Ah misty poo coloured memories......

I only knew cos I saw the mw discretely pull the inko sheet from under me and into the bin.

She was so quick I don't think I'd have realised if I weren't a nurse myself. I was more embarrassed cos of the host of students in the room. It was witnessed by about 5 of them.

I wouldn't mind but I wasn't even constipated!

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