TMI - clogging toilet a lot (again TMI)

[Anonymous]

TOTO toilets, ladies.

Best money I ever spent! That sucker has never clogged even through two pregnancies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First pregnancy, 17 weeks along. three or four times in the last three weeks I have had these massive movements (like cucumber/zucchini size) which are dense/heavy but when they come there is no waiting to taking a softener. I have been trying to eat more fiber because I had trouble with regular old constipation earlier on, but now it's constipation with these huge ones, hemorrhoids/tears, and misery. I have taken Colace from time to time but don"t want to take it every day and sometimes it doesn't get at it-- I just get soft stools after it. . Worried I'm doing damage and wishing i understood what is happening. I take prunes or prune juice, walk a decent amount at my part time job and running errands, and try to drink plenty of water. Trying not to have any caffeine, but have sipped at tea a few times (thinking caffeine will further dehydrate). Eat veggies and fruit. Should I cut out all cheese? Or solid meat? Need a genie for the answers or some wishes!!

More prune juice. Just drink a full glass a day.

Failing that keep some plastic knives by your toilet at all times, like PP.

I love this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TOTO toilets, ladies.

Best money I ever spent! That sucker has never clogged even through two pregnancies!

We have two Totos. One clogs easily. The other does not.

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Anonymous wrote:This is really disgusting but.... I clogged the toilet so much that I started keeping a stash of plastic knives and ziplock baggies in the bathroom. I just (yuck yuck) cut the sucker up with the plastic knife, put the knife in the ziplock and threw it out. Gross, but still better than a clogged toilet.

You somehow retieved your poop from the toilet and cut it up into small peices???? How does that work? What, exactly, do you do?

I just stuck the bottom half of the plastic knife in the toilet and swished it around to break it up, making sure to always keep the top half/handle of the knife above the water, and then I just put the dirty knife in the baggie and threw it out. I never touched anything directly or got my hands dirty. I never told anyone this before since it is so gross and embarrassing but since OP is having such a hard time I thought I would just put it out there.

I love you for posting this. I clog the toilet at least twice a week -- my husband thinks I need a medical intervention, but I'm just going to put my collection of plastic utensils to good use.

Loving this thread - I've used the throw-away wooden chopsticks that come with sushi take-out to break up my DS2's mega poops many a time. I can never understand how such huge poops come through such a tiny asshole. Poor guy - fortunately we can usually manage it with diet but he can be really obstinate with food sometimes, which is when it gets bad. Diaper smoosh doesn't help, either.

My own prenatal poops also clog the toilet regularly - I've just toughed it out with the plunger but perhaps I should employ the chopstick method instead. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

[Anonymous]

I am having the same problem 10 wks post. It hurts so bad that it makes me bleed. I am not constipated by any means. I feel better that I am not the only one with this problem. It is like my large intestines expanded.

[Anonymous]

Oh lord just had a traumatic constipation experience involving the ER and will NEVER allow myself to go through that again. The nurse told me if I could survive that trauma, childbirth would be cake I take 100 mg of Colace daily and also a psyllium fiber supplement, which has put me back on the regular side of things. If you take iron, ask your OB about cutting that out. One fringe benefit of this is that I am really serious about eating lots of fresh fruit and veggies, which makes me eat a lot healthier than I might otherwise while preg. Also, kiwi is a godsend.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh lord just had a traumatic constipation experience involving the ER and will NEVER allow myself to go through that again. The nurse told me if I could survive that trauma, childbirth would be cake I take 100 mg of Colace daily and also a psyllium fiber supplement, which has put me back on the regular side of things. If you take iron, ask your OB about cutting that out. One fringe benefit of this is that I am really serious about eating lots of fresh fruit and veggies, which makes me eat a lot healthier than I might otherwise while preg. Also, kiwi is a godsend.

OMG you are so right about the Kiwi - I just picked some up the other week on a total lark - just sick of everything I've been eating lately. I have been battling constipationthis entire pregnancy, so seven months now, and nothing has made as much of a difference as two kiwis a day (I've done colace, daily prunes, prune juice, pears - and I eat a lot of fruits, veggies and especially leafy greens already). Nothing has brought my bowels out of their funk like the kiwi. I've actually had a real dump every day this week (and not just a couple of pebbles). It's a little weird how excited I am about this.

Seriously if you're backed up and haven't tried it, you should!

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Anonymous wrote:This is really disgusting but.... I clogged the toilet so much that I started keeping a stash of plastic knives and ziplock baggies in the bathroom. I just (yuck yuck) cut the sucker up with the plastic knife, put the knife in the ziplock and threw it out. Gross, but still better than a clogged toilet.

You somehow retieved your poop from the toilet and cut it up into small peices???? How does that work? What, exactly, do you do?

I just stuck the bottom half of the plastic knife in the toilet and swished it around to break it up, making sure to always keep the top half/handle of the knife above the water, and then I just put the dirty knife in the baggie and threw it out. I never touched anything directly or got my hands dirty. I never told anyone this before since it is so gross and embarrassing but since OP is having such a hard time I thought I would just put it out there.

I love you for posting this. I clog the toilet at least twice a week -- my husband thinks I need a medical intervention, but I'm just going to put my collection of plastic utensils to good use.

Loving this thread - I've used the throw-away wooden chopsticks that come with sushi take-out to break up my DS2's mega poops many a time. I can never understand how such huge poops come through such a tiny asshole. Poor guy - fortunately we can usually manage it with diet but he can be really obstinate with food sometimes, which is when it gets bad. Diaper smoosh doesn't help, either.

My own prenatal poops also clog the toilet regularly - I've just toughed it out with the plunger but perhaps I should employ the chopstick method instead. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

Dad here. I've chopped up 3 yo DD's poops. We've also pulled poop out of her.

Nobody tells you this about parenthood...

[Anonymous]

This is by far the best thread I've read in a while. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I have the same problem... Pooping every other day or so and EVERY time it clogs the toilets soooo... My method is to chop it up with an old wire hanger and then throw the hanger in the trash. Gross but it works. Better than plunging the toilet for 2 hours. Lol

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Anonymous wrote:I have the same problem... Pooping every other day or so and EVERY time it clogs the toilets soooo... My method is to chop it up with an old wire hanger and then throw the hanger in the trash. Gross but it works. Better than plunging the toilet for 2 hours. Lol

I use the small branches that are in our yard for poop break up.

[Anonymous]

This happened to me after each of my 2 c-sections. I'm determined that it will not happen to me after the third.

[Anonymous]

Get a rubber glove and put your hand on toilet bowl and break it up. It will give you practice for blow out diapers and constipated babies.

[Anonymous]

This old thread is making me feel soooo much better. I have clogged every single toilet in the house on a daily basis and members of my household are afraid to accidentally drink my hot chocolate or tea because it usually contains double dose of Miralax ?....

[Anonymous]

I had to bump this epic thread because I saw this on Facebook - eight years later, poop-cutting lady is far from alone, apparently.



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