The first postpartum 💩

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]If you're pregnant right now or you've just had a baby, give me 60 seconds to give you all of the tips to make that first postpartum less One, hydrate. Poop is 75% water. So, if you're not hydrated, you're going to be pooping rocks. Two, as soon as it is safe for you to do so, get up and get moving around.

[00:00:15]>> I like to move it.

[00:00:16]>> Three, stay on top of your pain meds so that you're comfortable enough to do tip two on your way to number two. Four, stool softeners so when it is finally time to go poop, you're not a brick.

[00:00:25]Five, show your paranneeium some love with some witch hazel or ice if it's sore or swollen. Six, hemorrhoids. If you have them, be sure to treat them well before the poop arrives. Seven, when the poop is knocking, open the door and let it out. Do not delay pooping for any reason. Do not pass go again. I I I don't know what kind of accent that is.

[00:00:42]Eight, get a squatty potty or a stool under your feet to change that angle of your colon and make that poop come out so much easier. Nine, when it's finally time to poop, you're going to splint whatever part of your body your baby came out of. Make yourself a little pillow out of toilet paper and you're going to physically push that up against your paranneeium as you bear down. Take a pillow or a blanket and hug it against your incision as you bear down. How many days did you have to wait before your first postpartum poop?

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