https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 04:34:39 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:54:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15386 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331988&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331988 Author: Smartmum
Subject: 15386
Posted: 21 March 2008 at 7:54pm

Oh yuk i still remember that first poo and it's been 4 years!!

Eat a kiwifruit, pineapple or pawpaw before each meal to regulate things, too much of one fruit will give you dioreah (sp) but eating ANY of these 3 fruits before a meal corrects the enzymes in your tummy.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:54:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331988&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331988 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331511&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331511 Author: Bobbie
Subject: 15386
Posted: 20 March 2008 at 9:42pm

They hardly ever happen anymore KA - So I think they will go completely soon. I just notice every now and then that it's still not quite like it was.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:42:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331511&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331511 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331196&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331196 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 15386
Posted: 20 March 2008 at 5:03pm

bobbie..oh no..so it still happens for you..i hoped it would be fixed by then:(! yeah i dont explain things well..i know they are different and i felt different things but at the same time and both felt freaking awful and painful...thats what i meant:( ]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:03:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331196&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331196 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331017&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331017 Author: Bobbie
Subject: 15386
Posted: 20 March 2008 at 2:21pm

I had the pains and afterpains as well and there was a difference between the two. I remember in particular the first time I thought I needed to go and had about 4 visits to the loo that night - I was still in hospital and so I was paranoid about:
a) Rowan waking up and me being stuck in there
b) the person in the other room wanting to use the shared toilet

It took ages and the cramping made me break into a sweat just like Serenity said. And like KA said I still have days where things are just 'not right'
I really think it stuffs up the bowel a lot - granted some of it was because of the Voltaren but there's definitely some other issues there.

I'd say probably don't go with Kiwi Crush to get things moving if you're Bfding as it will be horribly acidic for bubs.

Oh and lol at the 'too posh to push thread' - haha if it's good enough for Britney....


Edited by Bobbie]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=331017&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#331017 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329478&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329478 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:44pm

Two Blondinis wrote: LMAO!!! *no pun intended*

ditto from me...

in fact if i wasnt in pain i would roll on the floor!!! ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:44:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329478&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329478 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329317&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329317 Author: Two Blondinis
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:25pm

LMAO!!! *no pun intended*]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:25:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329317&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329317 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329224&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329224 Author: Maya
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:53pm

Good point!]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:53:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329224&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329224 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329198&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329198 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:35pm

Maya wrote: Sorry, I know I've never had a c-sect, but I'm just having a wee giggle imagining Posh Spice with wind pains and diarrohea

You can't get diarrohea when you don't eat ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:35:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329198&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329198 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329196&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329196 Author: Maya
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:32pm

Sorry, I know I've never had a c-sect, but I'm just having a wee giggle imagining Posh Spice with wind pains and diarrohea ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:32:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329196&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329196 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329185&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329185 Author: ShellandBella
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:17pm

Yep, like two blondinis said, they push your bowels around whilst "in there" and that affects your bowels for a few days. I think its probably mainly gas moving around in your gut, but defnitely stick to the metamucil (or equivalent) twice a day for the next few days and LOTS of water and move around (within reason) to get things coming along. Just one of the joys of having a c/s !! ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:17:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329185&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329185 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329122&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329122 Author: mamanee
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 6:22pm

I definately think that water is the key!   My mum gave me some tea called Alpine Tea which is a very mild form of laxative and it's gentle and tastes ok. I honestly had the worst constipation EVER and I won't even tell you what lengths I went to to get that poo out, because it's not something anyone in here needs to read about.

Worst thing I ever did after my c/s was not listen to the doctors/midwife about making sure I didn't get constipated!]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:22:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329122&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329122 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329100&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329100 Author: Shorty
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:53pm

I so don't remember any pain other than with the wound itself!
I drank more than 10 litres of water in the first week and then another 8 in the second and managed to keep up the 8 for the next couple....so maybe water is a key?]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=329100&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#329100 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328882&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328882 Author: Two Blondinis
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:37pm

Welcome to the "too posh to push" section Deb Just kidding!

yep - lots of water and fibre in your diet. Also it might pay to ask your MW or GP to check if it is hemorriods, they might be able to give you something to calm it down?!?

I had the pain too and didn't have hemorriods, was told it was because the bowel gets shoved around when they are trying to get baby out so it will be extra sensitive for a while.

I agree also with the pooping position

Ahhh the glamour of the VIP birth ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:37:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328882&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328882 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328743&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328743 Author: MumsyMoo
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:00pm

METAMUCIL! It saved my freaking life I swear!

That gut pain is really a pain in the arse (no pun intended) you seriously can't figure out what's going on.

I remember quite vividly (ok, so it was only 6 weeks ago) sitting on the toilet breaking out in a cold sweat cos I was in so much pain, not knowing whether my butt was going to either vomit or tear apart... That's seriously what it felt like.

I also remember (and this is definately TMI) the first few motions I did manage to have were so pitiful it wasn't funny... All the pain and sufferign for a few pathetic marbles that were like tar... It was NOT a fun time at all.

But seriously, Metamucil is great... It's a bit grainy to drink, but it doesn't taste too bad (just make sure you get Orange and not Original) otherwise the other option is Benefibre, which isn't grainy at all and is flavourless, so you can add it to water and it'll still taste like water.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328743&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328743 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328628&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328628 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 10:18am

i am choosing it next time..even though i got to 9cm because he got in such distress and ended up 3 APGAR..so for his safety i will...but physcially i would NEVER choose it.i just didnt realise how hard it is to recover..as i only knew one person and she was up and about 2 or 3 days later with 2nd c section(but i didnt know she felt like crap all the time and had 24 hr help!!! ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:18:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328628&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328628 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328612&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328612 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 10:09am

Bizzy wrote: feel really ripped off having haemorrhoids when i didnt even push baby out...

i hear ya on that one deb!!!   i never had hemmies before charli, now of course they are always a problem


c/s definately aren't easy, i've had 2 and would never choose it over a VB ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:09:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328612&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328612 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328583&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328583 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:49am

my husband said to me as they were prepping me - "and people choose this"? ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:49:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328583&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328583 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328446&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328446 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:46am

i got both..after pains and stomach pains and they felt kinda similar...:(

cuppatea- i used to think that..not any freaking more:( (easy option)...esp emergency i think Bizzy...makes it even worse...I know how you feel!!

Edited by kawwww]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:46:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328446&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328446 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328439&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328439 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:41am

Yes, having a c/s isn't the easy option that some people think it is

I've just seen the after pains thread and now realise that you meant the contracting Sometimes they would cause a run to the loo and other times they wouldn't. I honestly can't remember if I got those horrible gut pains at any other time. The after pains themselves though were bad period like pains and in the first few days I could actually feel the contracting (and tmi, would feel a rush off blood come out), I just think that is was perhaps that contracting that was irritating an already not very happy bowel.
]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:41:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328439&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328439 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328413&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328413 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 2:47am

i was wondering tonight if maybe i was confusing "i need to go toilet" pain with after pains. i never got after pains with the boys and am not so sure...it was your post cuppatea that made me wonder that so have posted a question in the first baby section about after pains... My body is confused and i am having real trouble reading it and feel really ripped off having haemorrhoids when i didnt even push baby out...     ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:47:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328413&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328413 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328407&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328407 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:46am

i had this too..first few days nothing and the gas pain hurt so bad..then it wouldnt come out even though i really needed it too(sorry TMI) ..and then i would have to run there to get it to come out:( for a week after i got home the hemmies didnt bother me...but now they are back and straining makes them worse....:( so glamourous..i still somtimes have a need to go and have diareoa:( for no apparent reason...mw told me they put hot towels on the gut and ti takes along time for it to get back to normal..i still kinda feel like a connection is missing somewhere:( ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:46:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328407&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328407 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328401&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328401 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 15386
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:43am

thanks guys... sounds like i can put the kids bathroom stool to good use then. and thanks for the reminder about the water... wasnt doing it so much today.    ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:43:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328401&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328401 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328386&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328386 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 15386
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 11:10pm

oh and yeah......do NOT strain!!!   if it's not coming, leave it and try again later

i could barely sit for weeks after having charli, had to take a donut pillow with me everywhere]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:10:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328386&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328386 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328385&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328385 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 15386
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 11:09pm

i remember those times deb...not fun at all!!!!
drink plenty of fluids defintately! go as soon as you need to and try to sit leaning forward with your legs slightly elevated.....as in up on tippy toes

best of luck hun, it does get better, just takes abit of time]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:09:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328385&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328385 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328341&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328341 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 15386
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 10:18pm

yeah heard kiwifruit juice was good too...make sure plenty of fluids cause the hard one will hurt!!!! I burst one of my Haems last week when i had tummy bug and could not SIT all day long...

I get the painyou are talking about cause of scar tissue pressing...not much you can do if it is that exccpt drink lots of go a few times a day to clear it all out and not block up...

eh gads - sorry TMI!!! ]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:18:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328341&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328341 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328337&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328337 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 15386
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 10:14pm

Kiwi juice, one or two glasses a day. Or kiwi crush would do as well.

I had those gut wrenching pains for a little while, normally when feeding, don't know if uterus contracting caused something in the bowels, like the cramping affecting it or whether is was just cos it was an inconvenient time for it to happen. It did settle down after 3-4 weeks. They would sometimes cause a rush to the loo but then would struggle to go (sorry tmi) and no you shouldn't strain.
]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:14:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328337&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328337 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328320&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328320 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 15386
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 10:07pm

Ok ladies i need your help.

first i was constipated - took lactulose and prunes then wham, the opposite of above complaint.

then nothing for two days and then the horrible grippy pains of bad gas and the need to go do no 2's then bam diarrhoea again. told the nurse today and she said prob from the voltaren so gave something else to take home...

Only now i am home and i have the diarrhoea bad...it grips my guts and i have to run to the toilet only it seems to make me want to strain and i think i read somewhere that you shouldnt strain...and i know it is giving me a pain in the haemorrhoids!!!

so what do i do??? i'd hate to think what a "real" bowel motion would feel like...   

any suggestions people...?!]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:07:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15386&PID=328320&title=help-re-poos-and-gas-poss-tmi#328320