Hi,
I'm new to the forum and have questions about postpartum fissures and in general. I got an anal fissure with my first baby 2 years ago. After 3 excruciating months and visits to doctors who didn't know what I had I finally went to a CRS who diagnosed me with an AF. He wanted to do surgery the next day but it freaked me out so I put it off. I went home and started on miralax and by the end of the month no more fissure.
That was almost 2 years ago, I had my second baby just 5 weeks ago and 2 weeks ago it came back with a bout of diarrhea. (I just don't believe constipation is the only cause of fissures). It's back and I've uped the frequency of miralax to 2x a day (morning and night) plus I've added 4 sitz baths to the mix. I'm just too tight down there. I've of course lost 30lbs in this 5 weeks and am breastfeeding and am just wondering if there are any other people who after a couple of months post partum the fissure went away? or went away with breastfeeding or what? Should I try to get a CRS to prescribe me nitro? I'm so frustrated because I was forewarned by my OB that this stupid thing would come back and low and behold!
Also, I'm confused as to what foods work. I've been living on mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, avocados and mashed squash since and even though my stools are soft..they aren't soft enough. Should I be adding prune juice or MOM?
Thank you!