Help! I'm 3 days out and I have started burping/belching, my stomach keeps rumbling/growling. All the signs that used to tell me i'd better eat something. Is this normal?

I also have been expelling a lot of gas and have not had a bm since day before surgery. I haven't been too concerned about that since I haven't really eaten enough.

I've done everything as instructed however I'm still working on my Water intake. I 'tested' my pouch yesterday and consumed 2 oz at one time with no issues.

Help! I'm 3 days out and I have started burping/belching' date=' my stomach keeps rumbling/growling. All the signs that used to tell me i'd better eat something. Is this normal? I also have been expelling a lot of gas and have not had a bm since day before surgery. I haven't been too concerned about that since I haven't really eaten enough. I've done everything as instructed however I'm still working on my Water intake. I 'tested' my pouch yesterday and consumed 2 oz at one time with no issues. [/quote']

It's very normal. I'm 18 months post op and I still burp after I eat. Mostly when I eat too fast tho, I can have burping sessions for a couple mins after. When I firs had surgery my stomach would growl so loud lol. I used to just make a joke out of it.

Yes very normal. At 11 mos I tend to use the burping as a tool to tell me stop eating now because one more bite may send me to the rest room to throw up. The really growing decreases with time, but yes it's really loud right after surgery. Feed it some water.

I burped all the time anyways before surgery. I was told years ago it was because I had a hiatal hernia, but when they went in for surgery, it turns out there was no hernia. It was a phantom hernia. Of course, there's no good explanation for the GERD now....

Still burp, and it usually feels nice.