Mummy meconium

[BabyBrain]

The iron tablets have got me Gawd I'd forgotten how savage they are! Was going to rely on my old mate orange juice but talking to the mw earlier she said babies with colic get worse if bf or expressing mums have a diet high in acids like fruit juice so that's out of the question now

Lactulose is crap, pardon the pun, and fybogel should just be banned imo. Prunes it is then xxxxxxxx

 

[pinkyprincess]

Oh I forgot about that!!!!

 

[BevG]

i had to stop taking the iron tabs, pooping started to hurt n bleed so i gave them up

 

[Nic36]

I stopped the iron tablets too... Far too much pain!

 

[Hunnie]

Iron tablets have destroyed me!

 

[TORino]

I stopped taking mine too.

Pushing out a hard poo with these stitches is too much to comprehend.

 

[wannabmummy]

I'm still taking mine else I'd be dead on my feet! Lost 2L of blood so still recovering!! On an almighty dose of lactulose though which (touch wood) seems to help!! X

 

[Samsgirl]

Prune juice. Amazing stuff! I also used fybogel in hospital. It's minging I know but bloody hell it works! X

 

[VikkiR]

Ask for liquid iron and try that it's supposed to not make you half as constipated and tastes likes after eight mints xx

 

[BabyBrain]

I only lost 500ml of blood which is not a lot considering and levels are only a little low. I'll give them til monday which will be 7 days and then stop them. After nearly an hour of trying to go yesterday I said to the OH yesterday how cruelly ironic it was to have a c-section and feel like I've laboured as well lol

 

[tinks77]

Spatone liquid iron from boots/tescos etc is way better than iron tablets!

 

[BevG]

it only takes 24 hrs for a normal healthy person to make a pint of blood back so taking them for a week should be plenty, they wanted me to take them for 3 months and i only lost 450ml

 

[Belfast girl]

oh i remember that, that was awful. i didn't go for 8 days! my mw said to stop taking them for a few days.