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rectum hurts

I  had my baby a month ago and im very sore in my TMI butt crack, i was constipated after the c section and only number 2 twice...what can i do about this?
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7358510 tn?1427032173
dang oat meal? i had oatmeal in the cupboard wish i just ate that instead of spending $40 on medicine lol.
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134578 tn?1693250592
Honey, that is really good news.  Now, for at least a month, eat a bowl of oatmeal and a granola bar every day, and be sure to poop every day.  You have a pretty stressed colon, and it will need a chance to heal, and if you get a lot of fiber it will make everything so much easier.
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Mel Singh I didnt mean anything badly to u:)
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After I had my son, I did not go for about 3 weeks.  My butt hurt so bad I could not sit stand or bend over.  I remmeber the electrician was here one day and I dropped the bottle on the floor.  I bent over to pick it up and stood back up crying.  He picked the bottle up for me.  Milk of Mag made it happen but not without severe pain when it happened!
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So, I had a bowel movement and at first there was constipation, but I ate oatmeal , drunk alot of water and ate garnola bars, it  came  right out! :-) and my rectum doesn't hurt anymore!!! Yay! Thanks for the advice ladies
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7358510 tn?1427032173
Ya i agree with u . I just realize shes well pass The stage i thought she was at.
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Melsingh no offense this is more urgent thrn that she needs to see a dr assp a blockage canbe dangerous if ut had been fee days or week then that would be ok. This long not trying to scare anyone but ppl have gotten so blocked ppl have died gotten severely I'll. Please update us hope u called dr asap
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7358510 tn?1427032173
Opse sorry i just read ur post properly. Ur defiantly already in the chronic stage. Ouch that must be so painful . I agree with annie advice.
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134578 tn?1693250592

You said it has been a month since the baby was born and that "i was constipated after the c section and only number 2 twice..."  Are we misunderstanding you in thinking that you are saying you have only gone number 2 twice since the C-section?  Because if that is correct, twice in a month, you really need medical assistance.  Don't take anything to soften your stool if it really has been only two bowel movements in one month.  You could soften what is at the top (in your intestines) and put pressure even harder on what is at the bottom (the hard, compacted stool in your colon).  Call the doctor, I would consider this an emergency worth attending to tonight.  Don't wait.
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7358510 tn?1427032173
If u do u have to take heaps of water with it my doctor prescribed me lavalac. It to swweet though its yuck
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7358510 tn?1427032173
Take a stool softner, deal with it now before u get chronic constipation or even worse hemmroids :O
Some ppl dont have a bowl movement till a week after birth. My doctor told me that.
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If your ask taking medication that can block you up.  Drink water and call for a medication to take.  
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134578 tn?1693250592
I agree with the others.  Call your doctor and explain you have only had two bowel movements in a month.  If you really have only pooped twice in a month and have been eating normally, your colon is full of hard, impacted fecal material.  Don't take anything (laxatives or anything) lest it increase the pressure on the hard stuff that is blocking things.  I would consider it enough of an emergency to call your doctor's night on-call number now, and prepare for them to ask you to come to the hospital for a clean-out.  This is serious stuff.

Once you are cleaned out (not before!!!) you'll probably need to take fiber supplements for a year, to give your colon a chance to mend and to learn to contract again normally.  But that is after you get past this emergency.  
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Ps ur very sore there bcuz uve not had a bowel movement. Please call
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Thats not good twice in one month??? U can get a blockage that canbe dangerous going tgat long.id immediately call your dr not trying toworry or scare u. But when you have s baby surgery etc ypur system slows down. Best thing calk dr ASAP
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