re: stitches after birth?

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i seriously pooped in an almost standing up position for the first month or so afterward... it was horrible ... [snip!] ... on the toilet! i remember crying in the bathroom and being like, "when will i be able to poop like a normal person again??!!""</blockquote>



Now thats scared me lool i havent had a poo yet x

Quoting Charlotte'Louise Gunn:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i seriously pooped in an almost standing ... [snip!] ... will i be able to poop like a normal person again??!!""</blockquote> Now thats scared me lool i havent had a poo yet x"

OH GOD I DIDNT THINK OF THAT YET  

<blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I was wondering what stitches down there will feel like/heal etc., That's the scariest part for me honestly. Is it really really awful or bearable?"</blockquote>




Its not awful dont worry.. Its just uncomfortable x

Quoting Charlotte'Louise Gunn:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I was wondering what stitches down there will ... [snip!] ... honestly. Is it really really awful or bearable?"</blockquote> Its not awful dont worry.. Its just uncomfortable x"

I'm more afraid of those than the actual act of birth lol...

Quoting Charlotte'Louise Gunn:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i seriously pooped in an almost standing ... [snip!] ... will i be able to poop like a normal person again??!!""</blockquote> Now thats scared me lool i havent had a poo yet x"

they gave me a colace after birth to help. she said it's not going to make you go, but it will make it easier to go when you do, lol. i didn't poop at the hospital. i did when i got home and it sucked! i'm not going to lie or sugarcoat it. it hurt! real bad. but... you can take the colace to help and you'll be fine at some point. it will feel like forever, but it's not forever. lol.

i'm not intending to scare you, but... no one prepared me for the pain of pooping. i'm trying to help you here.

and the question about the stitches..... they hurt, but it's more of a tight kind of feeling, not so much a hurt, if that makes sense. they're just kind of annoying feeling. and they just dissolve away or fall out on their own.

<blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I was wondering what stitches down there will ... [snip!] ... notice having stictches. I was too afraid to look or touch haha. Plus with the pooping I felt like I was gonna bust them out."</blockquote>


Yeah my midwife said id feel like id burst them out when i do eventually go lool but she told me to fold a maternity pad in half &hold it where the stitches are so in my own mind they feel safe... I dont notice they are there either it just sore when i sit down &when i wee lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I'm more afraid of those than the actual act of birth lol..."</blockquote>


Its not saying you will have stitches my best mate had a nearly 11 pound baby &had no stitches i had an 8pound baby &had stitches but my labour was very quick &only 9 hours i was only pushing for about half an hour to an hour.. Everyones different.. There not bad at all just uncomfortable.. &dont worry about the giving birth thing.. This is gonna sound woerd but i actually put my head back &flopped out on the bed like i just had an orgasm when my little girl come out cause its a release feeling.. In my own opinion the contractions are worse than the actual pushing phase x

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" they gave me a colace after birth to help. she said it's not going to make you go, but it will make ... [snip!] ... much a hurt, if that makes sense. they're just kind of annoying feeling. and they just dissolve away or fall out on their own. "</blockquote>


Dude no joke, nobody ever offered me soil softeners or pain meds. I felt so jipped haha then all the ladies on here were taking about pain meds and stool softeners and I was like   so I just got Benefiber and it worked great.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" they gave me a colace after birth to help. ... [snip!] ... on here were taking about pain meds and stool softeners and I was like   so I just got Benefiber and it worked great."

i tried to tell her no to the colace bc i'm weird about meds and i was worried i was just gonna have straight up diarrhea, lol.

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i tried to tell her no to the colace bc i'm weird about meds and i was worried i was just gonna have straight up diarrhea, lol. "</blockquote>


Yeah they have me taking senekot(sp?) right now since I'm on extra iron right now for my csection Friday and I have placenta abnormalities Sony could have extra blood loss. So they give me still softeners at night and I'm always afraid I'm gonna be up all night with diarrhea haha. I know I won't but I'm scared haha

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i tried to tell her no to the colace bc i'm ... [snip!] ... still softeners at night and I'm always afraid I'm gonna be up all night with diarrhea haha. I know I won't but I'm scared haha"

i had never taken a stool softener before, so i was scared too. lol

I've heard it all depends on your body. But honestly I tear a little, or get raw just from wiping to hard or too often, or washing to hard down there... I'm pretty sure I'll tear, and it freaks me out. I can't stand that feel.  

<blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I've heard it all depends on your body. But honestly I tear a little, or get raw just from wiping to ... [snip!] ... or too often, or washing to hard down there... I'm pretty sure I'll tear, and it freaks me out. I can't stand that feel.  "</blockquote>


Start massaging the perineum. and putting some coconut oil on it.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Chelsea :3:</b>" I've heard it all depends on your body. But ... [snip!] ... me out. I can't stand that feel.  "</blockquote> Start massaging the perineum. and putting some coconut oil on it."

Will do ! :3

Thought id tell you lovely ladies i had my first poo after labour the other day &it wasnt that bad i was scared at first but i tried the whole fold the pad in half &put pressure on my stitches it helped a lot! Took me a while to go though because of being scared.. Ive been outting salt in my bath &its reduced the stinging when i wee &sit down   im starting to feel a lot better now   thanks for all your help