Contents:
- Medical Video: Try Not To Laugh Challenge #5
- Chewing gum can overcome difficult BAB after caesarean delivery
- How many times should you chew gum to keep the bowel flowing smoothly after surgery?
Medical Video: Try Not To Laugh Challenge #5
Difficulty defecating after a caesarean birth sometimes becomes a nightmare for many women. Usually you will not defecate for 2 or 3 days. Even if pressure arises, defecating the first time after a caesarean delivery can be very painful. This is because a large operation such as a caesarean section can cause "constipation" due to an intestinal blockage called ileus.
But you don't need to worry. There is one simple, strange but real trick, which is believed to be able to help new mothers ward off difficult BAB after giving birth. All you need is to stop by the shop near the house to buy gum. Yes! Chewing gum is staying one way to speed up recovery from difficult bowel movements after giving birth. How come?
Chewing gum can overcome difficult BAB after caesarean delivery
One in five women is diagnosed with intestinal blockage (ileus) after a caesarean section. Intestinal blockages make the body's digestive system slow down dramatically or even stop altogether. This causes new mothers to experience unwell, stomach cramps, flatulence, to nausea a few days after surgery. Intestinal blockage is thought to occur due to inflammation from the act of dissecting the stomach during caesarean section for the birth pathway of the baby.
Usually the doctor will advise you to take a short walk or eat something immediately after surgery to relieve symptoms. But the frequency of these two ideas only "enters the right ear, out the left ear" for many new mothers because nausea and feeling weak after surgery makes them not eager to do anything.
Well, a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, United States found a simple solution to overcome difficult bowel movements after giving birth just by chewing gum. This is because mchewing gum can "trick" the body into thinking that you are eating by imitating the actual eating process.
Chewing without having to swallow something can still make saliva flow in your mouth and help send a signal to the intestine that there is "food" that comes so it's ready to start moving again. This was proven by the research team after observing 17 different studies involving more than 3,000 women. The average female participant who chewed gum for 30 minutes in 2 hours after leaving the operating room managed to fart only 23 hours later. A record time of 6.5 hours faster than a group of women who did not chew gum at all - they could only fart 30 hours after surgery.
How many times should you chew gum to keep the bowel flowing smoothly after surgery?
If you want to try this one trick to overcome defecation after giving birth, chew gum in 2 hours after leaving the operating room for 30 minutes for 3 times a day. Do it continuously until signs of wanting to fart appear.
Fart is one of the earliest signs that the digestive system has returned to normal functioning. This is a signal that there is no more blockage in the intestine and the intestine returns to moving as usual. Conversely, the inability to get rid of the wind can indicate an intestinal blockage.
