Poop question for the repeat-mommies

KatieSetler · August 2015

I've heard that the first poop after giving birth can be really difficult and painful. Have any of you already-moms experienced this? If so, any advice on making it easier?

Jennsoule · August 2015

Stool softeners and lots of fluids

JLW0504 · August 2015

Yes, it was painful but I had forgotten to take my stool softener. As PP said, take the stool softener, drink plenty of liquids and eat high fiber food and you'll be fine.

Cook3133 · August 2015

With my first I had a ton of inside stitches (none outside) and my first poop was very painful. After having My second and third kid the first poop wasn't that bad but my second poop was like giving birth again. Deffinetly take the stool softners. I also used my peri bottle with warm/hot water to help aid the process. I'll be honest it sucks

magnolia0212 · August 2015

It was an awful experience for me! I will definitely ask for stool softeners while I'm still in the hospital this time. I don't remember them giving me any the first time.

Elyse1384 · August 2015

As others have said, religiously take those stool softeners and drink plenty of fluid. For me I was afraid to go and thought it would be worse given the stitches I had in the lady bits from pushing out DS, but it really wasn't that bad.

lulamagoo · August 2015

I took the stool softeners as directed and had no issues. It was scarier in my mind than it actually was.

TarHeelMomToBe · August 2015

I had 3rd degree tearing so I took colace every day for weeks after giving birth.

As long as you don't force it (I think it was 4-5 days before I went the first time), it's not that bad.

Gapeach83 · August 2015

First one was horrible after DD1 but after DD2 I pooped within hrs luckily and it wasn't bad because stool wasn't hard and I wasn't constipated.

dogsombrero · August 2015

Stool softeners, fluids, fruit and if it takes longer than 2ish days try glycerin suppositories. I had an impaction after 6 says without pooping even 2 suppositories didn't help. I had to have an enema. X_X

MadBloom · August 2015

My OB gave me a suppository (4 at once actually) after he stitched me up.
I had absolutely no issues with pooping! My first one was within hours of delivery and there was absolutely no pain. I was also on IV fluids for like 12 hours after the birth though so I was well hydrated on top of that.
I had very poor control over those muscles for the first 2 weeks after giving birth actually so if I suddenly felt the urge I had to run to the bathroom. I nearly pooped myself a few times.

oliarnmom1517 · August 2015

As a FTM... All of this makes me nervous to poop after I have my baby lol

fitmama89 · August 2015

I was SO scared to poop after baby. Didn't hurt one bit. & I never even took my stool softeners. Maybe I just got lucky.

Breastfeeding on the other hand ... That hurt.

e911chick · August 2015

Being honest it was the worst part of the whole thing and my epidural didn't work! I was constipated though and very dehydrated. I actually had to pull and help it along. (TMI, I know!) that said, I plan to start the stool softeners November 1 (due the 20th!) and drink a ton of water!!!

nano1 · August 2015

It wasn't memorable for me, I'm hoping for another uneventful poo this time!

mamavbs · August 2015

I was lucky enough not have stitches and it wasn't too bad... But my biggest advice would be not to worry about it yet and make it a "thing!"The psychological worry may make it harder to go, my best friend was so scared it was going to hurt- that she just couldn't do it. As all of the above have said- softners and fibre and keep calm!!!

Pontot31 · August 2015

Stool softeners and lots of fruit will help.
It was a few days before I went but only because I had been throwing up for 2 days in labor and cleaned myself out.

lyankowi · August 2015

I went on day 3 in the NICU bathroom another thing is when the urge to go comes take a deep breath and relax.

dapoint23 · August 2015

I don't remember the actual poo, I just remember being terrified to poo. Either I blocked it out or it wasn't that bad. What I do remember was peeing... I tore slightly up so I was straight peeing on an open wound. The peri bottle and dermaplast numbing spray I took from the hospital were life savers!

kestes946 · August 2015

Both times it wasn't an issue.. Didn't hurt. They give you stool softeners. I had a 2nd degree tear and didn't notice. Don't stress about it, completely pointless to worry about it now.

vomitrosa · August 2015

It's scary because it feels like a dynamite went off in your vagina for the first week Post partum.....I actually feel like post birth was way more painful than the pregnancy, labor, or actual birth. I was terrified to have a bowel movement or to even go pee! I ended up with a UTI because I was too terrified to attempt to pee and had a bruised urethra. I took a ton of stool softeners and pooping was fine, but peeing was really painful for me and that lasted 4 weeks.

Elyse1384 · August 2015

Sidenote... there are two poop threads showing as the most recent threads on this BMB. I'm really missing the food threads.

kdsmith43 · August 2015

I had a 2nd degree tear. Took the stool softener and it was not painful.

MariaJoseL · August 2015

Take some miralax in your bags to the hospital and start mixing it in your water as soon as labor is done ... You will have no pain and discomfort and it doesn't cause gases so you won't feel like a balloon ( some stool softeners do)

wedding crazed · August 2015

This is the worse part for me, but I have C-sections so painkillers and stuff don't help with pooping. Miralax is amazing though. I take it right away now and no issues. So glad after 2nd C-section the nurse recommended it.

AshlieC07 · August 2015

Keep some milk of magnesia in the fridge - a shot of that will help immensely. Lots of fluids, fiber. Mostly, when it's time, just sit on the toilet and let it happen - don't push hard, blow out while you're pushing. Go slow. I'm a pelvic floor therapist - you can do it!

LSRoo · August 2015

As soon as I checked into l&d they started feeding me stool softners. My first poop wasn't a big deal and I had internal and external stitches.

mamavbs · August 2015

vomitrosa said:
It's scary because it feels like a dynamite went off in your vagina for the first week Post partum.....I actually feel like post birth was way more painful than the pregnancy, labor, or actual birth. I was terrified to have a bowel movement or to even go pee! I ended up with a UTI because I was too terrified to attempt to pee and had a bruised urethra. I took a ton of stool softeners and pooping was fine, but peeing was really painful for me and that lasted 4 weeks.

Oh gwaaaard yeah the peeing! I forgot that. I didn't tear I just had grazes but they stung to the point of tears for the first few weeks. I had to run a tap when I was peeing to encourage me to go haha and I used a new rubber duck I'd bought for my son as it gave the right amount of pressure to help

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sla626 · August 2015

I had a c section so from the pain mess it was horrible, like really bad. Stool softness did not work. My hubby had a surgery before and the painmeds did the same thing. Only thing that we would that works great is this. You can find it at cvs, drug store, sometimes even dollar store. Trust me you will want to have it on hand, esp if you have a c section.

NDimanov · August 2015

I was so afraid to push that I didn't go until like a week after and when it was literally forcing it's way out. I went in and put my baby on a pad on the floor and basically pushed another baby out.

Thank goodness nobody was home because I screamed through the whole thing. I was so afraid that I would rip my stitches since I tore a little bit giving birth

Nobody told me about taking softeners or anything afterwards or how bad it would hurt. This time I know better! I am going to stock up on all of that stuff this weekend when I get my hospital bag ready!

PetitNightingale · August 2015

Do you also poop during? I've heard this rumor and it terrifies me to no end.

nmwheel1 · August 2015

I had an emergancy c-section and my 3 day stay in the hospital they brought me coffee or black tea every meal and kept giving me stool softeners. I went the night I was finally home and I remember being scared but it didn't hurt. I also suffered really bad hemroids while pregnant that made me cry when I had to go so it was nice that it didn't hurt for once.

Cook3133 · August 2015

weishaarkrista said:

PetitNightingale said:

Do you also poop during? I've heard this rumor and it terrifies me to no end.

You can and apparently it is fairly common (luckily I didn't because the idea bothered me, too). But the nurses are so used to it that I was told they don't even respond. They just remove it. You have so much on your mind and your body is doing a lot of the pushing for you that come time you probably won't care. It seems like one of those things that people worry about before hand and then stop caring about when labor and pushing pain trumps everything. But... I could be wrong as I didn't actually experience pooping during delivery.

I did with all 3, I went over a year thinking I didn't with my last one but my sister just informed me that I did.... So it's so common it's really no big deal.

oliarnmom1517 · August 2015

Now I'm more scared of pooping during delivery lol... But really some of these stories are terrifying lol it makes me nervous for the pain after he comes out!!!

vomitrosa · August 2015

mamavbs hahaha! I ran the tap also and tried to think about other things because my brain was telling me, NO WAY ARE WE DOING THIS.

Jame414 · August 2015

Yes - had a hard time in the bathroom after c-section and painkillers. I had to take iron supplements also for being anemic post op. Colace was my friend as well as preparation H wipes.... Doesn't sound glamorous but I plan on having them on hand this time around.

Also - definitely went during early labor (~7cm)/after epidural. Nurses didn't believe me when I had to go....they also didn't believe that my epidural didn't work....."it just feels like you have to go"...they said. No I did have to go thanks. However, got it out of the way before active labor..... However, I have to say - you aren't going to care much at that point. Everyone is all up in your business...so to speak. Leave your modesty and dignity

WeirdAlice · August 2015

I had a c section and the first few poops were horrid! On top of that I can't take stool softners, of any kind. They all leave me in a ball on the floor from stomach pains (even ones the doctors have suggested)

So I stick to a lot of fruit and fiber foods (i go through boxes of fiber one cookies) and coffee..

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