Hi Mamas! Please help! My LO is 5 weeks old and I have been severely constipated:( I have been taking colace everyday since returning home and I eat a very healthy diet and nothing is working. Is this normal? Or happening to anyone else? I BF.
Colace did not work for me. It upset my stomach bad. I take 2 tsps of Metamucil each day and it works very well without being too harsh and upsetting my stomach.
Prune juice. Seriously. My dr told me to drink just a shot glass of it a day for iron, but DH thought she meant a whole glass and we argued about it so much I was just like FINE and drank a whole glass. Probably one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I spent the whole night in the bathroom.
After all 4 of my babies I have had to use Miralax for the first 2 weeks home to keep things moving and first every day, then phased it out to every few days till I didn't need the help anymore...
My MIL has prepared cut up green apples, heated in water in the microwave for 12minutes with a little honey added. Great for regularity. I had an urgent c-section and came home on pain meds which blocked me the entire time in the hospital. I went back to normal after two days at home. I only took a few of the pain meds when I got home.
Re: Postpartum constipation
Make sure not to eat white bread and drink a lot of water, good luck!