I'm so sorry that you developed such a severe obstruction and new diagnosis. I hope you continue to feel better!
I wanted to echo your experience and plan for the 2nd pregnancy in case anyone else was dealing with this. I developed a blockage with my first and it was so scary and painful. And quite honestly the ob department did a great job of taking care of baby, but had no real idea about taking care of me and delayed calling in a gi consult.
For my second pregnancy, I decided to be as proactive as I could and work with my GI doc to develop a good post c-section plan. The second time went smoothly with no blockages. The plan was similar to yours:
- I did a clear liquid diet 24hrs prior to surgery.
- No opiods, only epidural and then alternating tylenol and ibuprofen. You have to be really good though at keeping up on these or else the pain bleeds through.
- Slooow progression of diet. Clear liquids day 1, and then regular liquids until I started passing stool. Then soft foods for about a week.
- Took a stool softner and reglan for the first week.