Trapped wind post c section

I am 11 days after an emergency c section and my stomach is incredibly uncomfortable. I am assuming it’s trapped wind judging by the amount of burping I am doing 😂 It’s the most uncomfortable that I have been, my incision looks like it is healing well. Has anyone else experienced this? I have been taking buscopan which helps for about 30 minutes, been going on 2/3 days now. Is this normal? Anything else I can do to help?
Called the community midwives in who said to call MAU at the hospital where I gave birth, but they are not answering (which was the case all throughout my entire pregnancy) so not sure where to go from here?

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When i was admitted in hospital post C section for 4 days, i had same problem. Nurses gave me some hot peppermint water,almost half cup 3 times a day and it worked wonders to me.
All trapped wind came out of my body and i was feeling so light and easy

You can get peppermint tablets or maybe try chewing gum x

Peppermint tea or peppermint oil capsules help massively

Peppermint tea & peppermint oil!! I had this religiously in hospital as I was in agony and helped so much, also take lactulose if you haven’t yet gone to the toilet, trust me 😂

I’ve been having peppermint tea and dates to try help relieve the constipation too. X

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