First PP Poop Poll

[cosmicav]

When did you guys have your first postpartum poop? I'm 4 days pp and it hasn't happened yet and it's making me nervous, lol.

[littleredfish]

It was probably day 4 or 5. I know it was a while. My fear of it is always the reason it takes so long lol. Like I sit and then my body freaks out and I can't. Each time.

Instead of taking 2 stool softeners I take 1 softener with 1 Senna Laxative pill. Takes my choice out of it and makes things really comfortable and not at all as painful as I'm always anticipating. Even now I'm taking 1 Senna Laxative pill in the evening because of my hemorrhoid. It works amazing. I wish I had known about it when I was pregnant and super constipated.

[shellbell]

While I was still in the hospital. But it's scary.

[ls2012]

Ss here, too. A few couple hours post birth. It was actually pretty easy since it was pretty, uh, soft. It hasn't been any different since then, either.

[loves2shop4shoes]

I think I was at about a week postpartum. I was terrified of pooping because I have second degree tears in three places. So I waited until the poop was so ready to come out there was basically no pushing involved.

The psychological barrier was harder than the physical. By a lot.

[EmMilAlly]

I did the same as littleredfish and took a senna lax plus colace. I had my first pp bm about a day after giving birth.

[staz]

I was still in the hospital but it was small. I had my first real one my first day home.

[crazycatlady6]

2 days after giving birth. I was given colace in the hospital as well as milk of magnesia.

[flyinghorses6]

Take a sitz bath! It helps relax everything.

[cosmicav]

With my first I was 3 days pp when it happened but now I am 4 days out with nothing so I'm getting nervous.

I have taken 2 Colace and a miralax dose EVERY DAY at this point. I'm just like.....where is the poop? I'm both scared and confused.

I did clear out before delivery with lots of diarrhea but still.....maybe soon. I have a 2nd degree tear so I don't want it to get too big or drastic or anything.... I will try the sitz bath idea!

[pivot]

I was 6 days & it was the worst.

Godspeed.

[ellabee]

Day after for me. Not too bad. Nurses hit me up with colace as soon as I was in the post partum ward.

[nomnom]

Close to a week. The med staff kept trying to givexme col.ace, which have me awful cramps the one time I tried it. Mir.alax for several days running was much gentler.

[notagoddess]

I think day 5 or maybe 4. I was really scared but it honestly wasn't that bad. Uncomfortable but manageable because of the colace.

[dancerspose]

I was home so it was day 3 or 4 and it was a doozy. I had been taking colace in the hospital and at home. I had felt it coming for days but had to wait until it was basically ready to fall out since I didn't want to push with my tears.

[Deleted]

Mine was 3 days pp. I was terrified based on my experience the first time but it was actually not bad at all this time. I was diligent with the colace and drank a TON of water and think that helped.

[pivot]

Mar 1, 2017 19:11:02 GMT -5 dancerspose said:

I was home so it was day 3 or 4 and it was a doozy. I had been taking colace in the hospital and at home. I had felt it coming for days but had to wait until it was basically ready to fall out since I didn't want to push with my tears.

I'm laughing because hilarious but also crying because this was me exactly.

[allisong87]

I didn't have the urge until 3 days PP and it was surprisingly much easier this time around.

[monicageller]

The thought of it was so much worse than actually doing it. I had a bad hemmorhoid so I was very scared, but it actually didn't hurt.

[cosmicav]

Update for anyone who cares:

Just pooped for the first time at 5 days pp.
Uncomfortable, but tolerable. Lol. I was terrified. Thank you God for Colace and Miralax and endless amounts of water.