My question is: have any of you found that after childbirth you can't stop from passing wind in public? In the seven years i have been with my husband i have never "farted" in front of him but now after having had my first child , it has escaped me twice. I find it embarassing and at the same time, i crack up laughing. The horrible thing is that i am already having a hard time feeling my old sexy self , now i fart as well!!!
Simple fact of life - people fart. Some just do it more audibly or smelly than others. I fart when I need to, if it becomes obvious to others and could be embarassing, I just say excuse me and carry on like it was no bigger deal than a sneeze. If anyone has something to say about it I just use my other-half's mother's quote "Better to fart and smell a little than bust a gut and be a cripple" - quite valid as far as I'm concerned given the woman is recovering from a bowel-repair operation after having to spend over 9 months with a colostomy bag! After suffering that, she is quite happy to be able to fart again. Being embarassed about farting is like being embarassed about breathing. We all do it, we just don't like to admit it. Nevermind, once your pelvic floor muscles strengthen up it will improve a bit.
lmao my mother says the same thing and adds this to the end, be it a church or a chapel , i'll let it rattle.
she even says listen to this its too good to mis badam badum bum bum ..........then farts. she is nuts,
farting just shows that god had a sense of humour cause nothing eases the tention of a dramatic situation than to hear the sound of a fart. id challenge anyone not to snicker if they heard one while in public lol i wonder if anyone has learnt to fart the alphabet, i mean they can burp it.
oh sister just let it go our husbands do it so should we. I waited untill he let few go then I followed no poin on holding it in. when I was pregnant I was like a bagpipe even let one out when I was near my father in law but lucky he was talking loud and did not hear me but I died of shame.
This is totally normal. All the muscle & tissue & skin down there has been stretched to the max & it will take time for things to return to normal. Even your bladder & bowels are a little worn out for weeks after child birth. Things will start to get back to normal in no time!!
hahahah i had the same problem. but rest assured, its only temporary, and soon enough your butt will be back to normal. good on you for not holding it all in anymore. your guts will thank you for it!
a big congratulations to you on being liberated from the excruciating pain you must have suffered from holding these farts in for 7 years. i did the same with my man and i suffered to no end, constantly concentrating on not farting and suffering the pains to boot. i then realised hey he does it and we are with each other all the time why am i supposed to hold it. well i still held it til i fell pregnant that is and then i swear my bum had a mind all its own and no matter how hard i tried i couldnt stop them, it was then i figured oh well why stop there lol.
now i dont bother trying to hold them i just try to move away from them all , but i still go hysterical laughing at them like a teenager cause i know he doesnt really like to hear them.(but he has no worries me hearing his0
i perfectly understand the sexy thing too because there is no time to feel anything other than as feeding, cleaning machine when you first have a baby. trust me when you get into a routine and can make 5 minutes to even put a little lippie on you will get your sexy back. as for the farting thing, it will calm down soon enough it just takes a while for the body to get bag into normality after a child and it seems that gas is a problem for a while lol. good luck and just keep laughing at them but make sure you do things for yourself to make you feel good , then the old sexy you will follow.
Thanks for all replies. How long does it last? I had baby 7 months ago, i am just afraid it may happen in front of someone else apart from my husband. I know it's natural and we our bodies were meant to pass wind, but i don't think others would appreciate it.
It is funny though ,and like you celtica189 i go into hysterics when it happens.
My husband smiles but just shakes his head, he doesn't pass wind in front of me but does occassionally burp.
hey they say that it can take 2 years to get back to normal after childbirth but right now just watch that your diet isnt high in sugar or fibre as we tend to pick at the wrong foods when we are running around after a baby and not feed ourselves properly. so just steer clear of gas inducing foods for a bit and see how that goes. besides its not the first time ive had to clench when im chatting to others and god help me if i laugh suddenly , i have to time a quick cough to cover up noises lol.
it is all about the food you eat, remember to watch gas inducing food and your trumpet bum syndrome should simmer down lol(cabbage,onion,etc.) good luck.
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