I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl on Friday (birth story to come!) but now I'm scared to have a bowel movement. I only have one stitch but I'm sore down there and any straining hurts!
So tell me about your first poop after a vaginal delivery. How soon after did you go, did it hurt and how did you get over the psychological barrier?
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Re: I'm scared to poop!
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OMG! Poop Now! If you can, get it out ASAP. I was scared to go. The nurse in the hospital said "make sure you eat some fiber." I was like, ok, whatever. Didn't think much of it.
I can't remember how many days it was, 3 or 4? But I seriously thought I was going to have to go to the hospital to have it removed, and was bawling on the toilet ready to pack up and go to the hospital and it finally came out, I kid you not it was the size and shape of a baseball.
I am loading up on colace and eating some major fiber filled food as soon as possible after this one.
Also did they tell you to take a clean warm washcloth and hold it against your stitches while you poop? That is very helpful.
I agree with this. I was also 3 or 4 days PP. I have been on metamucil per OB's orders, which helped I'm sure. I didn't rush the process, made sure LO was fed and DH was available to take care of him for a while. It took a lot longer than normal, and I did have to be careful about not straining, but in the end it wasn't so bad and the relief of finally having an empty bowel was worth it.
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I was SO scared! I have a third degree tear with a LOT of stitches and had a mini panic attack when I knew I couldn't hold it in... it was day three (I was still at the hospital bc my LO was in NICU) and I sat on the toliet crying for 30 minutes, then decided that I needed to get it over with at the hospital in case I needed real help. I practiced my labor breathing and gentle pushing (LOL).
When I finally relaxed it came out and I was fine. Literally didn't even really feel it. I've been taking a stool softener, eating a TON of fruit, and drinking water by the gallon every day and have pooped regularly since that day without problems.
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Same here! It took me by suprise so there was no "worrying" about it. I had some stitches but it wasn't too terrible. I think what helped was that I didn't "push" at all, I just let it go.
(USE COTTONELLE WIPES or something similar! I used those exclusively for a week or so PP!)
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