OK so last time i was in labour for 50 hrs from the start of contractions to having my baby. I had a posterier labour, ended up having syto and a 3rd degree episiotomy due to forceps.
I wanted to go to the toilet the whole time but couldn't and the night after i had given birth and actually did go was horrendous. I was on the loo for over an hour in extreme pain and could hear my baby crying while dh was desperately trying to settle her.
So anyway fast forward to this pregnancy and i'm concidering taking laxatives when my waters break or i start contractions. I know that it used to be routine to give women laxatives but why did they stop doing this?
did anyone else decide to do this? Should i just try to take slippery elm or something every day to combat this or are over the counter tablets more effective?
Sorry this is embaressing but it troubles me almost as much as the actual birth part.
TIA