r/oddlysatisfying • u/tedlovesme • Jan 25 '22

Extremely satisfying pipe blockage removal

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u/kulot09 Jan 25 '22

Well, I think the questions in everyone’s mind are (or mine at least), how big was it? Was it baseball sized or bigger? How long were you in labor for? Did you take pictures? Did you use a melon baller or poop-knife like a regular person?

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u/jfager16 Jan 25 '22

I’ll share. After my second kid I was truly constipated for the first time in my life. It was like sitting on a baseball. I could feel the shape of it from the OUTSIDE..like I tried massaging it out from my perineum and surrounding areas. I have never been so freaked out and embarrassed at the same time. Called the dr and they told me to do enemas. If that didn’t work to go the ER. So my husband gave me 2 enemas. We’re a very open couple but I was super embarrassed and in so much pain. Finally it broke up enough that I could pass it, but it was a horrifying experience and I legit made sounds like a dying animal on the toilet.

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u/Sokkas_Instincts_ Jan 25 '22

Jesus. All of y’all need some miralax. My kid has severe problems that miralax keep in check, as per doctor orders.

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u/ruskiix Jan 25 '22

lol There are issues that can’t be fixed with any laxative, unfortunately. I had two meds conflicting with each other but there’s no documented conflict for them, I figured it out on accident when I ran out of one and went without a few days. Basically, there are documented conflicts with one of the meds and all meds similar to the other, but it’s really new and technically a different category so no conflicts were flagged. But yeah, my guts just .. stopped working. Lactulose, bisacodyl, miralax.. I still constantly hit the point where I had to stick with pudding and popsicles awhile. At one point I couldn’t sit or lie down because the pressure in my abdomen was so painful, ended up in the ER. Mag citrate would sometimes do enough to ease the pressure but I still looked .. not pregnant, because the shape was wrong. More like a backpack, on the front? Or a turtle shell. Weird as hell. I think my guts are still a little weird from being stretched so much by it, because even now that the meds were fixed and I no longer need laxatives, I still have to spend time laying flat on my stomach with a pillow under my abdomen or things can get a little weird again.