https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:11:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2400769 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 08:12:15 +0000 Mrs. Tea 2400769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like the medicine. I took Tylenol 2s after my c section and got majorly backed up. Then I switched to lower dose of Motrin and it was like magic. I would call, no need to suffer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2400725 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:26:23 +0000 antigone 2400725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll just say it. I felt like I was birthing a log through the back door. I took Percocet too, plus I didn't go the whole 6 days I was in the hospital. It was rough, especially since I developed a hemorrhoid during pregnancy. It is still sometimes pretty painful, and I'm almost four weeks out from the c section.</p> <p>What helped: taking the stool softeners I was given, LOTS of water, and also probiotics. I swore by probiotics while pregnant and credit them with combating the pregnancy constipation; they were really helpful postpartum, too. I also divided the iron pill - half in the morning and half later in the day. Iron, especially with Percocet, can cause serious constipation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399799 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:12:15 +0000 travelgirl1 2399799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would check with your doctor. I didn't have that problem after either of my c-sections. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399798 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:12:13 +0000 yoursilverlining 2399798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely talk to your doctors about it and see what they can recommend or give you. I didn't have pooping issues post c-section (during pregnancy and taking zofran; now that's a different story!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399767 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:45:18 +0000 Mae 2399767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd suspect the percocet. I didn't take anything except advil and tylenol after my c-section and it was never painful for me. I did take stool softeners (on their recommendation) for like a week until I decided that was stupid because I wasn't having issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399738 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:54:26 +0000 PawPrints 2399738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone in my centering pregnancy prenatal group had a C-section and had to spend a day in the ER a few days after the birth with an impacted stool blocking her colon due to severe constipation. She said it was more painful than labor. I can't even imagine. I hope you get some relief! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399735 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:46:14 +0000 autumnlove 2399735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only had this problem after my third csection. I think it was the iron and pain meds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399670 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:59:59 +0000 brady80 2399670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like it's the percocet. I would try a combo of prune juice and colace and definitely mention it to your doctor. It's hard enough recovering from a c-section without the extra pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399659 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:37:52 +0000 MrsYellowJacket 2399659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would call!! Bowel movements were not painful for me after my c section... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399650 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:01:57 +0000 MrsKRB 2399650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took Percocet after my egg retrieval and I was majorly blocked up. Colace helped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399630 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:47:02 +0000 BananaPancakes 2399630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the Percocet could be a major factor. I was off of it by the 3rd day and only the first poop was painful. I'm suprised they didn't send you home with a painkiller that was a little lighter. I was given Tylenol 3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399588 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:03:34 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2399588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd call and see if there's anything they can do for you.<br /> I've had two sections, one emergency and one planned and didn't have that problem either time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399507 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:56:03 +0000 ValentineMommy 2399507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After my first son, it hurt a ton. I definitely cried and I think everything went white with pain.</p> <p>After my second son, I had no problems. I pooped the day after having him and it was like nothing ever happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399485 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 06:45:19 +0000 sotofamilia 2399485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just had a c section last week and the first few days were brutal in terms of gas/needing to poop. I actually ended up asking my nurse for a suppository, which helped a lot, so that's one option. One week out today, and things are much better...I would call if you're still having a lot of pain. Good luck - this is one side effect I wasn't prepared for! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399431 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:46:14 +0000 gracecat 2399431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no!! That sounds awful, I would definitely mention it, make a big deal about it so they give you something that helps. I had two c-sections and no pain going poop. I hope they can sort it out for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399381 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:01:44 +0000 dagret 2399381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: I had a vaginal birth with xs and a c section with dd and pooping after the c section was a breeze compared to after the vaginal birth. And I was taking all the painkillers they gave me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399379 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:58:25 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2399379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would at least check with your doctor to be sure. I pooped for the first time a couple days post-section and I didn't have any pain at all. Nor did I have any issues after that (and I was also taking Percocet). Based on my experience, I'd say it is at least worth asking about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399326 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:05:46 +0000 Run2shore 2399326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not have a c-section so can't completely relate, but just had a pretty traumatic delivery resulting in level 4 medio-lateral episiotomy. The post-partum pooping was harder than the actual delivery. I found that the only way I was able to go was by filling a sitz bath with very warm water and sitting it. It was a pretty tedious process because I would have to keep emptying and refilling the sitz bath as I went along, and it often took me an hour "to go." But it truly was the only thing that made it bearable. Until that point I was literally crying and screaming when I tried to go. Hope you find relief soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399320 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:02:10 +0000 artsyfartsy 2399320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It hurt so bad. The first time was absolute torture. It was at least a month, maybe longer before I stopped dreading it. It was awful.</p> <p>I asked about it too on here after I had my c-section and I've heard that it's fairly normal. Def ask your doc though and hopefully they can help you out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399318 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:01:50 +0000 lepamplemousse 2399318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Milk of magnesia! Stool softener + laxative. After my c-section it took me about a week to poop. It's very common. The painkillers make you so constipated. Stool softener alone weren't enough for me. Milk of magnesia helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pooping-post-c-section#post-2399291 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:45:23 +0000 lovehoneybee 2399291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did pooping hurt? How long until it made you not want to cry? A week post-op tomorrow, and I'm still taking Percocet a few times a day (my incision still hurts a lot), and I know that's binding things up, as well as an iron pill (my iron levels plummeted fast after). I'm taking stool softeners, and so far I've pooped 3 times and every time has left me crying hard (gas pain still hurts a ton, too, and peeing, to a lesser extent). </p> <p>Is this normal? Is it the Percocet? I do for a follow-up tomorrow and it's pretty much at the top of my questions list, but I'm wondering how normal it is. It hurt after I had E, after a second degree tear on top of an episiotomy, but nothing like this. This has been the worst part of the recovery, by far... </p>