bloated and other icky tidbits..

Today I am really bloated. I'm swollen and waddling and look pregnant....but I'm just bloated like hell and my incisions hurt.. I took 2 gas x strips, hoping to fart it out...now I'm wondering...when should I poo? Haven't gone since Sunday night...normal?

Maybe take some Miralax or MOM, if your surgeon allows. I take 2 Dulcolax stool softeners a day and this sometimes doesn't help, so I have to resort to Miralax.

We had surgery the same day. I've yet to go to the bathroom as well. I was just telling my husband earlier when I was getting up off the couch that I felt like I was 9 months pregnant and about to pop! I have that same bloated feeling and have used some gas x strips today too. 

Mom worked really well...but now that the gas is gone, my deflated tummy feels like ground hamburger. ugh. Looks like a light activity day ahead.

I had surgery on the same day as you as well, and the first few days were definitely miserable.  I had that bloated feeling and pain too.  I stuck to my walking though, and I was passing a lot of gas yesterday, so now I'm deflated.  This morning, I have diarrhea though, so I'm not sure if that's normal or not.  My doc's office said my bowels would move after about 4 days or so, so that's about on target with what they said.  I just don't remember them saying it would be diarrhea.  Is this the same for others?

I was bloated and gassy for at least a week after surgery. Stretching and walking helped me pass it but I never had a large expell then release it was just little by little. The gasx didnt seem to help me at all.  And as far a b/m I didnt do that for 9 days after surgery. I did a little bit of everything so I dont know what finally worked. I used Miralax, dulcolax, prunes and a collard green and strawberry smoothie concoction my daughter made then finally boom! lol

After the milk of mag, I went and got a ton of gas out..it wasn't pleasant. Today I started filling back up again. I didn't have it like this in the hospital...weird that it'****ting now. I feel like this has been a rough recovery.