I thought I had managed to control constipation. Obviously I was wrong.
After DD was born, the problem of constipation came back. This time it was much worse than it had been during my pregnancy (see Fight against constipation). The stool was pushed out so hard that big drops of blood came along with it. So far I already had bleeding twice during the bowl movement.
I followed every tip I learned to Fight against constipation: eat a lot of vegetables and fruits daily, eat more soup rather than solid food, drink a lot of fluid, and do a little bit exercise.
The problem was still there. Maybe the reason I had constipation this time was I missed the time window to have the bowl movement, since at that time I was either nursing the baby or rocking her to sleep.
Yesterday I had the worst constipation on record. I missed the time window to have the bowl movement in the morning. Then I had no feeling of bowl movement the whole day. Since I just had a big bleeding two days ago, I was afraid the situation would get even worse. Currently I really had no time to go to hospital.
I drank tons of water, ate two bananas, two peaches, one apple, and only ate light meals. Still, there was no progress.
Grandma suggested me to eat dried plums. She said dried plums were very effective to trigger bowl movement.
Was it true? No matter what, I was desperate to ease my situation. After eating five dried plums and taking two pills of stool softener, finally I had a small bowl movement this morning and a big one in the afternoon.
I felt much relieved.
The fight against constipation is never ending. Mothers-to-be and new mothers, if you happen to have constipation during pregnancy or nursing, try dried plums. Hope it helps solve your problem too!
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August 4, 2008 12:53 pm | 
Comments (2)
We can eradicateConstipation if we change our food diet properly. Taking lot of fluids and fiber may help a lot.
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Cheers! Sandra. R.