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CONSTIPATION.. Help!!!

Hebah4Hebah4 member
in May 2016 Moms
im 7 days PP had a c section on the 19th, and bowel movement have been so so hard! I can't , it's so painful to push my incision area hurts so I feel stuck.. I don't know what to do, took laxatives drinking prune juice.. Anyone had this issue? How did you solve it I'm miserable :( 
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Re: CONSTIPATION.. Help!!!

  • mondo77mondo77 member
    I was in same situation last weekend. Terrified every time I tried to go! I called my doctor and she recommended milk of magnesia, just 2 doses (6 hours apart I think) cleared it up. I also tried a fleet enema but it was gross and I don't think it helped much. 
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  • Jyoung327Jyoung327 member
    I take a dose of miralax every single day, in my water bottle or morning coffee. I have to take it regardless dt regular constipation but literally nothing else has helped me. 
    Me: 29  DH: 31, married 6/21/14, TTC since 7/14
    BFP #1 EDD 7/17/15, MMC 1/9/15 @8w
    BFP #2 4/3/15= ectopic treated with methotrexate 5/1, YET ruptured 5/18/15= One Tube Wonder!
    2 Cycles of Femara, Ovidrel, & Progesterone= BFP #3 DS born 5/17/16
    TTC #2 March 2017 (initially med free) 
    BFP #4 8/14/17 *natural cycle* EDD= 4/25/18, MC @5-6w D&C 9/22/17
    BFP #5 12/29/17 w/ Femara/Ovidrel/Progesterone/Synthroid, EDD= 9/11/18 found out 1/18 ITS di/di TWINS!!!
    DS and DD born 8/21/18 
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  • vinerievinerie member
    I eat steel cut oats every morning, with almonds on top. I swear it's better than any laxative in keeping things moving along.
    Me: 38; DH: 41
    DS: Born 5-17-16 

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  • gingerbride26gingerbride26 member
    miralax is awesome- or up your fiber if you don't want to go that hardcore yet. Citrafiber tablets if you don't like mixing it in your water.  Also it sounds weird but I swear by my squatty potty (Amazon Link).  I have IBS-C and this has been a total lifesaver.
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  • pbandjyummiespbandjyummies member
    vinerie said:
    I eat steel cut oats every morning, with almonds on top. I swear it's better than any laxative in keeping things moving along.
    same here... oatmeal is what I have every morning and I rarely have issues 
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  • zekesmommy611zekesmommy611 member
    I feel your pain! I asked for something while I was still in the hospital. They gave me a suppository which worked wonders! I currently am using stool softeners and activia yogurt.
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  • Hebah4Hebah4 member
    Thank you ladies! The only thing that worked for me was a suppository, I feel so much better that I'm afraid to eat so much! Lol I will make sure I watch my diet and take stool softeners everyday
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  • TunieBeeTunieBee member
    I did 4-6 stool softeners every day in the hospital plus milk of mag on day 2 and 3, senna days 3 and 4 and a suppository on day 4 and within 2 hours had an easy peasy BM. I learned from my first c-section to be aggressive with the bowel regimen immediately. I would start all of the above if I were you. I stayed in the stool softener a daily until I stopped the pain meds. GL! 




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  • VS2016VS2016 member
    Whenever I get constipated I drink a lot of grape juice. Works for me every time. 
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