anyone else had diarrhea after their c-section? here i was thinking it would be difficult to go to the toilet after a c-section. i’m one week postpartum after a very traumatic birth and have been in hospital all week pumped full of different medicines. i had diarrhea from a day after my section and they put it down to the antibiotics they had me on. once my antibiotic changed i still had loose stools and now im off them completely (by choice because they sent me home with “precautionary antibiotics” that were making me feel too sick to eat when trying to breastfeed) and only on blood thinning injections and your typical pain meds. im on iron tablets too but these have always made me constipated.
am i right thinking the injections are causing the diarrhea? or can it just be the c-section itself messing with my bowels?
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Yes, for the first 3 weeks I had it on and off. Some days I wouldn't be able to go to the toilet too x

I had it too but I couldn’t go till day 5 after my c section and I think it was due to the stool softeners I was on. Pain killers typically make u constipated so I had to be on those till I stop taking those meds.

I was constipated really bad from magnesium then once i was discharged horrible diarrhea which sucked since its hard to move quick after c-section

With my first yes I did, everyone reacts to all the medication differently

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