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Post Birth Softeners/Laxatives 💩

Looking into stool softeners for post birth and just want to see if any mummas have got any recommendations from experience? I know you can get softeners or laxatives, from what I can see online the softeners are recommended over the laxatives but looking for recommendations really to make the first one after birth more comfortable 🫣

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I was prescribed fibragel but im allergic to lactose

They give you lactolose syrup in hospital after Csections, does the job in most cases 😊

Definitely ask the midwives for some before you get discharged, I forgot and it was traumatic 😭 and yes laxatives don't help much - that was the only thing I had on me and it didn't help

Do you get constipated after a C-section ?

@Christina yes because your organs temporarily go to sleep during the surgery when they numb everything and swelling can cause issues as well as the painkillers themselves, it wasn’t too bad though I took 5ml of lactolose twice a day and was okay!

I got prescribed laxido after my c section and it worked a treat! I also made sure i kept drinking loads of water and eating lots of dried fruit like soft Apricots etc x

Prunes and food high in sorbitol. I also used lactose after my first. I had it so bad I almost ended up back in hospital but it finally shifted but I had a tear from it. Absolutely awful!! I’m definitely asking for some before I leave hospital.