Constipation Post Csection!! Help!!

[dogmama1]

Exactly at the title reads really ...

I'm 5 days post c section, while in hospital was on oramoroh the day of and overnight. Then sent home with 6 dihydracodine tablets which I've staggered over the last 5 days, I've taken 5 out of the 6 and then paracetamol and ibuprofen.

However, Today, I felt the need to go number 2. The first since surgery. And my god!! I think I'm fully impacted. I can feel the pressure in there but nothing is budging. I started taking stool softener once home and had some fybogel today. But honestly, nothing moved. I ended up having to put a finger up there (grim!!!) and picking parts off / breaking it apart but still not relief. I can feel there is still ALOT up there. But after two hours on the toilet I had to give up! I left the bathroom pale and shakey. I've been having fruit since home, focusing on fibre dense foods (discharge midwife recommended) drinking smoothies, moving often, used a stool when going toilet, used a compress on my incision so I could try and bear down.. nothing is moving freely!!

I've got a midwife appt tomorrow, and I have to get something given to me! I think a suppository as it seems to be the most fast acting/instant... I'm just wondering if anyone's had something they can recommend in suppository form?? That got things moving quickly. Need this done before Christmas is upon us else it's going to be miserable. And sitting in the toilet for two hours when you have a newborn isn't ideal ether! Help me 😣😩

Glycerine suppositeries! You can get them at a pharmacy. It aint pleasant but they act fast, like within 10 minutes

Moo to 💩
Prune pouches
Lots of water
Glycerine suppositories too but stay close to the loo

Would any pharmacy sell these? Like Asda / boots? Will seek some tomorrow morning!! And will they break down impacted stool??

Movicol!

Takes a day but it works.

You'll probably have to take 2 sachets every few hours but it worked for me. (I went 10 days without a movement pp)

Maybe use it for a few days after,if you use a suppository too.

Lactulose and fresh orange juice will help get things moving.

I had this problem after my third c-section. I needed the midwife to help me, she administered suppositories in my home. I almost fainted when I finally “went”. Horrendous experience.
Hope you get relief soon, OP xx

I had this post c section. My poor husband nearly called an ambulance at my screaming when I finally went.

I have no advice, only sympathy.

Prunes. Inulin powder. Water in the short term.
I had 20 years of constipation and it only went when instead of 5 a day fruit and veg. I upped it to 10 or more. 2 coffees and water.

Congratulations on your new arrival and commiserations on your constipation!

After I had brain surgery, I was horrifically constipated. None of the over the counter things worked, nor did the usual dietary stool movers 🙈. I was so anxious and stressed about it as I'd spend hours trying to get it out but nothing.

One day, my husband had a brainwave. He went to McDonalds and got me a rather disgusting coffee and within hours, I had the most satisfying movement of my life! Apparently anytime he has a coffee from there, it runs straight through him so he thought it was worth a punt.

Incidentally, a friend had surgery a few months later and had the same problem, she took my advice and had the coffee and it worked it's magic for her too.

Suppository may well move the really uncomfortable low down stool, but betting there's a backlog of hard stuff behind it. For that you want movicol/laxido. Brilliant stuff.

Warm water did it for me. I too struggled and was crying and had a cloth in my mouth each time the poo tried to come out. When my bowls eventually emptied some 6 hours later I was pale and drained. I came out the bathroom and said to my husband that I had birth twin poos. I would need to go every hour or two and then eventually when it all came out my bowl movements were back to normal the next day. I would suggest warm water and squatting!

Yes - Movicol/laxido from the top end (it always seems to help with rehydration) and glycerin suppositories for the other end.

You can start on the prunes and stuff when things are moving.

I had this with my second. It was the only bit of my section recovery that hurt. Someone wrote a funny article about this, which I remember reading whilst trying to shift it. I'll have a look at it provided grim solidarity!

Here you go!

https://www.theunmumsymum.co.uk/poogate.html

Can I ask all that have replied (thank you fyi) can I get both the glycerine suppository and the movicol over the counter at a pharmacy such as boots/asda. Don't want to send my husband on a wild goose chase looking for something he can't get without a script xxx

I was the same after my c section a friend recommended peppermint tea worked for me. Second c section I took a box to hospital and never had a issue x

Yes, Boots have it or local pharmacies too. It is pretty standard.

Movicol and laxido are basically the same but laxido is a bit cheaper.

If you ask at the pharmacy counter, they usually keep big boxes in the back. You can get it prescribed too if you are on free prescriptions but that may take a while.

Just wanted to come back and say - I tried the glycerin suppositories and it worked a charm!!! Within 25 minutes!! What a relief. Thank you so much. Also got movicol which I'll take tonight and upkeep to keep thing regular x

Oooooooo this took me right back 😱.

Really think they should give EXTREMELY clear instructions for frequent stool softeners etc before they let you go home.

That first poo was the worst part of my recovery. Horrendous.

Agreed!!
It was horrific. If they'd sent me home with some laxatives or a suppository and made me aware, I could have saved all that pain!! Going through that when you've just had 7 layers of your lower tummy cut through is no joke!!

Glycerin suppositories as suggested. You can buy them on most supermarkets shelves.

Yes to glycerin suppositories. However being discharged post c-section was conditional on me moving my bowels without issue. This was 21 years ago

Yes, suppositories to start then movicol/ laxido