I apologize if this offends anyone. I am 4 days post-op and still haven't pooped. I am actually 6 days without a bm. When did you have your first BM after surgery and did you have to use anything to assist it passing?

Im actually 6 days post op and i had my first bm this morning. I didnt have to use any laxatives or milk of magnesia. I actually was gling to take the milk of magnesia today but magic happened before i had the chance to.

8 minutes ago, humblebeast said:

Im actually 6 days post op and i had my first bm this morning. I didnt have to use any laxatives or milk of magnesia. I actually was gling to take the milk of magnesia today but magic happened before i had the chance to.

Good deal! I am surely passing gas which is alright, maybe something will surprise me soon.

If you take milk of mag, take a small dose first! It had been six days for me, so I took MM per our post op instructions. I didn’t think anything about the dose, took the normal 30 mls. I had explosive poo, had to change my clothes, it was awful!! Fortunately,
I haven’t has any issues since then.

23 minutes ago, pharlow said:

If you take milk of mag, take a small dose first! It had been six days for me, so I took MM per our post op instructions. I didn’t think anything about the dose, took the normal 30 mls. I had explosive poo, had to change my clothes, it was awful!! Fortunately,
I haven’t has any issues since then.

Well that surely sounds less than ideal. I see my nurse practitioner tomorrow, so this is at the top of my list to ask about.