Not passing gas! Help!

[ke12 13]

I know this question has probably been asked and answered before, but I’m two days post op and not passing gas. I am burping every time I drink something, but nothing is coming out the other way!! Any tricks?

[Creekimp13 5,841]

Walk, walk again, then walk some more.

[Yadifan 23]

Did you try the gas x? It helped me. But it takes a few days for it all to expell. I had the same problem.

[logicwand 269]

I was bloated and cramping. Gas X strips did nothing. Ended up taking milk of magnesia twice a day (children's dose) for two days. It worked! I was moving gas and solids and it alleviated my belly.

[Matt Z 4,140]

Lets not forget the gasses they pump into your stomach cavity isn't all inside your stomach or intestines itself. So, you have gasses inside you that don't have a natural way out. So you have to force the gas out. I found that taking a nice deep breath in, holding it while pressing into it slightly, holding that for as long as you can (not too hard, you are just trying to force the gasses to permeate not rip open still healing wounds) then exhale. Worked quite well at reducing the gas pains and bloating.

[GassyGurl 428]

It seems to affect everyone a little different. Some people wake up with gas pain, for me it took 24 hours. Then it hit me like a freight train. I would just walk, walk, walk and if it starts to cause you pain, lay on your left side, expel the gas, and repeat till it stops. For me, it was 3 to 4 day, with each day better than the previous.

Maybe it's all working itself out and you won't have pain. That's a blessing!

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