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Re: Embarrassing question...Does constipation hurt?

From: lynn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 17 May 2003 22:15:53 -0400

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Hi, I can't answer the question on the stool softener and aspirin, but I can tell you (from experience) that constipation can definitely hurt! I have a very high threshold for pain, and when I was preggo with my son, I thought I was having an apendicitis attack. It had me keeled over. I was so embarrassed to go to my obgyn with this, for him to tell me "you just have a full bowel". He did tell me a stool softeneer was fine, but I wasn't taking aspirin. Sure enough, when I did go, the pain was gone. Good luck! Peace, LYnn

>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (anonymous)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
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>Subject: Embarrassing question...Does constipation hurt?
>Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:20:23 -0500
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>I am 27wks pregnant and am constipated. Does constipation hurt? I've
>been getting sharp little pains all over my abdomen (under where the
>baby is) that almost feels like gas pains. I've been having really
>small bowel movements and my stools are about the size of marbles.
>(turning beet red explaining this)
>
>I've read in the archives its ok to take a stool softener but I've also
>read other places online not to take them with aspirin. I am taking a
>81mg aspirin daily (due to a high anticardiolipin antibodies count).
>Should I avoid the stool softener with this dosage of aspirin?
>
>TIA!!!
>

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