Your Bowl Movements

chimneygrl · March 2013

My son will be three weeks on Tuesday and the other day I stopped taking milk of magnesia and that was a HUGE mistake. So now I am back on it and I was wondering if there is an end in sight. When did you stop taking meds to help with your bowl movements?

cmhicklin · March 2013

With my 1st I had to take stool softener for 2 or 3 months.

SidraJedi · March 2013

This is not an answer to your question, but it might help:

When you've decided on the appropriate amount of time to continue the milk of magnesia, Maybe you could work your way down in dose and ease off of the milk of magnesia then switch to prun

Ann003 · March 2013

I stopped taking it once I stopped the oxycodone for pain. I'm not quite as regular as I used to be, but it's getting there. I recommend lots of coconut water!

pitterpatter129 · March 2013

I stopped the Colace the other day because I got a virus and had diarrhea...yeah, I'll be going back on it now. Ouch. I think I took it a few months after DS1. Eat a lot of fiber and drink a lot of water. Hormones play a big rol

eatdrinkstretch · March 2013

I transitioned off Colace at two weeks bc I don't think it's good to take it for very long bc your body can forget how to function without the medicine. Now I have a lot of success with a daily serving of each flax, prunes, coconut water, and Metamucil.

Runaway22 · March 2013

I stopped taking it in the hospital when I stopped taking the pain med narcotics (I still take the ibuprofen). I just had my first painless poo earlier this week. It took a little while. Then again, I didn't have bowel problems while pregnant, so maybe I'

fitzgirl17 · March 2013

5 wks pp and still take a stool softner daily and on occassion milk of mag. I stopped for 1 day and my poop was hard and hurt sorry tmi when i have my 6ak check up i will see what the doc says