Okay so all last night i was super uncomfortable in the tummy region. Think diarreah cramps and bloating, gurgling sounds, all of that. But...nothing would come out when I would go to the bathroom! Still happening this morning and I am getting super queasy because of it...wth? Why won't things just exit the way they are supposed to? Is baby blocking it in??? Grrrr.
+1. Going on day 3. Ugh! I hope we both get some relief soon!!
Okay so all last night i was super uncomfortable in the tummy region. Think diarreah cramps and bloating, gurgling sounds, all of that. But...nothing would come out when I would go to the bathroom! Still happening this morning and I am getting super queasy because of it...wth? Why won't things just exit the way they are supposed to? Is baby blocking it in??? Grrrr.
+1. Going on day 3. Ugh! I hope we both get some relief soon!!
Just to warn you ladies - I pooped last Sunday, delivered on Monday, and didn't poop again until Friday. I was impacted and in so much pain. DH had to give me 2 enema's to finally pass it. (I have no more dignity left at all lol). So do all you can to get some relief BEFORE you deliver, because you most likely won't poop again until several days after the fact!!!
@jemomma kemdupuismichyme123 I can't say I'm constipated, but I AM frightened. I made bran muffins, and they're so good I just ate 3. If I go into labor in the next 2 days I am 100% shitting all over everything and everybody. Can't stop this train
Oh lord! I hope that doesn't happen to you! Or any of us, for that matter!
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 16, 2015 12:54:08 GMT -5
General pooping with hemorrhoids tip (post birth): Hold a hot pad (soaked in hot water) against your vagina while you poop. If you have to push at all (which, most of the time you do when you poop) it helps you NOT feel like your pushing your vagina out as well. It has really helped me be less scared of pooping!
Also ladies who haven't given birth yet, get on the fiber train NOW. My first pp poop was three days after birth and it was terrifying, but it was OK due to the fact that I ate all the prunes and fiber supplements in the days leading up to, and after, my birth.
I'm sitting here at the doctor waiting for my 6-week post partum exam, and I am on my period. Or what I think could be my period. I have to sit on one of those large pee-pads on the exam table. I thought the shaming was over once I delivered. Lol. My poor doctor.
My b-hole is like an outie now. But 3 nurses have checked and said it's not a 'roid. So. Victory?
Also after feeding baby this morning I stood up and realized I had bled all over the chair. Got back to my room to check and somehow my GIANT PAD CANOE had shifted past my butt? I don't even remember. Just sitting here bleeding freely with my puffy b-hole ladies, don't mind me!
And my husband watched the entire delivery. I felt the nurse wipe poop from my butt a few times and I felt myself pee as I pushed my kid out. So my husband saw me pass all the things. Nothing about this Tuesday isn't TMI.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jun 17, 2015 9:32:31 GMT -5
I know it's not Tuesday anymore, but I needed to shout it to the world that I've conquered the 1st PP poop! And shoutout to carolyngrace for the super helpful advice about holding something against your stitches/lady bits so it hurts less! Pregnancy/mommy hood is sooooo glamorous;)
I am in the minority, I think, where my first post-partum poop actually happened quickly (about 36 hours after delivery) and went well. Since then, however, it's gotten more difficult and painful. I have stopped taking stool softener, though, which might be part of the problem.
I'm with you. I think mine was actually within 24 hours. But I had cytotech after delivery which can cause diarrhea (which I have not had thankfully). But I did decline the stool softener they wanted to give me the morning after birth. (I guess it's routine they give it to you at the hospital I delivered at)
Post by ravinraven216 on Jun 17, 2015 18:42:26 GMT -5
It's not Tuesday, but this is the most appropriate thread. LO has thrush and is is oh my gods disgusting. For reals. He gets an anti-fungal 4x per day and I have to rub a topical anti-fungal on the tits (and wash them off before feeding him) so he doesn't pass it on to me.
It's not Tuesday, but this is the most appropriate thread. LO has thrush and is is oh my gods disgusting. For reals. He gets an anti-fungal 4x per day and I have to rub a topical anti-fungal on the tits (and wash them off before feeding him) so he doesn't pass it on to me.
I got thrush as an adult in my mouth following knee surgery. I had been on antibiotics a couple weeks before surgery for something unrelated and then got another dose during surgery. All I can say is that my mouth hurt like hell. I hope your LO's not in extreme pain and that you don't get it.
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