Gas and BM problems during delivery (DSers)

[Guest guest]

This has crossed my mind lots of time too, but was to

embarrassed to ask....any input about this from DSers

who have already delivered would be appreciated!!!

Meredith

--- a wrote:

> You know I never thought about that until you stated

> here on your

> post..worrying about gas during delivery..as anyone

> who knows about

> the DS knows..us DSers have a not so nice smell in

> the bathroom or

> when we have external gas issues " ...i really dont

> want to be

> embarrased in that delivery room...you are right

> about this

> surgery...the other day when i received some news

> about my labs and

> they told me that i have normal Cholesterol

> levels..I had almost

> died..i am fortunate that I dont have a " culprit "

> food that does me

> in..nothing has been consistent..meaning..I cant say

> that Pizza or

> Doughnuts make me..this..this..and this..sometimes i

> will have a

> reaction and other times i wont..so i have been

> blessed on this

> end...but although i eat VERY normal..ever since i

> became pregnant

> and the further along i get (monday i will be on my

> 12th week) i am

> not eating as often..and losing pounds..but i am

> sure the scale will

> tip..i have been on the longest plateau in

> history..and funny when i

> get pregnant the scale slides down a little..oh

> well..but are you

> feeling okay overall..any dizzyness or fatigue..i

> know i am..

>

> -erica (Houston, TX)

> PRE OP WEIGHT 303

> CURRENT 202

>

> DS DATE: 08/13/03

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I'm not familiar w/ the DS (?) surgery, but the gas and stool from the

open RNY surgery isn't very rosey smelling either. lol My hubby says

it " lingers " for a while. lol

My advice.... as the baby comes down the birth canal, it's inevitable

that he/she will push out gas and oftentimes some stool. I would buy a

small purse size " Bath and Body Works " home spray fragrance to squirt

here and there as long as no one in the room has asthma. If you know

when you are going to the hospital, use some beano. As for the stool

coming out with pushing, sometimes if you haven't had a BM for a day

or so, you will push some out. At our hospital, we squirt liquid soap

or betadine on it and just wipe it away to the trash can below

catching all of the *gunk* that comes out with delivery. You really

dont smell it because the soap smell/betadine hospital type smell

takes over quickly. I have had several pts bring their small $5.00

purse size concentrated room spray from Bath and Body Works and have

one of the assigned people watching the delivery give a squirt every

30 minutes if the gas is bad. Be certain to ask if the nurse or Dr

doing your delivery isn't allergic to certain sprays though, or you

may create a bigger problem!

Not a problem and we think NOTHING of it.... its all a part of God's

" Big Picture " and " major Plan " .... something as large as a baby cannot

push through the reproductive/gastrointestinal tract without causing a

little stink. (pun intended)lol

Sheila

L & D RN

[Guest guest]

I'm not familiar w/ the DS (?) surgery, but the gas and stool from the

open RNY surgery isn't very rosey smelling either. lol My hubby says

it " lingers " for a while. lol

My advice.... as the baby comes down the birth canal, it's inevitable

that he/she will push out gas and oftentimes some stool. I would buy a

small purse size " Bath and Body Works " home spray fragrance to squirt

here and there as long as no one in the room has asthma. If you know

when you are going to the hospital, use some beano. As for the stool

coming out with pushing, sometimes if you haven't had a BM for a day

or so, you will push some out. At our hospital, we squirt liquid soap

or betadine on it and just wipe it away to the trash can below

catching all of the *gunk* that comes out with delivery. You really

dont smell it because the soap smell/betadine hospital type smell

takes over quickly. I have had several pts bring their small $5.00

purse size concentrated room spray from Bath and Body Works and have

one of the assigned people watching the delivery give a squirt every

30 minutes if the gas is bad. Be certain to ask if the nurse or Dr

doing your delivery isn't allergic to certain sprays though, or you

may create a bigger problem!

Not a problem and we think NOTHING of it.... its all a part of God's

" Big Picture " and " major Plan " .... something as large as a baby cannot

push through the reproductive/gastrointestinal tract without causing a

little stink. (pun intended)lol

Sheila

L & D RN

[Guest guest]

I worried about this ALOT in the weeks before I delivered. (I am a

DSer) You can even see me on the video that my sister shot in the

delivery room, asking the doctor about it because I was so worried

that I would be embarassed. The doctor assured me that it was no big

deal and she had seen and heard it ALL before!

In the end (so to speak) I had nothing to worry about. Nothing

embarassing happened. I think I was so careful about what I ate

(almost strictly proteins) in the last few days. That is really my

best advice. Eat what is easiest on your tummy when you get close to

delivery and then stop worrying about it! Once you get in the

delivery room you will be so focused on the birth that nothing else

will matter!

Good luck!

STEPH

[Guest guest]

I worried about this ALOT in the weeks before I delivered. (I am a

DSer) You can even see me on the video that my sister shot in the

delivery room, asking the doctor about it because I was so worried

that I would be embarassed. The doctor assured me that it was no big

deal and she had seen and heard it ALL before!

In the end (so to speak) I had nothing to worry about. Nothing

embarassing happened. I think I was so careful about what I ate

(almost strictly proteins) in the last few days. That is really my

best advice. Eat what is easiest on your tummy when you get close to

delivery and then stop worrying about it! Once you get in the

delivery room you will be so focused on the birth that nothing else

will matter!

Good luck!

STEPH