oh my god, very distressing and embarassing problem.....!

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ok, gave birth last friday

fab delivery, 5 minute pushing, no stitches, small tear

yest and today suddenlky become v v v v constipated

because im quite backed up, and its hard......omg this is awful think my pelvic floor might have given up. inside my actual fanjo can feel the big blockage as a lump thru the wall - to the point its actually pretty much filling my fanjo!!!! that has got to shock you a bit? it certainly has just freaked me right out!!!

arghhhh, very disturbed, when i tried to have a poo it felt like my small tear would tear further

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

help!!!!

Peckarolloveragain you have just took me screaming back to December 28th, 1981 when I had twin boys. After I delivered them - the doctor stitched me over the piles i had and the stitches had to be taken out - they werent disolvable. I ate beef madras curry accompanied by freshly squeezed orange juice.
Anything that makes you 'go' normally is a help. Would tell midwife just for reassurance. Good luck.

Oh pekka, feel really sorry for you!!!
I was at enema idea but now sounds like a good idea.
There is a thing called microlax. it's in a little tube. you stick it up your bum and squeeze in the content (liquid gel about 1/2 ounce). Wait a bit and go.
Might be a solution if you want to do this in the privacy of your bathroom.
Not sure you can get it in UK but ask a pharmacist or your HV, I'm sure they'll be sympathetic.

what the hell is a prolapse?so sorry for your experience pecka, had the same, worse!still have it 2 years on!

I think prolapse is when walls of vagina collapse bringing uterus down into vagina.

Thus importance of actually doing the kegels and not just thinking about it!

Stop panicking, Pecka, it will just make you tense and then the poo won't want to come out.

Try to relax. Nobody ever dies from constipation. Nobody will have to remove it manually.

Loads of us have been in your position and it has eventually come out. If you are worried about it building up then stop eating for a day, have lots of coffee/chocolate as that is good for getting things moving fast. Go for a little walk or run if you can. Also don't bother with the fybogel or anything that needs to be hydrated before it works, as part of the problem here is your fluid intake - you need mushy tinned fruit if anything, not powders or wholegrains. They will just absorb what fluid there is and expand.

So...drink lots, especially a bit of caffeine if you can, and a bit of exercise and relax as much as possible.

Let us know...

..also part of the reason people get racks there is because the pain makes you tense up, so the muscle doesn't stretch like it can do.
Make a really conscious effort to relax your jaw, then the rest of you, ie tense up the anus, hold for a few seconds, then release - that is how to relax it. That will minimise any further cracks/damage.

Sounds like childbirth doesn't it?

sorry cracks, ....

you poor thing i actually got piles. If you have not had to go through enough without this adding to it! Prunes get a tin of prunes eat the lot. If nothing happens call on call doctor. Hope to hear positive poo stories soon!

Dont you think its a bit odd really that there are people all over the UK and around the world waiting with baited breath for you to do a poo Pecka?.......not that Im trying to increase the pressure on you or anything

lol at mint

I would just like to say a very lady-like and discreet THANK YOU to everyone on this thread.

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I take it you're unblocked then?

Snurk!!!!!!!!!

...and relax...

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do you think it will make the evening news!

Eat plenty of prunes, apricots and drink prune juice. I did this after delivery both my dds - I was stitched inside and out and very heavily bruised and was scared I would do more damage when I needed a number twos. So I ate prunes and apricots and it worked a treat because it makes your number twos much easier to pass, iykwim!

I feel almost as euphoric and joyful on the birth of that poo than I did my daughter!

I am considering posting an announcement in the paper with my proud news and having a naming ceremony.

thanks for sharing, babe !

Yea its a good feeling isn't it....phew.....now thats out the way you can get on and enjoy life!

Congratulations on the safe delivery of number 2!

mintpurple:

welcome to the world, pecka's poo!

please, no pics on profile.

If it weren't for the fact that it would cause you even more , would nominate MintPurple's post of 08:08:31 for quote of the week!!!

Congrats Pecka and on baby too of course !!

How big WAS it Pecka? Come on, we may as well have the gory details; you can't deprive us now!!

i didnt look !!!!! and did it in shifts too!