Not constipated but.......

[Trenna_Bean]

Ok hey just need some advice I just had my little girl Saturday been home for almost 3 days I had a vaginal delivery no stitches( Thank God) in the hospital they gave me stool softener and I've been taking them at home but I'm so scared to go I kno I have to but I'm so scared to give it that lil push I dnt feel like hurting anybody else kno how I feel and can give me any advice on wat to do ?????

[koyama83]

I think that the way I psyched myself up to bm right after was reminding myself that my uterus was too swollen from pregnancy to move down. Lol that was my fear...that my uterus would come too far down. Also just remember that women have been doing this since the beginning of humanity, and you can do it too :)

[jjolfert]

Try not to push hard, just tiny clenches, ease it down as slowly as possible. I had a BM within hours of my daughter being born and I had 6 stitches. It's totally fine.