I had surgery on 17th of april and I am wondering how long till 1st bowel movement. Sorry if TMI but I have been urinating with no issues but just wanted to know what is normal?

Thank you

hi lapbandgirl,

it may be a few days... take a stool softener 2x's a day until regular... that is what the hospital gave me, and it worked like a charm without any pain and straining.

good luck

amy

From Day 1 post op, I have taken a "dose" of Benefiber, With the exception of one little bit of constipation when I went from liquid to mushy, I have had no problems whatsoever.

I had my surgery on the 16th and I still haven't had a BM. Today I took some Milk of Magnesia but nothing yet. I wasn't on a pre-op diet so I had a regular dinner the night before surgery and I'm surprised I haven't had one yet.

I'm still waiting for the BM too. I don't want to take anything too violent. I suspect the pain meds haven't helped much.

I hadn't had one for 5 days post-op so I had my mom bring me over some Phillip's Milk of Magnesia (horrid nasty stuff, I tell you!) BUT, about 24 hours after taking the stuff I finally started having BMs. My BMs were very liquidy for about a week after but at least I was having them.

I had surgery on April 16th and still no BM, though it feels like I will soon. Are stool softeners relatively safe? I thought of taking one but haven't.

Relax. I waited most of a week. In my situation, I had been on liquid diet for 15 days pre-op, (absolutely nothing to eat) then post op I only drank water and some fruit juice for the 4 days - so all in all, there was not much of anything to get rid of...

So, unless you are uncomfortable, I would relax and not worry

k

about a week...

My Surgery was on 4/16, my first BM took until 4/18 late in the day.. boy! It never felt so good! lol!

Just went through a 6 day, um "dry" spell after my 2nd fill last week. Today was a hallelujah day after some help from a little pill I picked up at the pharmacy. Hello new life! The pounds shed are definately worth it. Usually there is no discomfort and typical BM's every 2-3 days.

Good luck and happy pooping!

It took me 8 days post-op to go. Thats not to say that everyone should go so long but I knew that it would take me a while since for each of my 3 c-sections i did the same thing. If you don't go after a few days call your doc.

Hi It took me about a week,

My doctor strongly believes in "no unnecessary medication to be given" and suggested the water I drink will do the trick and it did help in my BM. :-)

It took me about 6 days and even then ended up getting perscribed a supository (sp) to make the magic happen!