hemorrhoids w/2nd birth

[Lila Verde]

Hello--

I'm Lila, due October 24. I mostly lurk but occasionally post.

As the birth of my second child approaches, the thing I'm most
apprehensive about (I'm only partly joking) a repeat of the
hemorrhoids I had with DS. I never even pushed (I had a c/s for fetal
distress) and I had terrible hemorrhoids after the birth. The
pain/discomfort from them was *much* worse than from the c/s incision.

For those of you who've had 2 (or more) children, am I doomed to
another bout of bad 'roids?

Thanks

Lila
EDD 10/24/03

[LSU Grad of '89]

Did they make you take a bunch of Senikote (gentle laxative) after the CS ?

Mine did and I took it and I blamed it for the 5 day delay in my milk coming
in.

I also drank a ton of water after delivery to try and make it easier for the
milk to come in, and maybe that saved me from getting bad 'roids ?

I will probably get corrected by the hemorrhoid police lurking, but I was of
the opinion that roids were caused in part by pushing or at least poor
technique in pushing. Something like that. But your case proves
otherwise....thanks for the warning - I will be certain to drink lots of
water next time and hopefully avoid the Senikote . They did tell me that I
would be constipated after the CS.....it would be interesting to know why.

L.


"Lila Verde" > wrote in message
om...
> Hello--
>
> I'm Lila, due October 24. I mostly lurk but occasionally post.
>
> As the birth of my second child approaches, the thing I'm most
> apprehensive about (I'm only partly joking) a repeat of the
> hemorrhoids I had with DS. I never even pushed (I had a c/s for fetal
> distress) and I had terrible hemorrhoids after the birth. The
> pain/discomfort from them was *much* worse than from the c/s incision.
>
> For those of you who've had 2 (or more) children, am I doomed to
> another bout of bad 'roids?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lila
> EDD 10/24/03

[Robin T.]

LSU Grad of '89 wrote:

> They
> did tell me that I would be constipated after the CS.....it would be
> interesting to know why.
>
> L.
>

I didn't have a c-section, but I have had major abdominal surgery. At that
time I was told that when you play around with the bowels, it "shocks" them,
and it will take a few days for them to get back on track.

Robin T.
mom to Katherine, 12/25/00

[Lila Verde]

"LSU Grad of '89" > wrote

> Did they make you take a bunch of Senikote (gentle laxative) after the CS ?
>
> Mine did and I took it and I blamed it for the 5 day delay in my milk coming
> in.
>
> I also drank a ton of water after delivery to try and make it easier for the
> milk to come in, and maybe that saved me from getting bad 'roids ?
>
> I will probably get corrected by the hemorrhoid police lurking, but I was of
> the opinion that roids were caused in part by pushing or at least poor
> technique in pushing. Something like that. But your case proves
> otherwise....thanks for the warning - I will be certain to drink lots of
> water next time and hopefully avoid the Senikote . They did tell me that I
> would be constipated after the CS.....it would be interesting to know why.
>
> L.

Hmm, they did give me a stool softener (I can't remember the name)
after the c/s. My milk came in three days after the birth, which
seems a "normal" amount of time, so I don't know if the stool softener
affected that.

I'm not sure drinking a lot of water afterwards would have helped in
my case. The hemorrhoids were there quite soon after the birth and
were not the result of post c/s constipation. The midwife said it was
just the pressure of labor that caused them.

Lila

[Iuil]

"Sophie" wrote
>
> I assumed the same thing about hemorrhoids though - that it was from
> pushing. I don't know anyone personally who got them if they had a
> c-section. Interesting.
>

<raises hand>

The nurse helpfully pointed out that I had a "huge" one when examining the
day after. It took *months* for that bugger to finally disappear.

Jean

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Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and
though they are with you, yet they belong not to you." Khalil Gibran

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[H Schinske]

>"Sophie" wrote
>>
>> I assumed the same thing about hemorrhoids though - that it was from
>> pushing. I don't know anyone personally who got them if they had a
>> c-section. Interesting.

I had them during pregnancy (or old ones were re-activated) just from the
pressure of the babies. The constipation after surgery (which by the way is
often made worse by the morphine) didn't help matters.

--Helen

[Daye]

Sorry to piggyback...

>>"Sophie" wrote
>>>
>>> I assumed the same thing about hemorrhoids though - that it was from
>>> pushing. I don't know anyone personally who got them if they had a
>>> c-section. Interesting.

I got them after a c-section. I hated them.

--
Daye
Momma to Jayan
"Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004
See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/