Hello everyone,
Would be really grateful if someone can give me some advice ...
Ever since I had my second baby (4 months ago), my old fissure came back and I can't seem to pass any stool without straining. I tried softeners (no use), fibres (made BM more painful to start), prunes (gave me explosive stool, which is painful to start BM again), coconut oil (can't seem to feel an effect), honey (no effect), Then I found milk of magnesia from this site.
It gave me a beautiful month of relief where my stool just completely became water and would just slide out without needing me to strain. Then all of the sudden, about two weeks ago, MOM seemed to have lost its magic and one BM gave me a tear and I had to strain. So the next day I increased the MOM dosage by a little and still the same. Then I kept increasing the dosage until it got to a point where I had to go three times a day, so I dropped the dosage back down to control the BM at once a day, but the daily tearing when BM starts is still happening.
I don't know why but even after my stool has completely become water, when it first came out, it still is very difficult to start and I can feel this enormous push that's about to create a tear. The push actually feels very airy. And when the stool does actually come out, sure enough it's painful like anything and that enormous push would create a tear as the stool came out.
After the movement started, the rest of it I can feel is just all water . Sorry for the long story but did anyone else have similar stories? Just what else can I do to start BM without tearing? I have been monitoring my diet to see if there is any food that triggers this, but I haven't found anything of interest either.
Really hope someone can help ... This daily tearing is really testing ....
Thank you so much ...