just wondering if you need a prescription to get an enema? if all goes to plan i wont need one at all but i just want one sitting around at home in case i feel the need for it. last time i hadnt been to the loo for over 24 hours (cause i was induced and was in the hospital and i find it hard to go in public places TMI sorry) and i think my contractions were worse cause i was cramping up sorta from needing to go as well. anyway.. can i just get one over the counter at chemist?
No you don't, but good luck on asking for and getting one - I asked for one with my 2nd and they refused LOL. But then you could also make sure that you don't get backed up by having loads of water, metamucil/fibre and eating bowel friendly foods.
you can get an over the counter 'mircolax' these work pretty well and we use them in hospital when oral stuff doesnt work.
when i was in my last weeks i used coloxyl, nulax and prune juice as well as increasing my water intake, i found this helped but did by microlax JIC (im bowel obsessed!!!! )
awesome! i will have to go and see a chemist then. it wasnt a matter of being backed up, more a psychological thing i think the first time. this time i just want to be prepared JIC.
LMAO, that's why I requested one the second time (even though I didn't need it anyway). But the irony of it was (eventually) that when I had my fourth bub, I overheard my midwife talking to another midwife about my birth and she must have said something about it cause the second midwife said 'don't you just wish that enemas were still routine' and I felt like saying 'well of course there is going to be poo when you have to push out a baby with a great fat head like he had' ROFL.
You can find them in the section of the chemist where they sell metamucil and other products for the bowel.
I was paranoid about labor and the thought of crapping myself in front of my partner was enough to keep me awake at night!! But when it came to the crunch... I could not have cared less!!
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But when it came to the crunch... I could not have cared less!!
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